William Gargan
Age: 73 | From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1905-07-18 06:15:58
Death: 1979-02-18 06:15:58
Aliases: William Dennis Gargan , Bill Gargan
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 64
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Studio One
(1948) Con McTaggart
You Only Live Once
(1937) Father Dolan
I Wake Up Screaming
(1941) Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Behind Green Lights
(1946) Lt. Sam Carson
Rain
(1932) Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Night Flight
(1933) Brazilian Pilot
The Story of Temple Drake
(1933) Stephen Benbow
Black Fury
(1935) Slim Johnson, Company PolicemanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1956 | Marshal Sommers | |
| Harry Wood | ||
| 1955 | Officer Bragan | |
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| "Gunner" Peterson | ||
| 1948 | Con McTaggart | |
| Mike Hanrohan | ||
| Harry Mitchell | ||
| 1946 | Martin Duncan | |
| Sgt. Gunny Watrous | ||
| Joe Harkness | ||
| Inspector Wilson | ||
| Tony Cochrane | ||
| Dr. Stephen Lindstrom | ||
| Lt. Sam Carson | ||
| 1945 | Joe Gallagher | |
| Sam Boone | ||
| Pete Willis | ||
| Drew Allen | ||
| 'Breezy' Barton | ||
| 1944 | Sergeant Benson | |
| 1943 | 'Waltzy' Malone | |
| Tom Harrigan | ||
| Jess Arno | ||
| 1942 | Detective Inspector Lou | |
| Tommy Fallon | ||
| Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan | ||
| Ellery Queen | ||
| Mr. Timothy Rooney | ||
| Ellery Queen | ||
| Ellery Queen | ||
| James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson | ||
| Lee Davis | ||
| 1941 | Craig Morrison | |
| Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald | ||
| 'Trip' Hammer | ||
| Himself | ||
| Sam Peters | ||
| 1940 | Joe | |
| Duffy | ||
| Joel Clare | ||
| Dane Wharton | ||
| Stripes Thornton | ||
| Walter Gifford | ||
| 1939 | Joe Turp | |
| Ed O'Malley | ||
| Thane Pardway | ||
| Arthur McHugh | ||
| Ace Boreman | ||
| Bill Foster | ||
| Ed Towers | ||
| Police Sergeant Cassidy | ||
| 1938 | Marcus 'Mark' Farrell | |
| Johnny Martin | ||
| Mike O'Mara | ||
| Dr. Jack Murray | ||
| 1937 | Fred Edwards | |
| George Regan | ||
| George Hayes | ||
| Dwight Stanford | ||
| Steve Browning | ||
| Jack Furness | ||
| Steve Rowan | ||
| Father Dolan | ||
| 1936 | Hal Cunningham | |
| Speed Robertson | ||
| Perry Travis | ||
| Bruce Corrigan | ||
| Peter Cornish | ||
| Lt. Red Furness | ||
| Speed McFarland | ||
| Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson | ||
| 1935 | Self | |
| Dan Wheeler | ||
| Cliff Stanley | ||
| Numbers | ||
| Van Gaard | ||
| Slim Johnson, Company Policeman | ||
| Pat O'Connor | ||
| Duke Regan | ||
| 1934 | Self (uncredited) | |
| Bob Medill | ||
| Georgie | ||
| Stewart Corder | ||
| 1933 | Red Branahan | |
| Brazilian Pilot | ||
| Bill Allen | ||
| Steve Brennan | ||
| Stephen Benbow | ||
| Gene Pardway | ||
| Bob Hughes | ||
| 1932 | Regan | |
| Johnny Baker | ||
| Sergeant Tim O'Hara | ||
| Fitzpatrick | ||
| 1930 | A Gangster | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
