Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 17, 1905
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Dennis Gargan
- Bill Gargan
William 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.
Known For - Movies
Keep 'Em Flying
as Craig Morrison
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Joe Gallagher
The Crowd Roars
as Johnny Martin
I Wake Up Screaming
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Swing Fever
as 'Waltzy' Malone
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Joe Turp
Rain
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
The Canterville Ghost
as Sergeant Benson
Black Fury
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
