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