Edward Gargan

Jul 17, 1902 - Feb 19, 1964 (61 years old) in 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.

Known For

Niagara Falls

Chuck

An Angel from Texas

New York Policeman

Crime School

Officer Hogan

Honolulu

Second Detective

The Saint's Double Trouble

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Johnny Apollo

Detective (uncredited)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

Cab Driver (uncredited)

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Mr. Johnson - Detective

The Falcon Out West

Homicide Detective Bates

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Credits

I Was a Burlesque Queen 1953

Frankie

★ 1
Bedtime for Bonzo 1951

Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

★ 5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951

Milt (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Spooky Wooky 1950

★ NR
Hit Parade of 1951 1950

Garrity

★ 6
So You Want a Raise 1950

★ 6
So You Want to Move 1950

★ NR
Triple Trouble 1950

Officer Murphy

★ 6.2
Father of the Bride 1950

Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

★ 7
Belle of Old Mexico 1950

Sam

★ NR
Key to the City 1950

S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Hold That Baby! 1949

Policeman Burton

★ 5
Strike It Rich 1948

Mack

★ NR
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948

Detective (Uncredited)

★ 6.4
Adventures of Gallant Bess 1948

Deputy Sheriff

★ 4.2
Daredevils of the Clouds 1948

Tap-It Bowers

★ 6
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948

Ted (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Campus Honeymoon 1948

Motorcycle Cop

★ NR
Linda, Be Good 1947

Frankie

★ NR
Exposed 1947

Big Mac

★ 5.8
The Ghost Goes Wild 1947

Newsstand man

★ 5
Little Miss Broadway 1947

Uncle George

★ NR
Web of Danger 1947

Dolan, Restaurant Owner

★ 4.8
Saddle Pals 1947

Jailer

★ 5
That's My Gal 1947

Mike

★ NR
So You're Going to Be a Father 1947

Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 4.3
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947

Policeman in Park (uncredited)

★ 7
The Brasher Doubloon 1947

Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Crack-Up 1946

Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)

★ 5.6
The Inner Circle 1946

Parking Ticket Cop

★ 5.2
The Dark Horse 1946

Eustace Kelly

★ NR
Behind the Mask 1946

Detective Dixon

★ 5
Deadline at Dawn 1946

Bouncer (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Cinderella Jones 1946

Riley

★ 2.8
Blonde Alibi 1946

Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

★ 3.9
Little Giant 1946

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Gay Blades 1946

Bartender

★ NR
Follow That Woman 1945

Butch

★ 6
Life with Blondie 1945

Hundefänger (uncredited)

★ 6
She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945

Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Sing Your Way Home 1945

Jailer

★ 5.2
Her Highness and the Bellboy 1945

1st Cop

★ 6.3
The Naughty Nineties 1945

Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Wonder Man 1945

Policeman in Park

★ 6.5
Dangerous Partners 1945

Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)

★ 6.3
A Sporting Chance 1945

Mike Ryan

★ NR
Twice Blessed 1945

Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)

★ 6
Earl Carroll Vanities 1945

Policeman

★ 5
High Powered 1945

Cal Williams

★ 5
The Thin Man Goes Home 1944

Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)

★ 7.1
San Fernando Valley 1944

Keno

★ NR
Detective Kitty O'Day 1944

Mike Storm

★ 4.6
The Great Alaskan Mystery 1944

Kurtz

★ 5
The Falcon Out West 1944

Homicide Detective Bates

★ 5.2
In Old Oklahoma 1943

Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter

★ 6.2
The Falcon and the Co-Eds 1943

Detective Bates

★ 6.6
My Kingdom for a Cook 1943

Duke

★ NR
Princess O'Rourke 1943

Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943

Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6
The West Side Kid 1943

Donovan

★ NR
The Falcon in Danger 1943

Det. Bates

★ 5.6
Hit the Ice 1943

Bank Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Tahiti Honey 1943

George, the Bartender

★ 4.5
The Falcon Strikes Back 1943

Detective Bates

★ 5.5
Something to Shout About 1943

Detective Stone

★ 5.8
My Heart Belongs to Daddy 1942

Mr. Johnson - Detective

★ 4.2
The Falcon's Brother 1942

Detective Bates

★ 6.3
My Sister Eileen 1942

Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Between Us Girls 1942

Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6
A-Haunting We Will Go 1942

Police Lt. Foster

★ 6
Blondie for Victory 1942

Sergeant

★ 7.3
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942

Bombardier (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Lady in a Jam 1942

Deputy

★ 5.3
Miss Annie Rooney 1942

Policeman

★ 6.3
The Falcon Takes Over 1942

Detective Bates (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
Meet the Stewarts 1942

Moving Man

★ 4.3
Flying with Music 1942

Joe

★ 3.5
My Favorite Blonde 1942

Mulrooney

★ 6.4
What's Cookin'? 1942

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

★ 5.5
Dr. Kildare's Victory 1942

Willie Brooks

★ 5.8
Fly By Night 1942

Officer Charlie Prescott

★ 6.4
A Date with the Falcon 1942

Detective Bates (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Over My Dead Body 1942

Police Sergeant

★ NR
Niagara Falls 1941

Chuck

★ 6.8
Ice-Capades 1941

Joe, the Bouncer

★ 5.5
Tillie the Toiler 1941

Policeman

★ NR
Three Sons o' Guns 1941

Sylvester

★ 5
Thieves Fall Out 1941

Dudley Kane

★ 5.5
Here Comes Happiness 1941

Joe

★ 5
Flight from Destiny 1941

Hotel Doorman

★ 4.7
Four Mothers 1941

Harry (uncredited)

★ 6.2
San Francisco Docks 1940

Hank

★ 6
This Thing Called Love 1940

Police Officer

★ 8
Go West 1940

Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Street of Memories 1940

Mike Sullivan

★ NR
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 1940

Chimp

★ 5.9
The Villain Still Pursued Her 1940

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Spring Parade 1940

Inga - the Fortune Teller

★ 6.7
City for Conquest 1940

Joe - Foreman (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Girl from God's Country 1940

Poker Player

★ NR
Queen of the Mob 1940

Bank Guard

★ 5
Susan and God 1940

Cabbie (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Buck Benny Rides Again 1940

Policeman

★ NR
An Angel from Texas 1940

New York Policeman

★ 4.8
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940

George, the Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Two Girls on Broadway 1940

Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Johnny Apollo 1940

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.8
It All Came True 1940

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Road to Singapore 1940

Bill - Sailor (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Adventure in Diamonds 1940

Lou

★ 5.2
Charlie Chan in Panama 1940

Plant Workman

★ 6.8
Northwest Passage 1940

Capt. Butterfield

★ 6.5
Castle on the Hudson 1940

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Saint's Double Trouble 1940

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Wolf of New York 1940

W. Thornton Upshaw

★ 7
Brother Rat and a Baby 1940

Cab Driver

★ 5.2
A Child Is Born 1939

Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Another Thin Man 1939

Detective Quinn (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence 1939

Truck Driver

★ 6.3
20,000 Men a Year 1939

Dunk

★ 5.5
Pack Up Your Troubles 1939

Sentry

★ 6.2
On Your Toes 1939

First Policeman

★ 3.9
$1,000 a Touchdown 1939

Ironmansky (uncredited)

★ 2
They All Come Out 1939

George "Bugs" Jacklin

★ 5.6
Night Work 1939

Police Officer Flannigan

★ 7
The Spellbinder 1939

Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

★ 6
Lucky Night 1939

Policeman

★ 6.6
Fixer Dugan 1939

Jake

★ 6.5
The Flying Irishman 1939

J.R. Robinson

★ 4.6
The Family Next Door 1939

Cop

★ 5.2
The Saint Strikes Back 1939

Pinky Budd

★ 5.6
Blondie Meets the Boss 1939

Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Cafe Society 1939

Cop

★ 6
Yes, My Darling Daughter 1939

Police Officer

★ 3.3
Honolulu 1939

Second Detective

★ 6.1
Boy Trouble 1939

Cop

★ 5
While New York Sleeps 1938

Sgt. White

★ NR
Up the River 1938

Tiny

★ NR
Thanks for the Memory 1938

Flanahan

★ 5.6
Spring Madness 1938

Jim - a Policeman

★ 3.9
Annabel Takes a Tour 1938

Longshoreman at dance

★ 5
Straight, Place and Show 1938

Detective Globe

★ 6
Carefree 1938

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Give Me a Sailor 1938

Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Gateway 1938

Guard

★ 6.5
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Rage of Paris 1938

Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Crime School 1938

Officer Hogan

★ 6.3
Love on a Budget 1938

Big Furniture Mover

★ NR
Bringing Up Baby 1938

Zoo Official (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937

[scenes deleted]

★ 3
Danger Patrol 1937

John Donovan

★ 5.3
A Girl with Ideas 1937

Eddie

★ NR
Madame X 1937

Mate of Dorcas

★ 5.8
Back in Circulation 1937

Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)

★ 5.3
High, Wide and Handsome 1937

Foreman

★ 6.3
The Go-Getter 1937

Police Officer Riley (uncredited)

★ 5.8
You Can't Buy Luck 1937

Butch (uncredited)

★ 4
Jim Hanvey, Detective 1937

O. R.Smith

★ 5.9
The Man Who Found Himself 1937

Policeman in Park

★ 7
The Great O'Malley 1937

Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)

★ 6.7
We're on the Jury 1937

Officer Clark

★ 5.8
Great Guy 1936

Henchman Al

★ 6.2
Under Your Spell 1936

Detective (uncredited)

★ 7
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie 1936

★ 6.4
Wives Never Know 1936

Officer

★ NR
Stage Struck 1936

Rordan

★ 4
My Man Godfrey 1936

Detective (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Grand Jury 1936

Policeman Burke

★ 7
Roaming Lady 1936

Andy

★ 5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936

Bodyguard (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Boulder Dam 1936

Pa's Guest (uncredited)

★ 5
Sutter's Gold 1936

Wagon Driver

★ NR
The Walking Dead 1936

Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Dangerous Waters 1936

Bosun

★ 4.5
Anything Goes 1936

Detective

★ 5.3
Ceiling Zero 1936

Doc Wilson

★ 5.8
The Bride Comes Home 1935

Cab Driver

★ 4.5
False Pretenses 1935

Mike O'Reilly

★ 5
Hands Across the Table 1935

Pinky Kelly (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Two for Tonight 1935

Taxi Driver

★ 6.5
Here Comes Cookie 1935

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 7.3
We're in the Money 1935

Clancy O'Rourke

★ 5.5
Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935

Patrolman

★ 6
Behind the Green Lights 1935

Moran - a Cop

★ 6
One New York Night 1935

Trench

★ NR
The Gilded Lily 1935

Guard

★ 6.5
A Notorious Gentleman 1935

Detective

★ 6
The Band Plays On 1934

Lumberjack

★ 8.5
We Live Again 1934

Warden's assistant

★ 6.6
Port of Lost Dreams 1934

Porky the Freda's 'Crew'

★ 6.5
She Had to Choose 1934

Higgins

★ 5
Belle of the Nineties 1934

Stogie (Ruby's agent)

★ 5.7
Wild Gold 1934

Eddie Sparks

★ 5
Registered Nurse 1934

Officer Pat O'Brien

★ 4.1
David Harum 1934

Bill Montague (uncredited)

★ 7
Queen Christina 1934

Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Radio Dough 1934

Gang Leader (uncredited)

★ NR
Ace of Aces 1933

Whitaker (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Bombshell 1933

Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Three Cornered Moon 1933

Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Mary Stevens, M.D. 1933

'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Pilgrimage 1933

★ 6.9
Gambling Ship 1933

Deputy (uncredited)

★ 5.2
The Girl in 419 1933

Lt. 'Babs' Riley

★ 3.5
The Door Knocker 1931

Man

★ NR
Via Express 1931

★ NR
The Girl Habit 1931

Detective

★ NR
The African Dodger 1931

★ 4.5
Two A.M. 1931

★ NR
Tarnished Lady 1931

Al - Man in Bar

★ 3.8
It's All Over 1930

Jerry

★ NR