Edward Gargan

Acting • Born 1902-07-17 – Died 1964-02-19

Acting1Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Edward Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York in 1902. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan whose July 17 birthday he shared. Edward Gargan started as a musical comedy actor on Broadway. He sang in "Good News", "Rose-Marie", and other hit musicals of the 1920s, and also in opera. One of his early shows was "Polly of Hollywood" in 1927. He portrayed Patrolman Mulligan, one of the principals of "Strictly Dishonorable", in 1930. He went to Hollywood in 1932 and the next year was in the cast of the film "David Harum". For the next 19 years he appeared in a variety of movies. Gargan was one of the most prolific bit players in the history of the movies, specializing in dumb policemen and dense sidekicks. He appeared in nearly 300 feature films over a three-decade span between 1921 and 1952, and television work from 1951 to 1953. Gargan died in New York City in 1964.

Filmography

212 credits

Bringing Up Baby

Movie • 1938

Zoo Official (uncredited)

It's All Over

Movie • 1930

Jerry

Blondie for Victory

Movie • 1942

Sergeant

Life with Blondie

Movie • 1945

Hundefänger (uncredited)

Belle of Old Mexico

Movie • 1950

Sam

Hit Parade of 1951

Movie • 1950

Garrity

Annabel Takes a Tour

Movie • 1938

Longshoreman at dance

Go West

Movie • 1940

Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Bombshell

Movie • 1933

Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)

My Sister Eileen

Movie • 1942

Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)

Triple Trouble

Movie • 1950

Officer Murphy

A Sporting Chance

Movie • 1945

Mike Ryan

Wild Gold

Movie • 1934

Eddie Sparks

Carefree

Movie • 1938

Policeman (uncredited)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Movie • 1938

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Tillie the Toiler

Movie • 1941

Policeman

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Movie • 1951

Milt (uncredited)

Adventures of Gallant Bess

Movie • 1948

Deputy Sheriff

The Rage of Paris

Movie • 1938

Truck Driver (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

Movie • 1942

Police Lt. Foster

The Falcon in Danger

Movie • 1943

Det. Bates

The Falcon Out West

Movie • 1944

Homicide Detective Bates

The Falcon Strikes Back

Movie • 1943

Detective Bates

The Falcon's Brother

Movie • 1942

Detective Bates

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

Movie • 1943

Detective Bates

The Saint Strikes Back

Movie • 1939

Pinky Budd

So You Want a Raise

Movie • 1950

So You Want to Move

Movie • 1950

The Ghost Goes Wild

Movie • 1947

Newsstand man

The Inner Circle

Movie • 1946

Parking Ticket Cop

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Movie • 1947

Policeman in Park (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Movie • 1935

Patrolman

Detective Kitty O'Day

Movie • 1944

Mike Storm

Belle of the Nineties

Movie • 1934

Stogie (Ruby's agent)

Crime School

Movie • 1938

Officer Hogan

My Favorite Blonde

Movie • 1942

Mulrooney

She Wouldn't Say Yes

Movie • 1945

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Exposed

Movie • 1947

Big Mac

Behind the Green Lights

Movie • 1935

Moran - a Cop

While New York Sleeps

Movie • 1938

Sgt. White

Under Your Spell

Movie • 1936

Detective (uncredited)

Flying with Music

Movie • 1942

Joe

Behind the Mask

Movie • 1946

Detective Dixon

Wolf of New York

Movie • 1940

W. Thornton Upshaw

False Pretenses

Movie • 1935

Mike O'Reilly

Anything Goes

Movie • 1936

Detective

Lucky Night

Movie • 1939

Policeman

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Movie • 1933

'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)

Thanks for the Memory

Movie • 1938

Flanahan

Grand Jury

Movie • 1936

Policeman Burke

Two A.M.

Movie • 1931

Sing Your Way Home

Movie • 1945

Jailer

The Door Knocker

Movie • 1931

Man

Radio Dough

Movie • 1934

Gang Leader (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Movie • 1937

O. R.Smith

The Great Alaskan Mystery

Movie • 1944

Kurtz

They All Come Out

Movie • 1939

George "Bugs" Jacklin

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

Movie • 1937

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The African Dodger

Movie • 1931

Key to the City

Movie • 1950

S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)

Via Express

Movie • 1931

We're in the Money

Movie • 1935

Clancy O'Rourke

The Flying Irishman

Movie • 1939

J.R. Robinson

Spring Parade

Movie • 1940

Inga - the Fortune Teller

The Gilded Lily

Movie • 1935

Guard

The Bride Comes Home

Movie • 1935

Cab Driver

Twice Blessed

Movie • 1945

Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Give Me a Sailor

Movie • 1938

Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

A Notorious Gentleman

Wagon Driver

The Family Next Door

Movie • 1939

Cop

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Movie • 1936

Ace of Aces

Movie • 1933

Whitaker (uncredited)

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Movie • 1940

Bartender (uncredited)

Spring Madness

Movie • 1938

Jim - a Policeman

Cinderella Jones

Movie • 1946

Riley

On Your Toes

Movie • 1939

First Policeman

Honolulu

Movie • 1939

Second Detective

Blondie Meets the Boss

Movie • 1939

Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)

Three Sons o' Guns

Movie • 1941

Sylvester

Boulder Dam

Movie • 1936

Pa's Guest (uncredited)

A Child is Born

Movie • 1939

Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

Movie • 1939

Detective Quinn (uncredited)

We Live Again

Movie • 1934

Warden's assistant

The Spellbinder

Movie • 1939

Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Movie • 1939

Truck Driver

High Powered

Movie • 1945

Cal Williams

You Can't Buy Luck

Movie • 1937

Butch (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

Movie • 1940

Chimp

Pack Up Your Troubles

Movie • 1939

Sentry

Two Girls on Broadway

Movie • 1940

Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan

Movie • 1939

Jake

The Great O'Malley

Movie • 1937

Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn

Movie • 1946

Bouncer (uncredited)

Fly By Night

Movie • 1942

Officer Charlie Prescott

Meet the Stewarts

Movie • 1942

Moving Man

Linda, Be Good

Movie • 1947

Frankie

I Was a Burlesque Queen

Movie • 1953

Frankie

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Movie • 1948

Ted (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

Movie • 1942

Deputy

Charlie Chan in Panama

Movie • 1940

Plant Workman

My Kingdom for a Cook

Movie • 1943

Duke

The Saint's Double Trouble

Movie • 1940

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Movie • 1936

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Love on a Budget

Movie • 1938

Big Furniture Mover

Tahiti Honey

Movie • 1943

George, the Bartender

Great Guy

Movie • 1936

Henchman Al

Brother Rat and a Baby

Movie • 1940

Cab Driver

What's Cookin'?

Movie • 1942

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Dangerous Partners

Campus Honeymoon

Movie • 1948

Motorcycle Cop

Web of Danger

Movie • 1947

Dolan, Restaurant Owner

Earl Carroll Vanities

Movie • 1945

Policeman

Gay Blades

Movie • 1946

Bartender

Thieves Fall Out

Movie • 1941

Dudley Kane

The Girl in 419

Movie • 1933

Lt. 'Babs' Riley

Cafe Society

Movie • 1939

Cop

Wonder Man

Movie • 1945

Policeman in Park

Saddle Pals

Movie • 1947

Jailer

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Movie • 1939

Police Officer

Four Mothers

Movie • 1941

Harry (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Movie • 1942

Bombardier (uncredited)

We're on the Jury

Movie • 1937

Officer Clark

Spooky Wooky

Movie • 1950

Little Miss Broadway

Movie • 1947

Uncle George

Straight, Place and Show

Movie • 1938

Detective Globe

A Date with the Falcon

Movie • 1942

Detective Bates (uncredited)

Ceiling Zero

Movie • 1936

Doc Wilson

Over My Dead Body

Movie • 1942

Police Sergeant

Miss Annie Rooney

Movie • 1942

Policeman

Niagara Falls

Movie • 1941

Chuck

The Go-Getter

Movie • 1937

Police Officer Riley (uncredited)

Follow That Woman

Movie • 1945

Butch

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Movie • 1942

Willie Brooks

The Walking Dead

Movie • 1936

Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Movie • 1942

Mr. Johnson - Detective

In Old Oklahoma

Movie • 1943

Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter

$1,000 a Touchdown

Movie • 1939

Ironmansky (uncredited)

Something to Shout About

Movie • 1943

Detective Stone

The Falcon Takes Over

Movie • 1942

Detective Bates (Uncredited)

Roaming Lady

Movie • 1936

Andy

Night Work

Movie • 1939

Police Officer Flannigan

Princess O'Rourke

Movie • 1943

Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)

Ice-Capades

Movie • 1941

Joe, the Bouncer

Adventure in Diamonds

Movie • 1940

Lou

Blonde Alibi

Movie • 1946

Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

Flight from Destiny

Movie • 1941

Hotel Doorman

Here Comes Happiness

Movie • 1941

Joe

Father of the Bride

Movie • 1950

Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

The Brasher Doubloon

Movie • 1947

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Hit the Ice

Movie • 1943

Bank Policeman (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

Movie • 1945

Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

Little Giant

Movie • 1946

Policeman (uncredited)

Dangerous Waters

Movie • 1936

Bosun

Girl from God's Country

Movie • 1940

Poker Player

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Movie • 1945

1st Cop

You Gotta Stay Happy

Movie • 1948

Detective (Uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

Movie • 1936

Detective (uncredited)

Bedtime for Bonzo

Movie • 1951

Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

Up the River

Movie • 1938

Tiny

So You're Going to Be a Father

Movie • 1947

Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Girl Habit

Movie • 1931

Detective

Queen of the Mob

Movie • 1940

Bank Guard

Daredevils of the Clouds

Movie • 1948

Tap-It Bowers

Crack-Up

Movie • 1946

Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)

Two for Tonight

Movie • 1935

Taxi Driver

David Harum

Movie • 1934

Bill Montague (uncredited)

Wives Never Know

Movie • 1936

Officer

Here Comes Cookie

Movie • 1935

Policeman (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

Movie • 1944

Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)

Three Cornered Moon

Movie • 1933

Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)