William Gargan
Born: 1905-07-17 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 1979-02-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego. He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956
- The Rawhide Years as Marshal Sommers
- Miracle in the Rain as Harry Wood
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Officer Bragan
- Man on the Ledge as Officer Bragan
1954
- The George Gobel Show as Self
1949
- Martin Kane, Private Eye
- Dynamite as "Gunner" Peterson
1948
- Studio One as Con McTaggart
- Waterfront at Midnight as Mike Hanrohan
- The Argyle Secrets as Harry Mitchell
1946
- Strange Impersonation as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
- Hot Cargo as Joe Harkness
- Swell Guy as Martin Duncan
- Till the End of Time as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
- Behind Green Lights as Lt. Sam Carson
- Night Editor as Tony Cochrane
- Murder in the Music Hall as Inspector Wilson
1945
- The Bells of St. Mary's as Joe Gallagher
- Follow That Woman as Sam Boone
- Song of the Sarong as Drew Allen
- She Gets Her Man as 'Breezy' Barton
- Midnight Manhunt as Pete Willis
1944
- The Canterville Ghost as Sergeant Benson
1943
- Swing Fever as 'Waltzy' Malone
- Harrigan's Kid as Tom Harrigan
- No Place for a Lady as Jess Arno
1942
- Bombay Clipper as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
- Destination Unknown as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
- Who Done It? as Detective Inspector Lou
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
- Sealed Lips as Lee Davis
- Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Timothy Rooney
- The Mayor of 44th Street as Tommy Fallon
- Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
1941
- Flying Cadets as 'Trip' Hammer
- Keep 'Em Flying as Craig Morrison
- I Wake Up Screaming as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
- Cheers for Miss Bishop as Sam Peters
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Himself
1940
- Star Dust as Dane Wharton
- Double Alibi as Walter Gifford
- Sporting Blood as Duffy
- Isle Of Destiny as Stripes Thornton
- They Knew What They Wanted as Joe
- Turnabout as Joel Clare
1939
- Broadway Serenade as Bill Foster
- The House of Fear as Arthur McHugh
- The Housekeeper's Daughter as Ed O'Malley
- Women in the Wind as Ace Boreman
- The Adventures of Jane Arden as Ed Towers
- Three Sons as Thane Pardway
- Within the Law as Police Sergeant Cassidy
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Joe Turp
1938
- Personal Secretary as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
- The Devil's Party as Mike O'Mara
- The Crowd Roars as Johnny Martin
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet as Dr. Jack Murray
1937
- Reported Missing as Steve Browning
- Wings Over Honolulu as Jack Furness
- You Only Live Once as Father Dolan
- Some Blondes Are Dangerous as George Regan
- Behind the Mike as George Hayes
- You're a Sweetheart as Fred Edwards
- She Asked for It as Dwight Stanford
- Breezing Home as Steve Rowan
1936
- Blackmailer as Peter Cornish
- Navy Born as Lt. Red Furness
- The Sky Parade as Speed Robertson
- The Milky Way as Speed McFarland
- Man Hunt as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
- Fury and the Woman as Bruce Corrigan
- Alibi for Murder as Perry Travis
- Flying Hostess as Hal Cunningham
1935
- Traveling Saleslady as Pat O'Connor
- Bright Lights as Dan Wheeler
- Black Fury as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
- A Night at the Ritz as Duke Regan
- Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
- Things Are Looking Up as Van Gaard
- Don't Bet on Blondes as Numbers
- Broadway Gondolier as Cliff Stanley
1934
- British Agent as Bob Medill
- Strictly Dynamite as Georgie
- Four Frightened People as Stewart Corder
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
1933
- Emergency Call as Steve Brennan
- Night Flight as Brazilian Pilot
- Headline Shooter as Bill Allen
- Lucky Devils as Bob Hughes
- Sweepings as Gene Pardway
- The Story of Temple Drake as Stephen Benbow
- Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Red Branahan
1932
- The Misleading Lady as Fitzpatrick
- The Animal Kingdom as Regan
- The Sport Parade as Johnny Baker
- Rain as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
1930
- Follow the Leader as Gangster (uncredited)