
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.
103 acting credits
Acting · 103

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Studio One
1948

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The George Gobel Show
1954

Rain
1932

The Story of Temple Drake
1933

Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949

Night Flight
1933

Complicated Women
2003

You Only Live Once
1937

The Bells of St. Mary's
1945

Till the End of Time
1946

Turnabout
1940

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939

The Canterville Ghost
1944

Broadway Serenade
1939

Night Editor
1946

Who Done It?
1942

Black Fury
1935

Sweepings
1933

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942

The Animal Kingdom
1932

Star Dust
1940

Miracle in the Rain
1956

Lucky Devils
1933

The Rawhide Years
1956

Double Alibi
1940

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939

The Crowd Roars
1938

Four Frightened People
1934

The Milky Way
1936

Miss Annie Rooney
1942

I Wake Up Screaming
1941

Swing Fever
1943

Strange Impersonation
1946

Behind Green Lights
1946

Swell Guy
1946

Don't Bet on Blondes
1935

Sealed Lips
1942

The House of Fear
1939

Dynamite
1949

Bright Lights
1935

You're a Sweetheart
1937

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935

Traveling Saleslady
1935

Sporting Blood
1940

No Place for a Lady
1943

Wings Over Honolulu
1937

Murder in the Music Hall
1946

The Devil's Party
1938

Women in the Wind
1939

Keep 'Em Flying
1941

Within the Law
1939

Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941

Bombay Clipper
1942

Broadway Gondolier
1935

British Agent
1934

A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942

Man Hunt
1936

Destination Unknown
1942

Three Sons
1939

Man on the Ledge
1955

Emergency Call
1933

Follow the Leader
1930

Midnight Manhunt
1945

Headline Shooter
1933

Reported Missing
1937

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933

Isle Of Destiny
1940

Navy Born
1936

The Mayor of 44th Street
1942

Song of the Sarong
1945

Blackmailer
1936

Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1937

They Knew What They Wanted
1940

A Night at the Ritz
1935

Strictly Dynamite
1934

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934

The Argyle Secrets
1948

Rendezvous 24
1946

Behind the Mike
1937

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942

Waterfront at Midnight
1948

Hot Cargo
1946

She Gets Her Man
1945

The Sky Parade
1936

The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939

Things Are Looking Up
1935

Flying Cadets
1941

Alibi for Murder
1936

The Misleading Lady
1932

The Sport Parade
1932

Flying Hostess
1936

The Line-Up
1934

She Asked for It
1937

The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941

Follow That Woman
1945

Breezing Home
1937

Personal Secretary
1938

Harrigan's Kid
1943

Fury and the Woman
1936