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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 17, 1905
Died
February 18, 1979
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Dennis Gargan
- Bill Gargan
William Gargan
0.4 Popularity
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
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
5.4
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.5
Marshal Sommers
The Rawhide Years
1956
6.7
Harry Wood
Miracle in the Rain
1956
0.0
Officer Bragan
Man on the Ledge
1955
5.4
Officer Bragan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
🎬
7.3
Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
🎬
7.0
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
6.0
Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949
2.5
"Gunner" Peterson
Dynamite
1949
Credits
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Rawhide Years
as Marshal Sommers
1956
5.5
Miracle in the Rain
as Harry Wood
1956
6.7
Man on the Ledge
as Officer Bragan
1955
0.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Officer Bragan
1955
5.4
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
7.0
Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949
6.0
Dynamite
as "Gunner" Peterson
1949
2.5
Studio One
as Con McTaggart
1948
5.0
Waterfront at Midnight
as Mike Hanrohan
1948
4.0
The Argyle Secrets
as Harry Mitchell
1948
6.0
Swell Guy
as Martin Duncan
1946
0.0
Till the End of Time
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
1946
6.4
Hot Cargo
as Joe Harkness
1946
0.0
Murder in the Music Hall
as Inspector Wilson
1946
4.6
Night Editor
as Tony Cochrane
1946
5.4
Strange Impersonation
as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
1946
6.0
Behind Green Lights
as Lt. Sam Carson
1946
5.5
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Joe Gallagher
1945
6.8
Follow That Woman
as Sam Boone
1945
6.0
Midnight Manhunt
as Pete Willis
1945
4.5
Song of the Sarong
as Drew Allen
1945
5.0
She Gets Her Man
as 'Breezy' Barton
1945
3.7
The Canterville Ghost
as Sergeant Benson
1944
6.7
Swing Fever
as 'Waltzy' Malone
1943
5.0
Harrigan's Kid
as Tom Harrigan
1943
0.0
No Place for a Lady
as Jess Arno
1943
6.0
Who Done It?
as Detective Inspector Lou
1942
7.0
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Tommy Fallon
1942
4.3
Destination Unknown
as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
1942
6.0
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
1942
5.5
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Timothy Rooney
1942
6.3
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
1942
5.7
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
1942
5.2
Bombay Clipper
as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
1942
5.5
Sealed Lips
as Lee Davis
1942
5.8
Keep 'Em Flying
as Craig Morrison
1941
6.0
I Wake Up Screaming
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
1941
6.9
Flying Cadets
as 'Trip' Hammer
1941
3.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Sam Peters
1941
5.4
They Knew What They Wanted
as Joe
1940
5.8
Sporting Blood
as Duffy
1940
3.5
Turnabout
as Joel Clare
1940
5.8
Star Dust
as Dane Wharton
1940
4.8
Isle Of Destiny
as Stripes Thornton
1940
5.0
Double Alibi
as Walter Gifford
1940
4.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Joe Turp
1939
2.0
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Ed O'Malley
1939
3.5
Three Sons
as Thane Pardway
1939
2.5
The House of Fear
as Arthur McHugh
1939
6.5
Women in the Wind
as Ace Boreman
1939
6.8
Broadway Serenade
as Bill Foster
1939
6.2
The Adventures of Jane Arden
as Ed Towers
1939
5.7
Within the Law
as Police Sergeant Cassidy
1939
6.0
Personal Secretary
as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
1938
0.0
The Crowd Roars
as Johnny Martin
1938
6.5
The Devil's Party
as Mike O'Mara
1938
5.0
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
as Dr. Jack Murray
1938
0.0
You're a Sweetheart
as Fred Edwards
1937
4.3
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
as George Regan
1937
1.0
Behind the Mike
as George Hayes
1937
0.0
She Asked for It
as Dwight Stanford
1937
6.0
Reported Missing
as Steve Browning
1937
0.0
Wings Over Honolulu
as Jack Furness
1937
5.5
Breezing Home
as Steve Rowan
1937
0.0
You Only Live Once
as Father Dolan
1937
7.1
Flying Hostess
as Hal Cunningham
1936
0.0
The Sky Parade
as Speed Robertson
1936
0.0
Alibi for Murder
as Perry Travis
1936
5.8
Fury and the Woman
as Bruce Corrigan
1936
0.0
Blackmailer
as Peter Cornish
1936
5.0
Navy Born
as Lt. Red Furness
1936
4.5
The Milky Way
as Speed McFarland
1936
6.0
Man Hunt
as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
1936
0.0
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
5.0
Bright Lights
as Dan Wheeler
1935
4.2
Broadway Gondolier
as Cliff Stanley
1935
5.4
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Numbers
1935
5.0
Things Are Looking Up
as Van Gaard
1935
6.0
Black Fury
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
1935
6.3
Traveling Saleslady
as Pat O'Connor
1935
5.5
A Night at the Ritz
as Duke Regan
1935
3.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
5.0
British Agent
as Bob Medill
1934
5.6
Strictly Dynamite
as Georgie
1934
5.3
Four Frightened People
as Stewart Corder
1934
5.9
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Red Branahan
1933
7.2
Night Flight
as Brazilian Pilot
1933
5.6
Headline Shooter
as Bill Allen
1933
6.2
Emergency Call
as Steve Brennan
1933
5.8
The Story of Temple Drake
as Stephen Benbow
1933
6.4
Sweepings
as Gene Pardway
1933
5.1
Lucky Devils
as Bob Hughes
1933
6.2
The Animal Kingdom
as Regan
1932
5.4
The Sport Parade
as Johnny Baker
1932
4.8
Rain
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
1932
6.6
The Misleading Lady
as Fitzpatrick
1932
0.0
Follow the Leader
as Gangster (uncredited)
1930
4.5