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Name
Edward Gargan

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1902-07-17

Deathday
1964-02-19 (62 years old)

Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Edward Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York in 1902. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan whose July 17 birthday he shared.

Edward Gargan started as a musical comedy actor on Broadway. He sang in "Good News", "Rose-Marie", and other hit musicals of the 1920s, and also in opera. One of his early shows was "Polly of Hollywood" in 1927. He portrayed Patrolman Mulligan, one of the principals of "Strictly Dishonorable", in 1930.

He went to Hollywood in 1932 and the next year was in the cast of the film "David Harum". For the next 19 years he appeared in a variety of movies. Gargan was one of the most prolific bit players in the history of the movies, specializing in dumb policemen and dense sidekicks. He appeared in nearly 300 feature films over a three-decade span between 1921 and 1952, and television work from 1951 to 1953.

Gargan died in New York City in 1964.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1938 Bringing Up Baby as Zoo Official (uncredited)
1930 It's All Over as Jerry
1942 Blondie for Victory as Sergeant
1945 Life with Blondie as Hundefänger (uncredited)
1950 Hit Parade of 1951 as Garrity
1950 Belle of Old Mexico as Sam
1938 Annabel Takes a Tour as Longshoreman at dance
1940 Go West as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1933 Bombshell as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
1942 My Sister Eileen as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
1950 Triple Trouble as Officer Murphy
1945 A Sporting Chance as Mike Ryan
1934 Wild Gold as Eddie Sparks
1938 Carefree as Policeman (uncredited)
1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941 Tillie the Toiler as Policeman
1951 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Milt (uncredited)
1948 Adventures of Gallant Bess as Deputy Sheriff
1938 The Rage of Paris as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1942 A-Haunting We Will Go as Police Lt. Foster
1943 The Falcon in Danger as Det. Bates
1944 The Falcon Out West as Homicide Detective Bates
1942 The Falcon's Brother as Detective Bates
1943 The Falcon Strikes Back as Detective Bates
1943 The Falcon and the Co-Eds as Detective Bates
1939 The Saint Strikes Back as Pinky Budd
1950 So You Want a Raise
1950 So You Want to Move
1947 The Ghost Goes Wild as Newsstand man
1946 The Inner Circle as Parking Ticket Cop
1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze as Patrolman
1944 Detective Kitty O'Day as Mike Storm
1934 Belle of the Nineties as Stogie (Ruby's agent)
1938 Crime School as Officer Hogan
1942 My Favorite Blonde as Mulrooney
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1947 Exposed as Big Mac
1935 Behind the Green Lights as Moran - a Cop
1938 While New York Sleeps as Sgt. White
1936 Under Your Spell as Detective (uncredited)
1942 Flying with Music as Joe
1946 Behind the Mask as Detective Dixon
1940 Wolf of New York as W. Thornton Upshaw
1935 False Pretenses as Mike O'Reilly
1936 Anything Goes as Detective #1
1939 Lucky Night as Policeman
1933 Mary Stevens, M.D. as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
1938 Thanks for the Memory as Flanahan
1936 Grand Jury as Policeman Burke
1931 Two A.M.
1945 Sing Your Way Home as Jailer
1931 The Door Knocker as Man
1934 Radio Dough as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1937 Jim Hanvey, Detective as O. R.Smith
1944 The Great Alaskan Mystery as Kurtz
1939 They All Come Out as George "Bugs" Jacklin
1937 Wallaby Jim of the Islands as [scenes deleted]
1931 The African Dodger
1950 Key to the City as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
1931 Via Express
1935 We're in the Money as Clancy O'Rourke
1939 The Flying Irishman as J.R. Robinson
1940 Spring Parade as Inga - the Fortune Teller
1935 The Gilded Lily as Guard
1935 The Bride Comes Home as Cab Driver
1945 Twice Blessed as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1938 Give Me a Sailor as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
1935 A Notorious Gentleman as Detective
1947 That's My Gal as Mike
1934 Port of Lost Dreams as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'
1937 Danger Patrol as John Donovan
1931 Tarnished Lady as Al - Man in Bar
1934 She Had to Choose as Higgins
1937 High, Wide and Handsome as Foreman
1936 Stage Struck as Rordan
1935 One New York Night as Trench
1940 San Francisco Docks as Hank
1934 The Band Plays On as Lumberjack
1934 Registered Nurse as Officer Pat O'Brien
1937 Madame X as Mate of Dorcas
1937 The Man Who Found Himself as Policeman in Park
1939 Boy Trouble as Cop
1936 Sutter's Gold as Wagon Driver
1939 The Family Next Door as Cop
1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1933 Ace of Aces as Whitaker (uncredited)
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her as Bartender (uncredited)
1938 Spring Madness as Jim - a Policeman
1946 Cinderella Jones as Riley
1939 On Your Toes as First Policeman
1939 Honolulu as Second Detective
1939 Blondie Meets the Boss as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)
1941 Three Sons o' Guns as Sylvester
1936 Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
1939 A Child is Born as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
1939 Another Thin Man as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1934 We Live Again as Warden's assistant
1939 The Spellbinder as Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Truck Driver
1945 High Powered as Cal Williams
1937 You Can't Buy Luck as Butch (uncredited)
1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Chimp
1939 Pack Up Your Troubles as Sentry
1940 Two Girls on Broadway as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
1939 Fixer Dugan as Jake
1937 The Great O'Malley as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
1946 Deadline at Dawn as Bouncer (uncredited)
1942 Fly By Night as Officer Charlie Prescott
1942 Meet the Stewarts as Moving Man
1953 I Was a Burlesque Queen as Frankie
1947 Linda, Be Good as Frankie
1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Ted (uncredited)
1942 Lady in a Jam as Deputy
1940 Charlie Chan in Panama as Plant Workman
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook as Duke
1940 The Saint's Double Trouble as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1938 Love on a Budget as Big Furniture Mover
1943 Tahiti Honey as George, the Bartender
1936 Great Guy as Henchman Al
1940 Brother Rat and a Baby as Cab Driver
1942 What's Cookin'? as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1945 Dangerous Partners as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
1940 Street of Memories as Mike Sullivan
1943 The West Side Kid as Donovan
1935 Hands Across the Table as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
1940 Buck Benny Rides Again as Policeman
1946 The Dark Horse as Eustace Kelly
1948 Strike It Rich as Mack
1937 A Girl with Ideas as Eddie
1934 Queen Christina as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
1940 Northwest Passage as Capt. Butterfield
1944 San Fernando Valley as Keno
1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
1938 Gateway as Guard
1940 City for Conquest as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
1939 20,000 Men a Year as Dunk
1940 Susan and God as Cabbie (uncredited)
1937 Back in Circulation as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
1940 It All Came True as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940 Castle on the Hudson as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
1933 Gambling Ship as Deputy (uncredited)
1942 Between Us Girls as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1940 This Thing Called Love as Police Officer
1940 An Angel from Texas as New York Policeman
1940 Road to Singapore as Bill (uncredited)
1949 Hold That Baby! as Policeman Burton
1940 Johnny Apollo as Detective (uncredited)
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars as Doorman (uncredited)
1933 Pilgrimage
1948 Campus Honeymoon as Motorcycle Cop
1947 Web of Danger as Dolan, Restaurant Owner
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities as Policeman
1946 Gay Blades as Bartender
1941 Thieves Fall Out as Dudley Kane
1933 The Girl in 419 as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
1939 Cafe Society as Cop
1945 Wonder Man as Policeman in Park
1947 Saddle Pals as Jailer
1939 Yes, My Darling Daughter as Police Officer
1941 Four Mothers as Harry (uncredited)
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Bombardier (uncredited)
1937 We're on the Jury as Officer Clark
1950 Spooky Wooky
1947 Little Miss Broadway as Uncle George
1938 Straight, Place and Show as Detective Globe
1942 A Date with the Falcon as Detective Bates (uncredited)
1936 Ceiling Zero as Doc Wilson
1942 Over My Dead Body as Police Sergeant
1942 Miss Annie Rooney as Policeman
1941 Niagara Falls as Chuck
1937 The Go-Getter as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
1945 Follow That Woman as Butch
1942 Dr. Kildare's Victory as Willie Brooks
1936 The Walking Dead as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Mr. Johnson - Detective
1943 In Old Oklahoma as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
1939 $1,000 a Touchdown as Ironmansky (uncredited)
1943 Something to Shout About as Detective Stone
1942 The Falcon Takes Over as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
1936 Roaming Lady as Andy
1939 Night Work as Officer Flannigan
1943 Princess O'Rourke as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
1941 Ice-Capades as Joe, the Bouncer
1940 Adventure in Diamonds as Lou
1946 Blonde Alibi as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1941 Flight from Destiny as Hotel Doorman
1941 Here Comes Happiness as Joe
1950 Father of the Bride as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
1947 The Brasher Doubloon as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1943 Hit the Ice as Bank Policeman (uncredited)
1945 The Naughty Nineties as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
1946 Little Giant as Policeman (uncredited)
1936 Dangerous Waters as Bosun
1940 Girl from God's Country as Poker Player
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy as 1st Cop
1948 You Gotta Stay Happy as Detective (Uncredited)
1936 My Man Godfrey as Detective (uncredited)
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
1938 Up the River as Tiny
1947 So You're Going to Be a Father as Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
1931 The Girl Habit as Detective
1940 Queen of the Mob as Bank Guard
1948 Daredevils of the Clouds as Tap-It Bowers
1946 Crack-Up as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
1935 Two for Tonight as Taxi Driver
1934 David Harum as Bill Montague (uncredited)
1936 Wives Never Know as Officer
1935 Here Comes Cookie as Policeman (uncredited)
1944 The Thin Man Goes Home as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
1933 Three Cornered Moon as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)
1937 That’s My Story as John
1941 Million Dollar Baby

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