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