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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 17, 1902
Died
February 19, 1964
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Edward F. Gargan
- Edward P. Gargan
- Ed Gargan
Edward Gargan
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Edward Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York in 1902. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan whose July 17 birthday he shared. Edward Gargan started as a musical comedy actor on Broadway. He sang in "Good News", "Rose-Marie", and other hit musicals of the 1920s, and also in opera. One of his early shows was "Polly of Hollywood" in 1927. He portrayed Patrolman Mulligan, one of the principals of "Strictly Dishonorable", in 1930. He went to Hollywood in 1932 and the next year was in the cast of the film "David Harum". For the next 19 years he appeared in a variety of movies. Gargan was one of the most prolific bit players in the history of the movies, specializing in dumb policemen and dense sidekicks. He appeared in nearly 300 feature films over a three-decade span between 1921 and 1952, and television work from 1951 to 1953. Gargan died in New York City in 1964.
Known For
1.0
Frankie
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
5.9
Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
6.3
Milt (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
0.0
Spooky Wooky
1950
6.0
Garrity
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
🎬
6.0
So You Want a Raise
1950
🎬
0.0
So You Want to Move
1950
6.2
Officer Murphy
Triple Trouble
1950
7.0
Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950
0.0
Sam
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
Credits
I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Frankie
1953
1.0
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
1951
5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Milt (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Spooky Wooky
1950
0.0
Hit Parade of 1951
as Garrity
1950
6.0
🎬
So You Want a Raise
1950
6.0
🎬
So You Want to Move
1950
0.0
Triple Trouble
as Officer Murphy
1950
6.2
Father of the Bride
as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Belle of Old Mexico
as Sam
1950
0.0
Key to the City
as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Hold That Baby!
as Policeman Burton
1949
5.0
Strike It Rich
as Mack
1948
0.0
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Detective (Uncredited)
1948
6.4
Adventures of Gallant Bess
as Deputy Sheriff
1948
4.2
Daredevils of the Clouds
as Tap-It Bowers
1948
6.0
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Ted (uncredited)
1948
4.7
🎬
Campus Honeymoon
as Motorcycle Cop
1948
0.0
Linda, Be Good
as Frankie
1947
0.0
Exposed
as Big Mac
1947
5.8
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Newsstand man
1947
5.0
Little Miss Broadway
as Uncle George
1947
0.0
Web of Danger
as Dolan, Restaurant Owner
1947
4.8
Saddle Pals
as Jailer
1947
5.0
🎬
That's My Gal
as Mike
1947
0.0
🎬
So You're Going to Be a Father
as Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
1947
4.3
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Brasher Doubloon
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1947
5.9
Crack-Up
as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
1946
5.6
The Inner Circle
as Parking Ticket Cop
1946
5.2
The Dark Horse
as Eustace Kelly
1946
0.0
Behind the Mask
as Detective Dixon
1946
5.0
Deadline at Dawn
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Cinderella Jones
as Riley
1946
2.8
Blonde Alibi
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1946
3.9
Little Giant
as Policeman (uncredited)
1946
5.1
Gay Blades
as Bartender
1946
0.0
Follow That Woman
as Butch
1945
6.0
Life with Blondie
as Hundefänger (uncredited)
1945
6.0
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945
5.9
Sing Your Way Home
as Jailer
1945
5.2
Her Highness and the Bellboy
as 1st Cop
1945
6.3
The Naughty Nineties
as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Wonder Man
as Policeman in Park
1945
6.5
Dangerous Partners
as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
1945
6.0
A Sporting Chance
as Mike Ryan
1945
0.0
Twice Blessed
as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
1945
5.0
High Powered
as Cal Williams
1945
5.0
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
1944
7.1
San Fernando Valley
as Keno
1944
0.0
Detective Kitty O'Day
as Mike Storm
1944
4.6
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Kurtz
1944
5.0
The Falcon Out West
as Homicide Detective Bates
1944
5.2
In Old Oklahoma
as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
1943
6.2
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Detective Bates
1943
6.6
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Duke
1943
0.0
Princess O'Rourke
as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
1943
6.3
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Doorman (uncredited)
1943
6.0
The West Side Kid
as Donovan
1943
0.0
The Falcon in Danger
as Det. Bates
1943
5.6
Hit the Ice
as Bank Policeman (uncredited)
1943
5.9
Tahiti Honey
as George, the Bartender
1943
4.5
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Detective Bates
1943
5.5
Something to Shout About
as Detective Stone
1943
5.8
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mr. Johnson - Detective
1942
4.2
The Falcon's Brother
as Detective Bates
1942
6.3
My Sister Eileen
as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Between Us Girls
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1942
6.0
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Police Lt. Foster
1942
6.0
Blondie for Victory
as Sergeant
1942
7.3
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Bombardier (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Lady in a Jam
as Deputy
1942
5.3
Miss Annie Rooney
as Policeman
1942
6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
1942
6.2
Meet the Stewarts
as Moving Man
1942
4.3
Flying with Music
as Joe
1942
3.5
My Favorite Blonde
as Mulrooney
1942
6.4
What's Cookin'?
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1942
5.5
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Willie Brooks
1942
5.8
Fly By Night
as Officer Charlie Prescott
1942
6.4
A Date with the Falcon
as Detective Bates (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Over My Dead Body
as Police Sergeant
1942
0.0
Niagara Falls
as Chuck
1941
6.8
Ice-Capades
as Joe, the Bouncer
1941
5.5
Tillie the Toiler
as Policeman
1941
0.0
Three Sons o' Guns
as Sylvester
1941
5.0
Thieves Fall Out
as Dudley Kane
1941
5.5
Here Comes Happiness
as Joe
1941
5.0
Flight from Destiny
as Hotel Doorman
1941
4.7
Four Mothers
as Harry (uncredited)
1941
6.2
San Francisco Docks
as Hank
1940
6.0
This Thing Called Love
as Police Officer
1940
8.0
Go West
as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1940
6.5
🎬
Street of Memories
as Mike Sullivan
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Chimp
1940
5.9
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Bartender (uncredited)
1940
4.8
Spring Parade
as Inga - the Fortune Teller
1940
6.7
City for Conquest
as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Girl from God's Country
as Poker Player
1940
0.0
Queen of the Mob
as Bank Guard
1940
5.0
Susan and God
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Policeman
1940
0.0
An Angel from Texas
as New York Policeman
1940
4.8
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Johnny Apollo
as Detective (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Two Girls on Broadway
as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
1940
6.6
It All Came True
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Road to Singapore
as Bill - Sailor (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Adventure in Diamonds
as Lou
1940
5.2
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Plant Workman
1940
6.8
Northwest Passage
as Capt. Butterfield
1940
6.5
Castle on the Hudson
as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
5.7
🎬
Wolf of New York
as W. Thornton Upshaw
1940
7.0
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Cab Driver
1940
5.2
A Child Is Born
as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Another Thin Man
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Truck Driver
1939
6.3
20,000 Men a Year
as Dunk
1939
5.5
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Sentry
1939
6.2
On Your Toes
as First Policeman
1939
3.9
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Ironmansky (uncredited)
1939
2.0
They All Come Out
as George "Bugs" Jacklin
1939
5.6
Night Work
as Police Officer Flannigan
1939
7.0
The Spellbinder
as Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
1939
6.0
Lucky Night
as Policeman
1939
6.6
Fixer Dugan
as Jake
1939
6.5
The Flying Irishman
as J.R. Robinson
1939
4.6
The Family Next Door
as Cop
1939
5.2
The Saint Strikes Back
as Pinky Budd
1939
5.6
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Cafe Society
as Cop
1939
6.0
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Police Officer
1939
3.3
Honolulu
as Second Detective
1939
6.1
Boy Trouble
as Cop
1939
5.0
While New York Sleeps
as Sgt. White
1938
0.0
Up the River
as Tiny
1938
0.0
Spring Madness
as Jim - a Policeman
1938
3.9
Thanks for the Memory
as Flanahan
1938
5.6
Annabel Takes a Tour
as Longshoreman at dance
1938
5.0
Straight, Place and Show
as Detective Globe
1938
6.0
Carefree
as Policeman (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Give Me a Sailor
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Gateway
as Guard
1938
6.5
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1938
7.1
The Rage of Paris
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Crime School
as Officer Hogan
1938
6.3
Love on a Budget
as Big Furniture Mover
1938
0.0
Bringing Up Baby
as Zoo Official (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as [scenes deleted]
1937
3.0
Danger Patrol
as John Donovan
1937
5.3
A Girl with Ideas
as Eddie
1937
0.0
Madame X
as Mate of Dorcas
1937
5.8
Back in Circulation
as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
1937
5.3
High, Wide and Handsome
as Foreman
1937
6.3
The Go-Getter
as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
1937
5.8
You Can't Buy Luck
as Butch (uncredited)
1937
4.0
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as O. R.Smith
1937
5.9
The Man Who Found Himself
as Policeman in Park
1937
7.0
The Great O'Malley
as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
1937
6.7
We're on the Jury
as Officer Clark
1937
5.8
Great Guy
as Henchman Al
1936
6.2
Under Your Spell
as Detective (uncredited)
1936
7.0
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
6.4
Wives Never Know
as Officer
1936
0.0
Stage Struck
as Rordan
1936
4.0
My Man Godfrey
as Detective (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Grand Jury
as Policeman Burke
1936
7.0
Roaming Lady
as Andy
1936
5.0
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Boulder Dam
as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
1936
5.0
Sutter's Gold
as Wagon Driver
1936
0.0
The Walking Dead
as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
1936
6.3
Dangerous Waters
as Bosun
1936
4.5
Anything Goes
as Detective
1936
5.3
Ceiling Zero
as Doc Wilson
1936
5.8
The Bride Comes Home
as Cab Driver
1935
4.5
False Pretenses
as Mike O'Reilly
1935
5.0
Hands Across the Table
as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
1935
6.9
Two for Tonight
as Taxi Driver
1935
6.5
Here Comes Cookie
as Policeman (uncredited)
1935
7.3
We're in the Money
as Clancy O'Rourke
1935
5.5
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Patrolman
1935
6.0
Behind the Green Lights
as Moran - a Cop
1935
6.0
One New York Night
as Trench
1935
0.0
The Gilded Lily
as Guard
1935
6.5
A Notorious Gentleman
as Detective
1935
6.0
The Band Plays On
as Lumberjack
1934
8.5
We Live Again
as Warden's assistant
1934
6.6
Port of Lost Dreams
as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'
1934
6.5
She Had to Choose
as Higgins
1934
5.0
Belle of the Nineties
as Stogie (Ruby's agent)
1934
5.7
Wild Gold
as Eddie Sparks
1934
5.0
Registered Nurse
as Officer Pat O'Brien
1934
4.1
David Harum
as Bill Montague (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Queen Christina
as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
1934
6.8
🎬
Radio Dough
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Ace of Aces
as Whitaker (uncredited)
1933
5.3
Bombshell
as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
1933
6.5
Three Cornered Moon
as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)
1933
5.7
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
1933
5.9
Pilgrimage
1933
6.9
Gambling Ship
as Deputy (uncredited)
1933
5.2
The Girl in 419
as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
1933
3.5
🎬
The Door Knocker
as Man
1931
0.0
🎬
Via Express
1931
0.0
The Girl Habit
as Detective
1931
0.0
🎬
The African Dodger
1931
4.5
🎬
Two A.M.
1931
0.0
Tarnished Lady
as Al - Man in Bar
1931
3.8
🎬
It's All Over
as Jerry
1930
0.0