William Gargan
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
as Joe Gallagher
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Father Dolan
Man on the Ledge (1955)
as Officer Bragan
British Agent (1934)
as Bob Medill
Swing Fever (1943)
as 'Waltzy' Malone
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
as Joe
Till the End of Time (1946)
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
as Harry Wood
Rendezvous 24 (1946)
as Agent Larry Cameron
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Sealed Lips (1942)
as Lee Davis
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Ace Boreman
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
as Sam Peters
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
as Stephen Benbow
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
as Ed Towers
The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Marshal Sommers
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
as Red Branahan
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
as Numbers
She Gets Her Man (1945)
as 'Breezy' Barton
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
as Sergeant Benson
Who Done It? (1942)
as Detective Inspector Lou
Song of the Sarong (1945)
as Drew Allen
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
as Ed O'Malley
Broadway Serenade (1939)
as Bill Foster
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
as Dr. Jack Murray
Strange Impersonation (1946)
as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
as Fred Edwards
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Ellery Queen
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Craig Morrison
A Night at the Ritz (1935)
as Duke Regan
The Devil's Party (1938)
as Mike O'Mara
Rain (1932)
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
as Joe Turp
The House of Fear (1939)
as Arthur McHugh
The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
as Self (uncredited)
Midnight Manhunt (1945)
as Pete Willis
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
as Tommy Fallon
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as Cliff Stanley
Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
as Inspector Wilson
Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)
as George Regan
Emergency Call (1933)
as Steve Brennan
Fury and the Woman (1936)
as Bruce Corrigan
Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)
as Self
No Place for a Lady (1943)
as Jess Arno
Man Hunt (1936)
as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Ellery Queen
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
as Mr. Timothy Rooney
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
as Ellery Queen
The Misleading Lady (1932)
as Fitzpatrick
Turnabout (1940)
as Joel Clare
Things Are Looking Up (1935)
as Van Gaard
The Milky Way (1936)
as Speed McFarland
Night Flight (1933)
as Brazilian Pilot
Black Fury (1935)
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
as Regan
The Crowd Roars (1938)
as Johnny Martin
The Argyle Secrets (1948)
as Harry Mitchell
Dynamite (1949)
as "Gunner" Peterson
Night Editor (1946)
as Tony Cochrane
Within the Law (1939)
as Police Sergeant Cassidy
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941)
as Self (uncredited)
Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
as Mike Hanrohan
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Bill Allen
Blackmailer (1936)
as Peter Cornish
Sweepings (1933)
as Gene Pardway
Isle Of Destiny (1940)
as Stripes Thornton
The Line-Up (1934)
as Bob Curtis
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Jack Furness
She Asked for It (1937)
as Dwight Stanford
Alibi for Murder (1936)
as Perry Travis
Behind the Mike (1937)
as George Hayes
Sporting Blood (1940)
as Duffy
Four Frightened People (1934)
as Stewart Corder
Breezing Home (1937)
as Steve Rowan
Bombay Clipper (1942)
as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
Behind Green Lights (1946)
as Sam Carson
Star Dust (1940)
as Dane Wharton
Swell Guy (1946)
as Martin Duncan
The Sky Parade (1936)
as Speed Robertson
Destination Unknown (1942)
as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
Bright Lights (1935)
as Dan Wheeler
Flying Cadets (1941)
as 'Trip' Hammer
Flying Hostess (1936)
as Hal Cunningham
Follow the Leader (1930)
as Gangster (uncredited)
Follow That Woman (1945)
as Sam Boone
Harrigan's Kid (1943)
as Tom Harrigan
Lucky Devils (1933)
as Bob Hughes
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Joe Harkness
Reported Missing (1937)
as Steve Browning
Navy Born (1936)
as Lt. Red Furness
Double Alibi (1940)
as Walter Gifford
The Sport Parade (1932)
as Johnny Baker
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
as Georgie
Three Sons (1939)
as Thane Pardway
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Pat O'Connor
Personal Secretary (1938)
as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell