Edward Gargan
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.
214 acting credits
Acting · 214
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Father of the Bride
1950
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Crime School
1938
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Another Thin Man
1939
My Man Godfrey
1936
The Go-Getter
1937
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Queen Christina
1934
Castle on the Hudson
1940
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
The Walking Dead
1936
Wonder Man
1945
In Old Oklahoma
1943
David Harum
1934
Northwest Passage
1940
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
The Gilded Lily
1935
Crack-Up
1946
It All Came True
1940
Deadline at Dawn
1946
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Gateway
1938
Road to Singapore
1940
Triple Trouble
1950
Bombshell
1933
City for Conquest
1940
Boy Trouble
1939
Hands Across the Table
1935
Twice Blessed
1945
Street of Memories
1940
Key to the City
1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Go West
1940
The Inner Circle
1946
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Ace of Aces
1933
Carefree
1938
Four Mothers
1941
Lady in a Jam
1942
The Falcon's Brother
1942
My Sister Eileen
1942
Flight from Destiny
1941
A Date with the Falcon
1942
We're in the Money
1935
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Johnny Apollo
1940
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Hit the Ice
1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Madame X
1937
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
Fly By Night
1942
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938
Wives Never Know
1936
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Little Giant
1946
Boulder Dam
1936
Anything Goes
1936
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Adventures of Gallant Bess
1948
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Cafe Society
1939
Pilgrimage
1933
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Blonde Alibi
1946
Ceiling Zero
1936
The Great O'Malley
1937
Gambling Ship
1933
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
Lucky Night
1939
Give Me a Sailor
1938
The Spellbinder
1939
She Had to Choose
1934
Tahiti Honey
1943
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
Roaming Lady
1936
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Honolulu
1939
Web of Danger
1947
Fixer Dugan
1939
Spring Parade
1940
Dangerous Waters
1936
Great Guy
1936
Ice-Capades
1941
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Meet the Stewarts
1942
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
Spring Madness
1938
The Falcon in Danger
1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
Wolf of New York
1940
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
Behind the Mask
1946
Life with Blondie
1945
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Queen of the Mob
1940
Gay Blades
1946
An Angel from Texas
1940
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
The West Side Kid
1943
Under Your Spell
1936
Straight, Place and Show
1938
The Falcon Out West
1944
Hold That Baby!
1949
Flying with Music
1942
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
The Rage of Paris
1938
Two for Tonight
1935
Sutter's Gold
1936
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
What's Cookin'?
1942
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
They All Come Out
1939
We Live Again
1934
Night Work
1939
Little Miss Broadway
1947
The Girl in 419
1933
Three Cornered Moon
1933
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
On Your Toes
1939
Grand Jury
1936
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
This Thing Called Love
1940
Something to Shout About
1943
20,000 Men a Year
1939
The Family Next Door
1939
The Flying Irishman
1939
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
High Powered
1945
Wild Gold
1934
San Francisco Docks
1940
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Here Comes Happiness
1941
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Stage Struck
1936
Over My Dead Body
1942
Back in Circulation
1937
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Exposed
1947
The Band Plays On
1934
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
Thanks for the Memory
1938
Danger Patrol
1937
Between Us Girls
1942
Girl from God's Country
1940
The Dark Horse
1946
Love on a Budget
1938
A Child is Born
1939
One New York Night
1935
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
Registered Nurse
1934
Thieves Fall Out
1941
Cinderella Jones
1946
San Fernando Valley
1944
Saddle Pals
1947
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
Niagara Falls
1941
Up the River
1938
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
Tarnished Lady
1931
Behind the Green Lights
1935
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
While New York Sleeps
1938
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
Linda, Be Good
1947
Blondie for Victory
1942
Susan and God
1940
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
Campus Honeymoon
1948
Strike It Rich
1948
We're on the Jury
1937
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
Dangerous Partners
1945
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
That’s My Story
1937
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947
So You Want a Raise
1950
Sing Your Way Home
1945
So You Want to Move
1950
False Pretenses
1935
Follow That Woman
1945
That's My Gal
1947
A Girl with Ideas
1937
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
It's All Over
1930
Radio Dough
1934
A Sporting Chance
1945
The Door Knocker
1931
The Girl Habit
1931
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
Tillie the Toiler
1941
Spooky Wooky
1950
Via Express
1931
Two A.M.
1931
The African Dodger
1931