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