William Gargan
ActingAlso Known As
William Dennis Gargan, Bill 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.
Movies
(96 total)
You Only Live Once
as Father Dolan
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Joe Gallagher
I Wake Up Screaming
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Rain
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
The Canterville Ghost
as Sergeant Benson
Who Done It?
as Detective Inspector Lou
The Story of Temple Drake
as Stephen Benbow
Behind Green Lights
as Lt. Sam Carson
Black Fury
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
The Animal Kingdom
as Regan
Night Editor
as Tony Cochrane
Keep 'Em Flying
as Craig Morrison
Strange Impersonation
as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
The Milky Way
as Speed McFarland
Night Flight
as Brazilian Pilot
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Sam Peters
Four Frightened People
as Stewart Corder
Till the End of Time
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
British Agent
as Bob Medill
You're a Sweetheart
as Fred Edwards
TV Shows
(6 total)
Studio One
as Con McTaggart
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Officer Bragan
