You Only Live Once1937
As Father Dolan
TMDb 7.1 / 10
William Gargan
Born
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 (97)
The Bells of St. Mary's1945
As Joe Gallagher
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Keep 'Em Flying1941
As Craig Morrison
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Rawhide Years1956
As Marshal Sommers
TMDb 5.6 / 10
I Wake Up Screaming1941
As Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Strange Impersonation1946
As Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Story of Temple Drake1933
As Stephen Benbow
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Swing Fever1943
As 'Waltzy' Malone
TMDb 6.0 / 10
British Agent1934
As Bob Medill
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Miracle in the Rain1956
As Harry Wood
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Who Done It?1942
As Detective Inspector Lou
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Canterville Ghost1944
As Sergeant Benson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
They Knew What They Wanted1940
As Joe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Till the End of Time1946
As Sgt. Gunny Watrous
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Don't Bet on Blondes1935
As Numbers
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Night Editor1946
As Tony Cochrane
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Man on the Ledge1955
As Officer Bragan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Night Flight1933
As Brazilian Pilot
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Housekeeper's Daughter1939
As Ed O'Malley
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Mayor of 44th Street1942
As Tommy Fallon
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Four Frightened People1934
As Stewart Corder
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Murder in the Music Hall1946
As Inspector Wilson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Black Fury1935
As Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Complicated Women2003
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Song of the Sarong1945
As Drew Allen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Miss Annie Rooney1942
As Mr. Timothy Rooney
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Hollywood Gad-About1934
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
You're a Sweetheart1937
As Fred Edwards
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men1933
As Red Branahan
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Milky Way1936
As Speed McFarland
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cheers for Miss Bishop1941
As Sam Peters
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Broadway Serenade1939
As Bill Foster
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Devil's Party1938
As Mike O'Mara
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Crime of Doctor Hallet1938
As Dr. Jack Murray
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Adventures of Jane Arden1939
As Ed Towers
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sealed Lips1942
As Lee Davis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942
As Ellery Queen
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rain1932
As Sergeant Tim O'Hara
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Things Are Looking Up1935
As Van Gaard
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President1939
As Joe Turp
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The House of Fear1939
As Arthur McHugh
TMDb 7.7 / 10
No Place for a Lady1943
As Jess Arno
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lucky Devils1933
As Bob Hughes
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Some Blondes Are Dangerous1937
As George Regan
TMDb 4.0 / 10
She Gets Her Man1945
As 'Breezy' Barton
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Rendezvous 241946
As Agent Larry Cameron
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Women in the Wind1939
As Ace Boreman
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sweepings1933
As Gene Pardway
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Broadway Gondolier1935
As Cliff Stanley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Crowd Roars1938
As Johnny Martin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Night at the Ritz1935
As Duke Regan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Midnight Manhunt1945
As Pete Willis
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Star Dust1940
As Dane Wharton
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Blackmailer1936
As Peter Cornish
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Isle Of Destiny1940
As Stripes Thornton
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen1942
As Ellery Queen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Turnabout1940
As Joel Clare
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Sky Parade1936
As Speed Robertson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Waterfront at Midnight1948
As Mike Hanrohan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen1942
As Ellery Queen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Animal Kingdom1932
As Regan
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Headline Shooter1933
As Bill Allen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Strictly Dynamite1934
As Georgie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bright Lights1935
As Dan Wheeler
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 11941
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sporting Blood1940
As Duffy
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Things You Never See on the Screen1935
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Fury and the Woman1936
As Bruce Corrigan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hot Cargo1946
As Joe Harkness
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Emergency Call1933
As Steve Brennan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Swell Guy1946
As Martin Duncan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Within the Law1939
As Police Sergeant Cassidy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Man Hunt1936
As Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Behind Green Lights1946
As Sam Carson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Destination Unknown1942
As Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bombay Clipper1942
As James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Behind the Mike1937
As George Hayes
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Argyle Secrets1948
As Harry Mitchell
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Misleading Lady1932
As Fitzpatrick
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Traveling Saleslady1935
As Pat O'Connor
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Harrigan's Kid1943
As Tom Harrigan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sport Parade1932
As Johnny Baker
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Line-Up1934
As Bob Curtis
TMDb 3.5 / 10
She Asked for It1937
As Dwight Stanford
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wings Over Honolulu1937
As Jack Furness
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Follow the Leader1930
As Gangster (uncredited)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Dynamite1949
As "Gunner" Peterson
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Flying Cadets1941
As 'Trip' Hammer
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Follow That Woman1945
As Sam Boone
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Double Alibi1940
As Walter Gifford
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Alibi for Murder1936
As Perry Travis
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Breezing Home1937
As Steve Rowan
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Flying Hostess1936
As Hal Cunningham
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Personal Secretary1938
As Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Three Sons1939
As Thane Pardway
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Navy Born1936
As Lt. Red Furness
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Reported Missing1937
As Steve Browning
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb