William Gargan

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1905-07-17

Died: 1979-02-18

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Follow the Leader	A Gangster	54
2	1932	The Misleading Lady	Fitzpatrick	0
3	1932	Rain	Sergeant Tim O'Hara	68
4	1932	The Sport Parade	Johnny Baker	53
5	1932	The Animal Kingdom	Regan	58
6	1933	Lucky Devils	Bob Hughes	63
7	1933	Sweepings	Gene Pardway	58
8	1933	The Story of Temple Drake	Stephen Benbow	65
9	1933	Emergency Call	Steve Brennan	58
10	1933	Headline Shooter	Bill Allen	58
11	1933	Night Flight	Brazilian Pilot	58
12	1933	Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men	Red Branahan	73
13	1934	Four Frightened People	Stewart Corder	59
14	1934	Strictly Dynamite	Georgie	53
15	1934	British Agent	Bob Medill	55
16	1934	The Hollywood Gad-About	Self (uncredited)	40
17	1935	A Night at the Ritz	Duke Regan	30
18	1935	Traveling Saleslady	Pat O'Connor	59
19	1935	Black Fury	Slim Johnson, Company Policeman	64
20	1935	Things Are Looking Up	Van Gaard	60
21	1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	Numbers	50
22	1935	Broadway Gondolier	Cliff Stanley	54
23	1935	Bright Lights	Dan Wheeler	45
24	1935	Things You Never See on the Screen	Self	50
25	1936	Man Hunt	Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson	0
26	1936	The Milky Way	Speed McFarland	63
27	1936	Navy Born	Lt. Red Furness	45
28	1936	Blackmailer	Peter Cornish	50
29	1936	Fury and the Woman	Bruce Corrigan	0
30	1936	Alibi for Murder	Perry Travis	55
31	1936	The Sky Parade	Speed Robertson	0
32	1936	Flying Hostess	Hal Cunningham	0
33	1937	You Only Live Once	Father Dolan	71
34	1937	Breezing Home	Steve Rowan	0
35	1937	Wings Over Honolulu	Jack Furness	53
36	1937	Reported Missing	Steve Browning	0
37	1937	She Asked for It	Dwight Stanford	60
38	1937	Behind the Mike	George Hayes	0
39	1937	Some Blondes Are Dangerous	George Regan	10
40	1937	You're a Sweetheart	Fred Edwards	40
41	1938	The Crime of Doctor Hallet	Dr. Jack Murray	0
42	1938	The Devil's Party	Mike O'Mara	55
43	1938	The Crowd Roars	Johnny Martin	65
44	1938	Personal Secretary	Marcus 'Mark' Farrell	0
45	1939	Within the Law	Police Sergeant Cassidy	60
46	1939	The Adventures of Jane Arden	Ed Towers	57
47	1939	Broadway Serenade	Bill Foster	62
48	1939	Women in the Wind	Ace Boreman	68
49	1939	The House of Fear	Arthur McHugh	65
50	1939	Three Sons	Thane Pardway	32
51	1939	The Housekeeper's Daughter	Ed O'Malley	35
52	1939	Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President	Joe Turp	20
53	1940	Double Alibi	Walter Gifford	45
54	1940	Isle Of Destiny	Stripes Thornton	50
55	1940	Star Dust	Dane Wharton	47
56	1940	Turnabout	Joel Clare	60
57	1940	Sporting Blood	Duffy	43
58	1940	They Knew What They Wanted	Joe	55
59	1941	Cheers for Miss Bishop	Sam Peters	59
60	1941	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1	Himself	0
61	1941	Flying Cadets	'Trip' Hammer	30
62	1941	I Wake Up Screaming	Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald	68
63	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Craig Morrison	59
64	1942	Sealed Lips	Lee Davis	58
65	1942	Bombay Clipper	James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson	55
66	1942	A Close Call for Ellery Queen	Ellery Queen	52
67	1942	A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen	Ellery Queen	57
68	1942	Miss Annie Rooney	Mr. Timothy Rooney	63
69	1942	Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen	Ellery Queen	55
70	1942	Destination Unknown	Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan	60
71	1942	The Mayor of 44th Street	Tommy Fallon	40
72	1942	Who Done It?	Detective Inspector Lou	69
73	1943	No Place for a Lady	Jess Arno	60
74	1943	Harrigan's Kid	Tom Harrigan	0
75	1943	Swing Fever	'Waltzy' Malone	50
76	1944	The Canterville Ghost	Sergeant Benson	66
77	1945	She Gets Her Man	'Breezy' Barton	37
78	1945	Song of the Sarong	Drew Allen	50
79	1945	Midnight Manhunt	Pete Willis	45
80	1945	Follow That Woman	Sam Boone	60
81	1945	The Bells of St. Mary's	Joe Gallagher	68
82	1946	Behind Green Lights	Lt. Sam Carson	56
83	1946	Strange Impersonation	Dr. Stephen Lindstrom	60
84	1946	Night Editor	Tony Cochrane	56
85	1946	Murder in the Music Hall	Inspector Wilson	46
86	1946	Hot Cargo	Joe Harkness	0
87	1946	Till the End of Time	Sgt. Gunny Watrous	67
88	1946	Swell Guy	Martin Duncan	0
89	1948	The Argyle Secrets	Harry Mitchell	60
90	1948	Waterfront at Midnight	Mike Hanrohan	40
91	1949	Dynamite	"Gunner" Peterson	40
92	1955	Man on the Ledge	Officer Bragan	0
93	1956	Miracle in the Rain	Harry Wood	67
94	1956	The Rawhide Years	Marshal Sommers	55
95	2003	Complicated Women	Self (archive footage)	67

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Con McTaggart	47
2	1949	Martin Kane, Private Eye		50
3	1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse		0
4	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	70
5	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Officer Bragan	52