William Gargan
Known for: Acting
Born: July 17, 1905
Died: February 18, 1979
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
97 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.6
The Rawhide Years
1956
6.9
Miracle in the Rain
1956
7.0
Man on the Ledge
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
19557.8
The George Gobel Show
19548.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
7.3
Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949
4.7
Dynamite
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.0
Waterfront at Midnight
1948
6.2
The Argyle Secrets
1948
8.0
Swell Guy
1946
6.4
Till the End of Time
1946
8.0
Hot Cargo
1946
9.0
Rendezvous 24
1946
5.3
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
5.5
Night Editor
1946
6.1
Strange Impersonation
1946
5.6
Behind Green Lights
1946
6.8
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
6.5
Follow That Woman
1945
4.6
Midnight Manhunt
1945
7.0
Song of the Sarong
1945
5.3
She Gets Her Man
1945
6.9
The Canterville Ghost
1944
6.0
Swing Fever
1943
7.0
Harrigan's Kid
1943
6.0
No Place for a Lady
1943
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
5.0
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
7.0
Destination Unknown
1942
6.5
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
6.3
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
6.3
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
6.1
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
6.0
Bombay Clipper
1942
6.0
Sealed Lips
1942
6.2
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
4.5
Flying Cadets
1941
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
5.8
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
6.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940
6.0
Turnabout
1940
5.7
Star Dust
1940
5.7
Isle Of Destiny
1940
5.3
Double Alibi
1940
5.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
4.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
4.5
Three Sons
1939
7.7
The House of Fear
1939
6.8
Women in the Wind
1939
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939
6.3
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
6.5
Within the Law
1939
8.0
Personal Secretary
1938
7.0
The Crowd Roars
1938
5.4
The Devil's Party
1938
10.0
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
4.6
You're a Sweetheart
1937
4.0
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1937
8.0
Behind the Mike
1937
8.0
She Asked for It
1937
10.0
Reported Missing
1937
6.4
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
6.0
Breezing Home
1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
10.0
Flying Hostess
1936
8.0
The Sky Parade
1936
6.5
Alibi for Murder
1936
7.0
Fury and the Woman
1936
6.5
Blackmailer
1936
6.0
Navy Born
1936
6.1
The Milky Way
1936
10.0
Man Hunt
1936
5.3
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
5.1
Bright Lights
1935
5.8
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
6.5
Things Are Looking Up
1935
6.3
Black Fury
1935
6.1
Traveling Saleslady
1935
6.5
A Night at the Ritz
1935
6.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
5.8
British Agent
1934
6.5
Strictly Dynamite
1934
3.5
The Line-Up
1934
5.9
Four Frightened People
1934
7.8
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
6.3
Headline Shooter
1933
6.3
Emergency Call
1933
6.5
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
5.8
Sweepings
1933
6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
5.6
The Animal Kingdom
1932
5.3
The Sport Parade
1932
6.6
Rain
1932
7.0
The Misleading Lady
1932
4.9
Follow the Leader
1930