Actor
William Gargan
July 17, 1905 · 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.
Often works with
Charles Lane
3 titles together
I Wake Up Screaming, The Milky Way, The Milky Way
Irving Pichel
3 titles together
The Story of Temple Drake, Night Flight, British Agent
Barton MacLane
2 titles together
You Only Live Once, Black Fury
Ward Bond
2 titles together
You Only Live Once, Black Fury
Una O'Connor
2 titles together
The Bells of St. Mary's, The Canterville Ghost
Carole Landis
2 titles together
I Wake Up Screaming, Behind Green Lights
Full filmography · 96
The Rawhide Years
as Marshal Sommers
1956
Miracle in the Rain
as Harry Wood
1956
Man on the Ledge
as Officer Bragan
1955
Dynamite
as "Gunner" Peterson
1949
Waterfront at Midnight
as Mike Hanrohan
1948
The Argyle Secrets
as Harry Mitchell
1948
Swell Guy
as Martin Duncan
1946
Till the End of Time
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
19466.4
Hot Cargo
as Joe Harkness
1946
Rendezvous 24
as Agent Larry Cameron
1946
Murder in the Music Hall
as Inspector Wilson
1946
Night Editor
as Tony Cochrane
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