William Gargan
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.
Filmography
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Marshal Sommers
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Harry Wood
Man on the Ledge
1955
as Officer Bragan
Dynamite
1949
as "Gunner" Peterson
Waterfront at Midnight
1948
as Mike Hanrohan
The Argyle Secrets
1948
as Harry Mitchell
Swell Guy
1946
as Martin Duncan
Till the End of Time
1946
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
Hot Cargo
1946
as Joe Harkness
Rendezvous 24
1946
as Agent Larry Cameron
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Inspector Wilson
Night Editor
1946
as Tony Cochrane
Strange Impersonation
1946
as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
Behind Green Lights
1946
as Sam Carson
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
as Joe Gallagher
Follow That Woman
1945
as Sam Boone
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Pete Willis
Song of the Sarong
1945
as Drew Allen
She Gets Her Man
1945
as 'Breezy' Barton
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Sergeant Benson
Swing Fever
1943
as 'Waltzy' Malone
Harrigan's Kid
1943
as Tom Harrigan
No Place for a Lady
1943
as Jess Arno