William Gargan
Acting
🎂 1905-07-17
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.
Cast credits(101)
Self
1961
1953
Con McTaggart
1948
Self
1954
Officer Bragan
1955
1949
Regan
1932
Sam Peters
1941
Sergeant Tim O'Hara
1932
Father Dolan
1937
Brazilian Pilot
1933
Harry Wood
1956
Joe Gallagher
1945
Craig Morrison
1941
Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
1941
Pete Willis
1945
Sergeant Benson
1944
Sgt. Gunny Watrous
1946
Self (archive footage)
2003
Speed McFarland
1936
Johnny Martin
1938
Bob Medill
1934
Mr. Timothy Rooney
1942
Stephen Benbow
1933
'Waltzy' Malone
1943
Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
1935
Detective Inspector Lou
1942
Lt. Sam Carson
1946
Bob Hughes
1933
Marshal Sommers
1956
Walter Gifford
1940
Peter Cornish
1936
Joel Clare
1940
Jess Arno
1943
Dane Wharton
1940
Cliff Stanley
1935
Bill Foster
1939
Joe Turp
1939
Fred Edwards
1937
Johnny Baker
1932
Steve Brennan
1933
Jack Furness
1937
"Gunner" Peterson
1949
Tony Cochrane
1946
Mike O'Mara
1938
Lt. Red Furness
1936
'Breezy' Barton
1945
Duffy
1940
Gene Pardway
1933
Ed O'Malley
1939
Perry Travis
1936
Stewart Corder
1934
Police Sergeant Cassidy
1939
Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
1946
Stripes Thornton
1940
Numbers
1935
Steve Browning
1937
Ellery Queen
1942
Georgie
1934
Ellery Queen
1942
'Trip' Hammer
1941
Officer Bragan
1955
James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
1942
Speed Robertson
1936
Ace Boreman
1939
Dr. Jack Murray
1938
George Hayes
1937
Mike Hanrohan
1948
Sam Boone
1945
Dwight Stanford
1937
Martin Duncan
1946
Fitzpatrick
1932
Drew Allen
1945
Thane Pardway
1939
Pat O'Connor
1935
Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
1942
Duke Regan
1935
Joe Harkness
1946
Inspector Wilson
1946
Self (uncredited)
1934
Gangster (uncredited)
1930
Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
1936
Self
1935
Tom Harrigan
1943
Dan Wheeler
1935
Ellery Queen
1942
Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
1938
Ed Towers
1939
Tommy Fallon
1942
Red Branahan
1933
Harry Mitchell
1948
Van Gaard
1935
Lee Davis
1942
George Regan
1937
Joe
1940
Arthur McHugh
1939
Hal Cunningham
1936
Steve Rowan
1937
Himself
1941
Bill Allen
1933
Bruce Corrigan
1936