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