William Gargan

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.

Cast

Man on the Ledge

Strange Impersonation

Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

I Wake Up Screaming

Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald

Midnight Manhunt

The Bells of St. Mary's

The Story of Temple Drake

Police Sergeant Cassidy

Speed McFarland

Sergeant Tim O'Hara

Broadway Gondolier

Four Frightened People

Behind Green Lights

Detective Inspector Lou

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

The Canterville Ghost

Sergeant Benson

You Only Live Once

Don't Bet on Blondes

Slim Johnson, Company Policeman

Brazilian Pilot

They Knew What They Wanted

Miracle in the Rain

Till the End of Time

Sgt. Gunny Watrous

The Animal Kingdom

Waterfront at Midnight

Murder in the Music Hall

Inspector Wilson

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Broadway Serenade

The House of Fear

Destination Unknown

Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan

Miss Annie Rooney

Mr. Timothy Rooney

Headline Shooter

Things Are Looking Up

Traveling Saleslady

Women in the Wind

Strictly Dynamite

The Argyle Secrets

'Waltzy' Malone

The Housekeeper's Daughter

A Night at the Ritz

Lt. Red Furness

She Gets Her Man

'Breezy' Barton

The Devil's Party

The Mayor of 44th Street

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Isle Of Destiny

Stripes Thornton

Personal Secretary

Marcus 'Mark' Farrell

Follow the Leader

Gangster (uncredited)

The Sport Parade

The Crowd Roars

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

Dr. Jack Murray

She Asked for It

Dwight Stanford

Speed Robertson

"Gunner" Peterson

Reported Missing

You're a Sweetheart

Fury and the Woman

Alibi for Murder

The Misleading Lady

Wings Over Honolulu

Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson

Some Blondes Are Dangerous

No Place for a Lady

Keep 'Em Flying

James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson

Song of the Sarong

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

The Rawhide Years

Marshal Sommers

The Hollywood Gad-About

Self (uncredited)

Things You Never See on the Screen

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

Follow That Woman

Behind the Mike