Edward Gargan
Acting
Born July 17, 1902 ยท 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.
Films (212)
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Spooky Wooky
1950
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
So You Want a Raise
1950
So You Want to Move
1950
Triple Trouble
1950
Father of the Bride
1950
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
Key to the City
1950
Hold That Baby!
1949
Strike It Rich
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Adventures of Gallant Bess
1948
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Campus Honeymoon
1948
Linda, Be Good
1947
Exposed
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Little Miss Broadway
1947
Web of Danger
1947
Saddle Pals
1947
That's My Gal
1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
Crack-Up
1946
The Inner Circle
1946
The Dark Horse
1946
Behind the Mask
1946
Deadline at Dawn
1946
Cinderella Jones
1946
Blonde Alibi
1946
Little Giant
1946
Gay Blades
1946
Follow That Woman
1945
Life with Blondie
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Sing Your Way Home
1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Wonder Man
1945
Dangerous Partners
1945
A Sporting Chance
1945
Twice Blessed
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
High Powered
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
San Fernando Valley
1944
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
The Falcon Out West
1944
In Old Oklahoma
1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
The West Side Kid
1943
The Falcon in Danger
1943
Hit the Ice
1943
Tahiti Honey
1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
Something to Shout About
1943
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
The Falcon's Brother
1942
My Sister Eileen
1942
Between Us Girls
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Blondie for Victory
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Meet the Stewarts
1942
Flying with Music
1942
My Favorite Blonde
1942
What's Cookin'?
1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
Fly By Night
1942
A Date with the Falcon
1942
Over My Dead Body
1942
Niagara Falls
1941
Ice-Capades
1941
Tillie the Toiler
1941
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
Thieves Fall Out
1941
Here Comes Happiness
1941
Flight from Destiny
1941
Four Mothers
1941
San Francisco Docks
1940
This Thing Called Love
1940
Go West
1940
Street of Memories
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Spring Parade
1940
City for Conquest
1940
Girl from God's Country
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
Susan and God
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
An Angel from Texas
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Johnny Apollo
1940
It All Came True
1940
Road to Singapore
1940
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
Northwest Passage
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Wolf of New York
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
A Child is Born
1939
Another Thin Man
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
20,000 Men a Year
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
On Your Toes
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
They All Come Out
1939
Night Work
1939
The Spellbinder
1939
Lucky Night
1939
Fixer Dugan
1939
The Flying Irishman
1939
The Family Next Door
1939
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Cafe Society
1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
Honolulu
1939
Boy Trouble
1939
While New York Sleeps
1938
Up the River
1938
Thanks for the Memory
1938
Spring Madness
1938
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938
Straight, Place and Show
1938
Carefree
1938
Give Me a Sailor
1938
Gateway
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
The Rage of Paris
1938
Crime School
1938
Love on a Budget
1938
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
Danger Patrol
1937
A Girl with Ideas
1937
Madame X
1937
Back in Circulation
1937
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
The Go-Getter
1937
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
The Great O'Malley
1937
We're on the Jury
1937
Great Guy
1936
Under Your Spell
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Wives Never Know
1936
Stage Struck
1936
My Man Godfrey
1936
Grand Jury
1936
Roaming Lady
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Boulder Dam
1936
Sutter's Gold
1936
The Walking Dead
1936
Dangerous Waters
1936
Anything Goes
1936
Ceiling Zero
1936
The Bride Comes Home
1935
False Pretenses
1935
Hands Across the Table
1935
Two for Tonight
1935
Here Comes Cookie
1935
We're in the Money
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Behind the Green Lights
1935
One New York Night
1935
The Gilded Lily
1935
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
The Band Plays On
1934
We Live Again
1934
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
She Had to Choose
1934
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Wild Gold
1934
Registered Nurse
1934
David Harum
1934
Queen Christina
1934
Radio Dough
1934
Ace of Aces
1933
Bombshell
1933
Three Cornered Moon
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Pilgrimage
1933
Gambling Ship
1933
The Girl in 419
1933
The Door Knocker
1931
Via Express
1931
The Girl Habit
1931
The African Dodger
1931
Two A.M.
1931
Tarnished Lady
1931
It's All Over
1930