William Gargan
Acting • Born 1905-07-17 – Died 1979-02-18
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
102 credits
Man on the Ledge
Movie • 1955
Officer Bragan
Strange Impersonation
Movie • 1946
Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
Hot Cargo
Movie • 1946
Joe Harkness
I Wake Up Screaming
Movie • 1941
Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Midnight Manhunt
Movie • 1945
Pete Willis
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie • 1945
Joe Gallagher
Sealed Lips
Movie • 1942
Lee Davis
Night Editor
Movie • 1946
Tony Cochrane
The Story of Temple Drake
Movie • 1933
Stephen Benbow
Within the Law
Movie • 1939
Police Sergeant Cassidy
The Milky Way
Movie • 1936
Speed McFarland
Rain
Movie • 1932
Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Broadway Gondolier
Movie • 1935
Cliff Stanley
Four Frightened People
Movie • 1934
Stewart Corder
Behind Green Lights
Movie • 1946
Lt. Sam Carson
Who Done It?
Movie • 1942
Detective Inspector Lou
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Ellery Queen
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Ellery Queen
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Ellery Queen
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1944
Sergeant Benson
Lucky Devils
Movie • 1933
Bob Hughes
Star Dust
Movie • 1940
Dane Wharton
You Only Live Once
Movie • 1937
Father Dolan
Double Alibi
Movie • 1940
Walter Gifford
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Numbers
Black Fury
Movie • 1935
Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
Night Flight
Movie • 1933
Brazilian Pilot
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie • 1940
Joe
Miracle in the Rain
Movie • 1956
Harry Wood
Till the End of Time
Movie • 1946
Sgt. Gunny Watrous
The Animal Kingdom
Movie • 1932
Regan
Waterfront at Midnight
Movie • 1948
Mike Hanrohan
Emergency Call
Movie • 1933
Steve Brennan
Murder in the Music Hall
Movie • 1946
Inspector Wilson
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Movie • 1941
Sam Peters
Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Joel Clare
Bright Lights
Movie • 1935
Dan Wheeler
Broadway Serenade
Movie • 1939
Bill Foster
British Agent
Movie • 1934
Bob Medill
The House of Fear
Movie • 1939
Arthur McHugh
Destination Unknown
Movie • 1942
Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
Three Sons
Movie • 1939
Thane Pardway
Miss Annie Rooney
Movie • 1942
Mr. Timothy Rooney
Headline Shooter
Movie • 1933
Bill Allen
Things Are Looking Up
Movie • 1935
Van Gaard
Sweepings
Movie • 1933
Gene Pardway
Harrigan's Kid
Movie • 1943
Tom Harrigan
Traveling Saleslady
Movie • 1935
Pat O'Connor
Women in the Wind
Movie • 1939
Ace Boreman
Strictly Dynamite
Movie • 1934
Georgie
The Argyle Secrets
Movie • 1948
Harry Mitchell
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
'Waltzy' Malone
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie • 1939
Ed O'Malley
A Night at the Ritz
Movie • 1935
Duke Regan
Navy Born
Movie • 1936
Lt. Red Furness
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1945
'Breezy' Barton
The Devil's Party
Movie • 1938
Mike O'Mara
The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie • 1942
Tommy Fallon
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Movie • 1939
Ed Towers
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Movie • 1933
Red Branahan
Isle Of Destiny
Movie • 1940
Stripes Thornton
Personal Secretary
Movie • 1938
Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
Follow the Leader
Movie • 1930
Gangster (uncredited)
The Sport Parade
Movie • 1932
Johnny Baker
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Johnny Martin
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Movie • 1938
Dr. Jack Murray
She Asked for It
Movie • 1937
Dwight Stanford
The Sky Parade
Movie • 1936
Speed Robertson
Dynamite
Movie • 1949
"Gunner" Peterson
Reported Missing
Movie • 1937
Steve Browning
You're a Sweetheart
Movie • 1937
Fred Edwards
Fury and the Woman
Movie • 1936
Bruce Corrigan
Alibi for Murder
Movie • 1936
Perry Travis
Sporting Blood
Movie • 1940
Duffy
The Misleading Lady
Movie • 1932
Fitzpatrick
Wings Over Honolulu
Movie • 1937
Jack Furness
Man Hunt
Movie • 1936
Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
Movie • 1937
George Regan
No Place for a Lady
Movie • 1943
Jess Arno
Keep 'Em Flying
Movie • 1941
Craig Morrison
Bombay Clipper
Movie • 1942
James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
Song of the Sarong
Movie • 1945
Drew Allen
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie • 1939
Joe Turp
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Movie • 1941
Self (uncredited)
Swell Guy
Movie • 1946
Martin Duncan
The Rawhide Years
Movie • 1956
Marshal Sommers
The Hollywood Gad-About
Movie • 1934
Self (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie • 1935
Self
Breezing Home
Movie • 1937
Steve Rowan
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Follow That Woman
Movie • 1945
Sam Boone
Flying Hostess
Movie • 1936
Hal Cunningham
Behind the Mike
Movie • 1937
George Hayes
Blackmailer
Movie • 1936
Peter Cornish
Flying Cadets
Movie • 1941
'Trip' Hammer
The Line-Up
Movie • 1934
Bob Curtis
Studio One
TV • 1948
Con McTaggart
Martin Kane, Private Eye
TV • 1949
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Officer Bragan
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self