Edward Gargan

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1902-07-17

Died: 1964-02-19

Edward Gargan

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	It's All Over	Jerry	0
2	1931	Tarnished Lady	Al - Man in Bar	47
3	1931	Two A.M.		0
4	1931	The African Dodger		45
5	1931	The Girl Habit	Detective	0
6	1931	Via Express		0
7	1931	The Door Knocker	Man	0
8	1933	The Girl in 419	Lt. 'Babs' Riley	43
9	1933	Gambling Ship	Deputy (uncredited)	52
10	1933	Pilgrimage		69
11	1933	Mary Stevens, M.D.	'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)	63
12	1933	Three Cornered Moon	Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)	57
13	1933	Bombshell	Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)	65
14	1933	Ace of Aces	Whitaker (uncredited)	56
15	1933	Queen Christina	Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)	68
16	1934	Radio Dough	Gang Leader (uncredited)	0
17	1934	David Harum	Bill Montague (uncredited)	70
18	1934	Registered Nurse	Officer Pat O'Brien	46
19	1934	Wild Gold	Eddie Sparks	50
20	1934	Belle of the Nineties	Stogie (Ruby's agent)	57
21	1934	She Had to Choose	Higgins	50
22	1934	Port of Lost Dreams	Porky the Freda's 'Crew'	65
23	1934	We Live Again	Warden's assistant	66
24	1934	The Band Plays On	Lumberjack	85
25	1935	A Notorious Gentleman		60
26	1935	The Gilded Lily	Guard	65
27	1935	One New York Night	Trench	0
28	1935	Behind the Green Lights	Moran - a Cop	60
29	1935	Man on the Flying Trapeze	Patrolman	59
30	1935	We're in the Money	Clancy O'Rourke	55
31	1935	Here Comes Cookie	Policeman (uncredited)	73
32	1935	Two for Tonight	Taxi Driver	65
33	1935	Hands Across the Table	Pinky Kelly (uncredited)	69
34	1935	False Pretenses	Mike O'Reilly	50
35	1935	The Bride Comes Home	Cab Driver	48
36	1936	Ceiling Zero	Doc Wilson	56
37	1936	Anything Goes	Detective	53
38	1936	Dangerous Waters	Bosun	30
39	1936	Sutter's Gold	Wagon Driver	0
40	1936	The Walking Dead	Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)	62
41	1936	Boulder Dam	Pa's Guest (uncredited)	40
42	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Bodyguard (uncredited)	75
43	1936	Roaming Lady	Andy	50
44	1936	Grand Jury	Policeman Burke	70
45	1936	My Man Godfrey	Detective (uncredited)	75
46	1936	Stage Struck	Rordan	40
47	1936	Wives Never Know	Officer	0
48	1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie		64
49	1936	Under Your Spell	Detective (uncredited)	70
50	1936	Great Guy	Henchman Al	62
51	1937	We're on the Jury	Officer Clark	58
52	1937	The Great O'Malley	Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)	67
53	1937	The Man Who Found Himself	Policeman in Park	70
54	1937	Jim Hanvey, Detective	O. R.Smith	59
55	1937	You Can't Buy Luck	Butch (uncredited)	45
56	1937	The Go-Getter	Police Officer Riley (uncredited)	58
57	1937	High, Wide and Handsome	Foreman	63
58	1937	Back in Circulation	Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)	53
59	1937	Madame X	Mate of Dorcas	62
60	1937	A Girl with Ideas	Eddie	0
61	1937	Danger Patrol	John Donovan	53
62	1937	Wallaby Jim of the Islands	[scenes deleted]	30
63	1938	Bringing Up Baby	Zoo Official (uncredited)	75
64	1938	Love on a Budget	Big Furniture Mover	0
65	1938	Crime School	Officer Hogan	63
66	1938	The Rage of Paris	Truck Driver (uncredited)	58
67	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	72
68	1938	Gateway	Guard	65
69	1938	Give Me a Sailor	Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)	58
70	1938	Carefree	Policeman (uncredited)	66
71	1938	Straight, Place and Show	Detective Globe	60
72	1938	Annabel Takes a Tour	Longshoreman at dance	50
73	1938	Thanks for the Memory	Flanahan	56
74	1938	Spring Madness	Jim - a Policeman	39
75	1938	Up the River	Tiny	0
76	1938	While New York Sleeps	Sgt. White	0
77	1939	Boy Trouble	Cop	50
78	1939	Honolulu	Second Detective	61
79	1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Police Officer	40
80	1939	Cafe Society	Cop	60
81	1939	The Saint Strikes Back	Pinky Budd	56
82	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)	58
83	1939	The Family Next Door	Cop	52
84	1939	The Flying Irishman	J.R. Robinson	46
85	1939	Fixer Dugan	Jake	65
86	1939	Lucky Night	Policeman	66
87	1939	The Spellbinder	Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)	60
88	1939	They All Come Out	George "Bugs" Jacklin	56
89	1939	Night Work	Police Officer Flannigan	70
90	1939	$1,000 a Touchdown	Ironmansky (uncredited)	20
91	1939	On Your Toes	First Policeman	39
92	1939	Pack Up Your Troubles	Sentry	62
93	1939	20,000 Men a Year	Dunk	55
94	1939	Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Truck Driver	63
95	1939	Another Thin Man	Detective Quinn (uncredited)	71
96	1939	A Child Is Born	Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)	65
97	1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Cab Driver	52
98	1940	Wolf of New York	W. Thornton Upshaw	70
99	1940	The Saint's Double Trouble	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	56
100	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Death Row Guard (uncredited)	68
101	1940	Northwest Passage	Capt. Butterfield	64
102	1940	Charlie Chan in Panama	Plant Workman	68
103	1940	Adventure in Diamonds	Lou	52
104	1940	Road to Singapore	Bill - Sailor (uncredited)	65
105	1940	It All Came True	Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	58
106	1940	Two Girls on Broadway	Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)	66
107	1940	Johnny Apollo	Detective (uncredited)	68
108	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	George, the Doorman (uncredited)	64
109	1940	An Angel from Texas	New York Policeman	48
110	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Policeman	0
111	1940	Susan and God	Cabbie (uncredited)	65
112	1940	Queen of the Mob	Bank Guard	45
113	1940	Girl from God's Country	Poker Player	0
114	1940	City for Conquest	Joe - Foreman (uncredited)	68
115	1940	Spring Parade	Inga - the Fortune Teller	67
116	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Bartender (uncredited)	51
117	1940	The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date	Chimp	59
118	1940	Street of Memories	Mike Sullivan	0
119	1940	Go West	Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)	65
120	1940	This Thing Called Love	Police Officer	80
121	1940	San Francisco Docks	Hank	60
122	1941	Four Mothers	Harry (uncredited)	62
123	1941	Flight from Destiny	Hotel Doorman	52
124	1941	Here Comes Happiness	Joe	50
125	1941	Thieves Fall Out	Dudley Kane	55
126	1941	Three Sons o' Guns	Sylvester	50
127	1941	Tillie the Toiler	Policeman	0
128	1941	Ice-Capades	Joe, the Bouncer	54
129	1941	Niagara Falls	Chuck	68
130	1942	Over My Dead Body	Police Sergeant	0
131	1942	A Date with the Falcon	Detective Bates (uncredited)	65
132	1942	Fly By Night	Officer Charlie Prescott	64
133	1942	Dr. Kildare's Victory	Willie Brooks	58
134	1942	What's Cookin'?	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)	55
135	1942	My Favorite Blonde	Mulrooney	64
136	1942	Meet the Stewarts	Moving Man	43
137	1942	Flying with Music	Joe	35
138	1942	Miss Annie Rooney	Policeman	63
139	1942	The Falcon Takes Over	Detective Bates (Uncredited)	60
140	1942	Lady in a Jam	Deputy	55
141	1942	Ten Gentlemen from West Point	Bombardier (uncredited)	58
142	1942	Blondie for Victory	Sergeant	73
143	1942	A-Haunting We Will Go	Police Lt. Foster	60
144	1942	Between Us Girls	Cab Driver (uncredited)	60
145	1942	My Sister Eileen	Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)	67
146	1942	The Falcon's Brother	Detective Bates	64
147	1942	My Heart Belongs to Daddy	Mr. Johnson - Detective	58
148	1943	Something to Shout About	Detective Stone	58
149	1943	The Falcon Strikes Back	Detective Bates	56
150	1943	Tahiti Honey	George, the Bartender	45
151	1943	Hit the Ice	Bank Policeman (uncredited)	59
152	1943	The Falcon in Danger	Det. Bates	56
153	1943	The West Side Kid	Donovan	0
154	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Doorman (uncredited)	61
155	1943	Princess O'Rourke	Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)	63
156	1943	My Kingdom for a Cook	Duke	0
157	1943	The Falcon and the Co-Eds	Detective Bates	65
158	1943	In Old Oklahoma	Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter	62
159	1944	The Falcon Out West	Homicide Detective Bates	55
160	1944	The Great Alaskan Mystery	Kurtz	50
161	1944	Detective Kitty O'Day	Mike Storm	48
162	1944	San Fernando Valley	Keno	0
163	1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)	71
164	1945	High Powered	Cal Williams	0
165	1945	Earl Carroll Vanities	Policeman	50
166	1945	Twice Blessed	Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)	60
167	1945	A Sporting Chance	Mike Ryan	0
168	1945	Dangerous Partners	Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)	63
169	1945	Wonder Man	Policeman in Park	66
170	1945	The Naughty Nineties	Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)	68
171	1945	Her Highness and the Bellboy	1st Cop	63
172	1945	Sing Your Way Home	Jailer	52
173	1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Cab Driver (uncredited)	59
174	1945	Life with Blondie	Hundefänger (uncredited)	60
175	1945	Follow That Woman	Butch	60
176	1946	Gay Blades	Bartender	0
177	1946	Little Giant	Policeman (uncredited)	53
178	1946	Blonde Alibi	Police Sergeant (Uncredited)	39
179	1946	Cinderella Jones	Riley	33
180	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Bouncer (uncredited)	63
181	1946	Behind the Mask	Detective Dixon	46
182	1946	The Dark Horse	Eustace Kelly	0
183	1946	The Inner Circle	Parking Ticket Cop	52
184	1946	Crack-Up	Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)	56
185	1947	The Brasher Doubloon	Truck Driver (uncredited)	60
186	1947	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	Policeman in Park (uncredited)	70
187	1947	So You're Going to Be a Father	Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)	43
188	1947	That's My Gal	Mike	0
189	1947	Saddle Pals	Jailer	50
190	1947	Web of Danger	Dolan, Restaurant Owner	48
191	1947	Little Miss Broadway	Uncle George	0
192	1947	The Ghost Goes Wild	Newsstand man	50
193	1947	Exposed	Big Mac	58
194	1947	Linda, Be Good	Frankie	0
195	1948	Campus Honeymoon	Motorcycle Cop	0
196	1948	Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!	Ted (uncredited)	47
197	1948	Daredevils of the Clouds	Tap-It Bowers	60
198	1948	Adventures of Gallant Bess	Deputy Sheriff	42
199	1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Detective (Uncredited)	65
200	1948	Strike It Rich	Mack	0
201	1949	Hold That Baby!	Policeman Burton	50
202	1950	Key to the City	S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)	62
203	1950	Belle of Old Mexico	Sam	0
204	1950	Father of the Bride	Moving Man with Door (uncredited)	70
205	1950	Triple Trouble	Officer Murphy	62
206	1950	So You Want to Move		0
207	1950	So You Want a Raise		60
208	1950	Hit Parade of 1951	Garrity	60
209	1950	Spooky Wooky		0
210	1951	Bedtime for Bonzo	Policeman (as Ed Gargan)	60
211	1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Milt (uncredited)	63
212	1953	I Was a Burlesque Queen	Frankie	10