William Gargan

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.

Known For

Officer Bragan

Man on the Ledge

Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

Strange Impersonation

Joe Harkness

Hot Cargo

Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald

I Wake Up Screaming

Pete Willis

Midnight Manhunt

Joe Gallagher

The Bells of St. Mary's

Lee Davis

Sealed Lips

Tony Cochrane

Night Editor

Stephen Benbow

The Story of Temple Drake

Police Sergeant Cassidy

Within the Law

Speed McFarland

The Milky Way

Sergeant Tim O'Hara

Rain

Cliff Stanley

Broadway Gondolier

Stewart Corder

Four Frightened People

Lt. Sam Carson

Behind Green Lights

Detective Inspector Lou

Who Done It?

Ellery Queen

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

Sergeant Benson

The Canterville Ghost

Bob Hughes

Lucky Devils

Dane Wharton

Star Dust

Father Dolan

You Only Live Once

Walter Gifford

Double Alibi

Numbers

Don't Bet on Blondes

Slim Johnson, Company Policeman

Black Fury

Brazilian Pilot

Night Flight

Joe

They Knew What They Wanted

Harry Wood

Miracle in the Rain

Sgt. Gunny Watrous

Till the End of Time

Regan

The Animal Kingdom

Mike Hanrohan

Waterfront at Midnight

Steve Brennan

Emergency Call

Inspector Wilson

Murder in the Music Hall

Sam Peters

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Joel Clare

Turnabout

Dan Wheeler

Bright Lights

Bill Foster

Broadway Serenade

Bob Medill

British Agent

Arthur McHugh

The House of Fear

Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan

Destination Unknown

Thane Pardway

Three Sons

Mr. Timothy Rooney

Miss Annie Rooney

Bill Allen

Headline Shooter

Van Gaard

Things Are Looking Up

Gene Pardway

Sweepings

Tom Harrigan

Harrigan's Kid

Pat O'Connor

Traveling Saleslady

Ace Boreman

Women in the Wind

Georgie

Strictly Dynamite

Harry Mitchell

The Argyle Secrets

'Waltzy' Malone

Swing Fever

Ed O'Malley

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Duke Regan

A Night at the Ritz

Lt. Red Furness

Navy Born

'Breezy' Barton

She Gets Her Man

Tommy Fallon

The Mayor of 44th Street

Mike O'Mara

The Devil's Party

Ed Towers

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Red Branahan

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Stripes Thornton

Isle Of Destiny

Marcus 'Mark' Farrell

Personal Secretary

A Gangster

Follow the Leader

Johnny Baker

The Sport Parade

Johnny Martin

The Crowd Roars

Dr. Jack Murray

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

Dwight Stanford

She Asked for It

Speed Robertson

The Sky Parade

"Gunner" Peterson

Dynamite

Steve Browning

Reported Missing

Fred Edwards

You're a Sweetheart

Bruce Corrigan

Fury and the Woman

Perry Travis

Alibi for Murder

Duffy

Sporting Blood

Fitzpatrick

The Misleading Lady

Jack Furness

Wings Over Honolulu

Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson

Man Hunt

George Regan

Some Blondes Are Dangerous

Jess Arno

No Place for a Lady

Craig Morrison

Keep 'Em Flying

James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson

Bombay Clipper

Drew Allen

Song of the Sarong

Joe Turp

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Himself

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Martin Duncan

Swell Guy

Marshal Sommers

The Rawhide Years

Self (uncredited)

The Hollywood Gad-About

Self

Things You Never See on the Screen

Steve Rowan

Breezing Home

Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women

Sam Boone

Follow That Woman

Hal Cunningham

Flying Hostess

George Hayes

Behind the Mike

Peter Cornish

Blackmailer

'Trip' Hammer

Flying Cadets

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-07-17

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Dennis Gargan