Edward Gargan
Acting
Born July 17, 1902, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1953I Was a Burlesque Queen — Frankie
- 1951Bedtime for Bonzo — Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
- 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man — Milt (uncredited)
- 1950Belle of Old Mexico — Sam
- 1950Father of the Bride — Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
- 1950Hit Parade of 1951 — Garrity
- 1950Key to the City — S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
- 1950So You Want a Raise
- 1950So You Want to Move
- 1950Spooky Wooky
- 1950Triple Trouble — Officer Murphy
- 1949Hold That Baby! — Policeman Burton
- 1948Adventures of Gallant Bess — Deputy Sheriff
- 1948Campus Honeymoon — Motorcycle Cop
- 1948Daredevils of the Clouds — Tap-It Bowers
- 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! — Ted (uncredited)
- 1948Strike It Rich — Mack
- 1948You Gotta Stay Happy — Detective (Uncredited)
- 1947Exposed — Big Mac
- 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue — Policeman in Park (uncredited)
- 1947Linda, Be Good — Frankie
- 1947Little Miss Broadway — Uncle George
- 1947Saddle Pals — Jailer
- 1947So You're Going to Be a Father — Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
- 1947That's My Gal — Mike
- 1947The Brasher Doubloon — Truck Driver (uncredited)
- 1947The Ghost Goes Wild — Newsstand man
- 1947Web of Danger — Dolan, Restaurant Owner
- 1946Behind the Mask — Detective Dixon
- 1946Blonde Alibi — Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
- 1946Cinderella Jones — Riley
- 1946Crack-Up — Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
- 1946Deadline at Dawn — Bouncer (uncredited)
- 1946Gay Blades — Bartender
- 1946Little Giant — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1946The Dark Horse — Eustace Kelly
- 1946The Inner Circle — Parking Ticket Cop
- 1945A Sporting Chance — Mike Ryan
- 1945Dangerous Partners — Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
- 1945Earl Carroll Vanities — Policeman
- 1945Follow That Woman — Butch
- 1945Her Highness and the Bellboy — 1st Cop
- 1945High Powered — Cal Williams
- 1945Life with Blondie — Hundefänger (uncredited)
- 1945She Wouldn't Say Yes — Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1945Sing Your Way Home — Jailer
- 1945The Naughty Nineties — Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
- 1945Twice Blessed — Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
- 1945Wonder Man — Policeman in Park
- 1944Detective Kitty O'Day — Mike Storm
- 1944San Fernando Valley — Keno
- 1944The Falcon Out West — Homicide Detective Bates
- 1944The Great Alaskan Mystery — Kurtz
- 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
- 1943Hit the Ice — Bank Policeman (uncredited)
- 1943In Old Oklahoma — Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
- 1943My Kingdom for a Cook — Duke
- 1943Princess O'Rourke — Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
- 1943Something to Shout About — Detective Stone
- 1943Tahiti Honey — George, the Bartender
- 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars — Doorman (uncredited)
- 1943The Falcon Strikes Back — Detective Bates
- 1943The Falcon and the Co-Eds — Detective Bates
- 1943The Falcon in Danger — Det. Bates
- 1943The West Side Kid — Donovan
- 1942A Date with the Falcon — Detective Bates (uncredited)
- 1942A-Haunting We Will Go — Police Lt. Foster
- 1942Between Us Girls — Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1942Blondie for Victory — Sergeant
- 1942Dr. Kildare's Victory — Willie Brooks
- 1942Fly By Night — Officer Charlie Prescott
- 1942Flying with Music — Joe
- 1942Lady in a Jam — Deputy
- 1942Meet the Stewarts — Moving Man
- 1942Miss Annie Rooney — Policeman
- 1942My Favorite Blonde — Mulrooney
- 1942My Heart Belongs to Daddy — Mr. Johnson - Detective
- 1942My Sister Eileen — Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942Over My Dead Body — Police Sergeant
- 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point — Bombardier (uncredited)
- 1942The Falcon Takes Over — Detective Bates (Uncredited)
- 1942The Falcon's Brother — Detective Bates
- 1942What's Cookin'? — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- 1941Flight from Destiny — Hotel Doorman
- 1941Four Mothers — Harry (uncredited)
- 1941Here Comes Happiness — Joe
- 1941Ice-Capades — Joe, the Bouncer
- 1941Million Dollar Baby
- 1941Niagara Falls — Chuck
- 1941Thieves Fall Out — Dudley Kane
- 1941Three Sons o' Guns — Sylvester
- 1941Tillie the Toiler — Policeman
- 1940Adventure in Diamonds — Lou
- 1940An Angel from Texas — New York Policeman
- 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Cab Driver
- 1940Buck Benny Rides Again — Policeman
- 1940Castle on the Hudson — Death Row Guard (uncredited)
- 1940Charlie Chan in Panama — Plant Workman
- 1940City for Conquest — Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
- 1940Girl from God's Country — Poker Player
- 1940Go West — Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
- 1940It All Came True — Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940Johnny Apollo — Detective (uncredited)
- 1940Northwest Passage — Capt. Butterfield
- 1940Queen of the Mob — Bank Guard
- 1940Road to Singapore — Bill (uncredited)
- 1940San Francisco Docks — Hank
- 1940Spring Parade — Inga - the Fortune Teller
- 1940Street of Memories — Mike Sullivan
- 1940Susan and God — Cabbie (uncredited)
- 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife — George, the Doorman (uncredited)
- 1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date — Chimp
- 1940The Saint's Double Trouble — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940The Villain Still Pursued Her — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1940This Thing Called Love — Police Officer
- 1940Two Girls on Broadway — Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
- 1940Wolf of New York — W. Thornton Upshaw
- 1939$1,000 a Touchdown — Ironmansky (uncredited)
- 193920,000 Men a Year — Dunk
- 1939A Child is Born — Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
- 1939Another Thin Man — Detective Quinn (uncredited)
- 1939Blondie Meets the Boss — Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)
- 1939Boy Trouble — Cop
- 1939Cafe Society — Cop
- 1939Fixer Dugan — Jake
- 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence — Truck Driver
- 1939Honolulu — Second Detective
- 1939Lucky Night — Policeman
- 1939Night Work — Officer Flannigan
- 1939On Your Toes — First Policeman
- 1939Pack Up Your Troubles — Sentry
- 1939The Family Next Door — Cop
- 1939The Flying Irishman — J.R. Robinson
- 1939The Saint Strikes Back — Pinky Budd
- 1939The Spellbinder — Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1939They All Come Out — George "Bugs" Jacklin
- 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter — Police Officer
- 1938Annabel Takes a Tour — Longshoreman at dance
- 1938Bringing Up Baby — Zoo Official (uncredited)
- 1938Carefree — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1938Crime School — Officer Hogan
- 1938Gateway — Guard
- 1938Give Me a Sailor — Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- 1938Love on a Budget — Big Furniture Mover
- 1938Spring Madness — Jim - a Policeman
- 1938Straight, Place and Show — Detective Globe
- 1938Thanks for the Memory — Flanahan
- 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1938The Rage of Paris — Truck Driver (uncredited)
- 1938Up the River — Tiny
- 1938While New York Sleeps — Sgt. White
- 1937A Girl with Ideas — Eddie
- 1937Back in Circulation — Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
- 1937Danger Patrol — John Donovan
- 1937High, Wide and Handsome — Foreman
- 1937Jim Hanvey, Detective — O. R.Smith
- 1937Madame X — Mate of Dorcas
- 1937That’s My Story — John
- 1937The Go-Getter — Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
- 1937The Great O'Malley — Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
- 1937The Man Who Found Himself — Policeman in Park
- 1937Wallaby Jim of the Islands — [scenes deleted]
- 1937We're on the Jury — Officer Clark
- 1937You Can't Buy Luck — Butch (uncredited)
- 1936Anything Goes — Detective #1
- 1936Boulder Dam — Pa's Guest (uncredited)
- 1936Ceiling Zero — Doc Wilson
- 1936Dangerous Waters — Bosun
- 1936Grand Jury — Policeman Burke
- 1936Great Guy — Henchman Al
- 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — Bodyguard (uncredited)
- 1936My Man Godfrey — Detective (uncredited)
- 1936Roaming Lady — Andy
- 1936Stage Struck — Rordan
- 1936Sutter's Gold — Wagon Driver
- 1936The Walking Dead — Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
- 1936Under Your Spell — Detective (uncredited)
- 1936Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
- 1936Wives Never Know — Officer
- 1935A Notorious Gentleman — Detective
- 1935Behind the Green Lights — Moran - a Cop
- 1935False Pretenses — Mike O'Reilly
- 1935Hands Across the Table — Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
- 1935Here Comes Cookie — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze — Patrolman
- 1935One New York Night — Trench
- 1935The Bride Comes Home — Cab Driver
- 1935The Gilded Lily — Guard
- 1935Two for Tonight — Taxi Driver
- 1935We're in the Money — Clancy O'Rourke
- 1934Belle of the Nineties — Stogie (Ruby's agent)
- 1934David Harum — Bill Montague (uncredited)
- 1934Port of Lost Dreams — Porky the Freda's 'Crew'
- 1934Queen Christina — Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
- 1934Radio Dough — Gang Leader (uncredited)
- 1934Registered Nurse — Officer Pat O'Brien
- 1934She Had to Choose — Higgins
- 1934The Band Plays On — Lumberjack
- 1934We Live Again — Warden's assistant
- 1934Wild Gold — Eddie Sparks
- 1933Ace of Aces — Whitaker (uncredited)
- 1933Bombshell — Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- 1933Gambling Ship — Deputy (uncredited)
- 1933Mary Stevens, M.D. — 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
- 1933Pilgrimage
- 1933The Girl in 419 — Lt. 'Babs' Riley
- 1933Three Cornered Moon — Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)
- 1931Tarnished Lady — Al - Man in Bar
- 1931The African Dodger
- 1931The Door Knocker — Man
- 1931The Girl Habit — Detective
- 1931Two A.M.
- 1931Via Express
- 1930It's All Over — Jerry