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