Edward Gargan
Edward Gargan was an American film and television actor.
Career
Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan.
As soon as Gargan had left college, he went onto the stage and had extensive acting experience gained in plays like My Maryland, Rose Marie, and Good News before going into films. His Broadway credits include Face the Music, Polly of Hollywood and Black Boy.
In 1930, Gargan played Patrolman Mulligan in a production of Strictly Dishonorable.
Many of Gargan's appearances were uncredited.
Gargan was married to the former Catherine Conlan. He died February 19, 1964, at Columbus Hospital in New York City. He was 62. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Selected filmography
Tarnished Lady – Al – Man in Bar The Girl Habit – DetectiveThe Girl in 419 – Lt. 'Babs' RileyGambling Ship – Deputy Pilgrimage – Marty – Reporter Mary Stevens, M.D. – 'Captain' the Policeman Three-Cornered Moon – Mike the Landlord Turn Back the Clock – Pete – Checkers Player Bombshell – Second Immigration Officer Ace of Aces – Whitaker – Mechanic Jimmy and Sally – Married Meatpacker Gallant Lady – Policeman on Street Queen Christina – Drinker Fugitive Lovers – Policeman David Harum – Bill Montague Good Dame – House Detective Three on a Honeymoon – Poker Player Registered Nurse – Officer Pat O'BrienWild Gold – Eddie SparksSide Streets – Cop She Was a Lady – Bull Belle of the Nineties – StogieThe Lemon Drop Kid – Sullivan She Had to Choose – HigginsPort of Lost Dreams – Porky the Freda's 'Crew'We Live Again – Warden's Assistant Behold My Wife! – Det. Connolly The Band Plays On – Lumberjack Bachelor of Arts – Policeman A Notorious Gentleman – Detective The Gilded Lily – Subway GuardNew York Night – Trench Behind the Green Lights – Moran – a CopHold 'Em Yale – Detective Kelly Ginger – Detective So Red the Rose – Cavalryman The Irish in Us – Tough Guy Slugged by Danny Man on the Flying Trapeze – Patrolman No.1We're in the Money – Policeman Clancy O'RourkeTwo for Tonight – Taxi Driver Here Comes Cookie – Policeman Barbary Coast – Bill – Henchman Hands Across the Table – Pinky Kelly False Pretenses – Mike O'ReillyMiss Pacific Fleet – Shore Patrol Chief with Telephone The Bride Comes Home – Cab DriverCeiling Zero – Doc WilsonAnything Goes – DetectiveDangerous Waters – BosunThe Walking Dead – Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office Sutter's Gold – Wagon Driver Boulder Dam – Pa's Guest Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Bodyguard Roaming Lady – AndyHearts in Bondage – 'Mac' McPhersonNobody's Fool – TomA Son Comes Home – Second Truck Driver Grand Jury – Police Officer Tim BurkeMy Man Godfrey – Detective Stage Struck – RordanWives Never Know – Officer Valiant Is the Word for Carrie – Two in a Crowd – Policeman Wild Brian Kent – Joe – WaiterUnder Your Spell – Detective Great Guy – AlWe're on the Jury – Police Officer ClarkThe Great O'Malley – Policeman Driving Radio Car Nancy Steele Is Missing! – Guard When Love Is Young – Policeman The Man Who Found Himself – Policeman in Park Jim Hanvey, Detective – O.R. SmithYou Can't Buy Luck – Butch The Go Getter – Police Officer Riley San Quentin – 'Captain' Road Gang Guard Wake Up and Live – Murphy, Tour Guide SupervisorHigh, Wide and Handsome – ForemanBig City – Policeman with Banana Back in Circulation – Policeman at Train Wreck Madame X – Mate of Dorcas That's My Story – JohnA Girl with Ideas – EddieDanger Patrol – John DonovanThoroughbreds Don't Cry – Park Policeman 45 Fathers – Policeman Wallaby Jim of the Islands – Buck MorganBringing Up Baby – Zoo Official Love on a Budget – Big Furniture Mover Goodbye Broadway – Bus Driver Crime School – Officer Hogan Rascals – Police Officer The Devil's Party – Police Sgt. Enders The Rage of Paris – Truck Driver Men Are Such Fools – 2nd Policeman in Car The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse – Police Sergeant Gateway – Guard Keep Smiling – First Electrician The Texans – Sgt. Grady Give Me a Sailor – Chief Petty Officer Carefree – Policeman Time Out for Murder – Apartment Doorman Straight, Place and Show – Detective GlobeFive of a Kind – Tim Kelly – Bartender Thanks for the Memory – FlanahanAnnabel Takes a Tour – Longshoreman at DanceSpring Madness – Jim Up the River – TinyRoad Demon – Beefy Hogan While New York Sleeps – Police Sgt. WhiteNewsboys' Home – Policeman Boy Trouble – Cop Honolulu – 2nd DetectiveCafe Society – Cop Yes, My Darling Daughter – Police OfficerBlondie Meets the Boss – Garden Café Doorman The Saint Strikes Back – Pinky BuddWinner Take All – Bettor The Family Next Door – Cop The Flying Irishman – Jim 'J.R.' Robinson Fixer Dugan – JakeFor Love or Money – BubblesLucky Night – PolicemanBoy Friend – Bugsie It Could Happen to You – Bartender They All Come Out – George Jacklin – 'Bugs'The Spellbinder – Tom – Taxi Driver Night Work – Police Officer Flannigan$1,000 a Touchdown – Ironmansky On Your Toes – First Policeman Pack Up Your Troubles – Sentry20,000 Men a Year – DunkHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence – Truck Driver Another Thin Man – Detective Quinn A Child Is Born – Officer Riley – Police Guard Brother Rat and a Baby – Taxicab DriverWolf of New York – W. Thornton UpshawThe Saint's Double Trouble – Police Sergeant Castle on the Hudson – Death Row Guard Northwest Passage – Capt. Butterfield Charlie Chan in Panama – Plant Workman Adventure in Diamonds – LouThree Cheers for the Irish – Policeman O'Brien Road to Singapore – Bill – Sailor Johnny Apollo – Detective It All Came True – Police Desk Sergeant Two Girls on Broadway – Policeman Guarding Courtroom Buck Benny Rides Again – Policeman The Doctor Takes a Wife – George – Doorman An Angel from Texas – New York Policeman I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby – Policeman at Robbery Susan and God – Cabbie Queen of the Mob – Bank GuardGirl from God's Country – Poker Player #1Girl from Avenue A – First Doorman City for Conquest – Joe – Foreman Spring Parade – Inga – the Fortune TellerThe Villain Still Pursued Her – Bartender Slightly Tempted – Gottlieb, Policeman Tugboat Annie Sails Again – Policeman Street of Memories – Mike SullivanThe Lone Wolf Keeps a Date – ChimpGo West – Railroad Ticket Seller This Thing Called Love – Police Officer The San Francisco Docks – HankBowery Boy – Mr. HansonFour Mothers – Harry Tall, Dark and Handsome – Store Detective Flight from Destiny – Hotel Doorman Meet the Chump – MuldoonHere Comes Happiness – JoeMen of Boys Town – Detective Arresting Whitey Thieves Fall Out – KaneAffectionately Yours – Traffic Policeman Million Dollar Baby – Customs Officer Tight Shoes – BloochThree Sons o' Guns – Sylvester, the Milkman Tillie the Toiler – PolicemanIce-Capades – Joe, the Bouncer Lady Be Good – Policeman Navy Blues – Hawaii Club Proprietor Niagara Falls – ChuckEllery Queen and the Murder Ring – Dumb Henchman The Night of January 16th – Cop Who Helps the Drunk A Date with the Falcon – Detective Bates Fly-by-Night – Officer Charlie PrescottDr. Kildare's Victory – Willie BrooksWhat's Cookin'? – Minor Role My Favorite Blonde – MulrooneyMeet the Stewarts – Moving ManFlying with Music – JoeThe Falcon Takes Over – Detective Bates Miss Annie Rooney – Policeman Ten Gentlemen from West Point – Bombardier They All Kissed the Bride – Private PolicemanLady in a Jam – DeputyBlondie for Victory – SergeantA-Haunting We Will Go – Police Lt. FosterBetween Us Girls – Cab Driver My Sister Eileen – Murphy – Policeman The Falcon's Brother – Detective BatesMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch – Doorman My Heart Belongs to Daddy – Mr. Johnson – Detective Over My Dead Body – Police SergeantAndy Hardy's Double Life – Motorcycle Policeman The Meanest Man in the World – Hotel Detective Something to Shout About – Detective Stone They Got Me Covered – Cop at Bridge Prairie Chickens – Bus Driver The Falcon Strikes Back – Detective BatesTahiti Honey – George, the BartenderTaxi, Mister – Willie, Court Bailiff / Cabby / Ballplayer Hit the Ice – Bank Policeman The Falcon in Danger – Detective BatesThe West Side Kid – DonovanThank Your Lucky Stars – Doorman Princess O'Rourke – Slugged Pedestrian My Kingdom for a Cook – DukeThe Falcon and the Co-eds – Detective BatesIn Old Oklahoma – Kelsey – Waiter The Falcon Out West – Detective BatesThe Great Alaskan Mystery – Kurtz Once Upon a Time – Cop Outside Flynn Theater Detective Kitty O'Day – MikeSong of the Open Road – Poultry Truck Driver San Fernando Valley – KenoSan Diego, I Love You – Policeman The Thin Man Goes Home – Mickey Finnegan Music for Millions – Detective High Powered – Cal WilliamsSee My Lawyer – Furniture Mover Earl Carroll Vanities – PolicemanIt's in the Bag! – Chair Delivery Man Diamond Horseshoe – Grogan – Stagehand The Bullfighters – Vasso – Man Practicing Speech The Great John L. – Twice Blessed – Outraged Baseball Fan That's the Spirit – Cop A Sporting Chance – Mike RyanDangerous Partners – Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment Wonder Man – Policeman in ParkThe Naughty Nineties – Baxter – Saloon Bartender The Beautiful Cheat – Blue Moon ManagerGuest Wife – Waiter Her Highness and the Bellboy – 1st CopSing Your Way Home – JailerShe Wouldn't Say Yes – Cab Driver Life with Blondie – Dogcatcher Follow That Woman – ButchPardon My Past – Policeman at Pemberton Home Gay Blades – BartenderDeadline at Dawn – Bouncer Little Giant – Policeman Cinderella Jones – RileyBlonde Alibi – Police Sergeant Behind the Mask – Detective DixonThe Dark Horse – Eustace KellyThe Inner Circle – Parking Ticket CopFaithful in My Fashion – Cop Crack-Up – Cop in Arcade The Brasher Doubloon – Truck Driver The Ghost Goes Wild – Newsstand ManIt Happened on Fifth Avenue – Policeman in Park That's My Gal – MikeSaddle Pals – JailerWeb of Danger – Dolan, Restaurant OwnerLittle Miss Broadway – Uncle GeorgeThe Trouble with Women – Mr. Fogarty Exposed – Big MacLinda, Be Good – FrankieCampus Honeymoon – Motorcycle CopScudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! – Ted Are You with It? – Spectator Smart Woman – Interrogator at Police Line-Up The Dude Goes West – Train ConductorWaterfront at Midnight – Minor Role The Babe Ruth Story – Policeman Daredevils of the Clouds – Tap–It BowersA Southern Yankee – Male Nurse You Gotta Stay Happy – Detective Strike It Rich – Mack – the BartenderAdventures of Gallant Bess – DeputyBlondie's Secret – The Butcher Hold That Baby! – Burton – PolicemanMighty Joe Young – Bar Patron That Midnight Kiss – Traffic Cop Love Happy – Cop Who Captures Harpo Feudin' Rhythm – Fire Chief Key to the City – S.F. Cop – Fire Escape The Kid from Texas – Blacksmith Belle of Old Mexico – SamSquare Dance Katy – Police Officer CaseyFather of the Bride – Moving Man with Door Triple Trouble – Police Officer MurphyHit Parade of 1951 – GarrityValentino – Cop in Central Park Bedtime for Bonzo – Policeman BillCuban Fireball – RitterAbbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man – Milt Little Egypt – Police Sergeant