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