Edward Gargan (July 17, 1902 – February 19, 1964) was an American film and television actor.
Career Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan.
As soon as Gargan had left college, he went onto the stage and had extensive acting experience gained in plays like My Maryland, Rose Marie, and Good News before going into films. His Broadway credits include Face the Music (1931), Polly of Hollywood (1926) and Black Boy (1926).
In 1930, Gargan played Patrolman Mulligan in a production of Strictly Dishonorable.
Many of Gargan's appearances were uncredited.
Personal life and death Gargan was married to the former Catherine Conlan. He died February 19, 1964, at Columbus Hospital in New York City. He was 62. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Selected filmography
Tarnished Lady (1931) – Al – Man in Bar (uncredited) The Girl Habit (1931) – Detective The Girl in 419 (1933) – Lt. 'Babs' Riley Gambling Ship (1933) – Deputy (uncredited) Pilgrimage (1933) – Marty – Reporter (uncredited) Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) – 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited) Three-Cornered Moon (1933) – Mike the Landlord (uncredited) Turn Back the Clock (1933) – Pete – Checkers Player (uncredited) Bombshell (1933) – Second Immigration Officer (uncredited) Ace of Aces (1933) – Whitaker – Mechanic (uncredited) Jimmy and Sally (1933) – Married Meatpacker (uncredited) Gallant Lady (1933) – Policeman on Street (uncredited) Queen Christina (1933) – Drinker (uncredited) Fugitive Lovers (1934) – Policeman (uncredited) David Harum (1934) – Bill Montague (uncredited) Good Dame (1934) – House Detective (uncredited) Three on a Honeymoon (1934) – Poker Player (uncredited) Registered Nurse (1934) – Officer Pat O'Brien Wild Gold (1934) – Eddie Sparks Side Streets (1934) – Cop (uncredited) She Was a Lady (1934) – Bull (uncredited) Belle of the Nineties (1934) – Stogie The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) – Sullivan (uncredited) She Had to Choose (1934) – Higgins Port of Lost Dreams (1934) – Porky the Freda's 'Crew' We Live Again (1934) – Warden's Assistant (uncredited) Behold My Wife! (1934) – Det. Connolly (uncredited) The Band Plays On (1934) – Lumberjack (uncredited) Bachelor of Arts (1934) – Policeman (uncredited) A Notorious Gentleman (1935) – Detective (uncredited) The Gilded Lily (1935) – Subway Guard One New York Night (1935) – Trench (uncredited) Behind the Green Lights (1935) – Moran – a Cop Hold 'Em Yale (1935) – Detective Kelly (uncredited) Ginger (1935) – Detective (uncredited) So Red the Rose (1935) – Cavalryman (uncredited) The Irish in Us (1935) – Tough Guy Slugged by Danny (uncredited) Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) – Patrolman No.1 We're in the Money (1935) – Policeman Clancy O'Rourke Two for Tonight (1935) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) Here Comes Cookie (1935) – Policeman (uncredited) Barbary Coast (1935) – Bill – Henchman (uncredited) Hands Across the Table (1935) – Pinky Kelly (uncredited) False Pretenses (1935) – Mike O'Reilly Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) – Shore Patrol Chief with Telephone (uncredited) The Bride Comes Home (1935) – Cab Driver Ceiling Zero (1936) – Doc Wilson Anything Goes (1936) – Detective Dangerous Waters (1936) – Bosun The Walking Dead (1936) – Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited) Sutter's Gold (1936) – Wagon Driver (uncredited) Boulder Dam (1936) – Pa's Guest (uncredited) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) – Bodyguard (uncredited) Roaming Lady (1936) – Andy Hearts in Bondage (1936) – 'Mac' McPherson Nobody's Fool (1936) – Tom A Son Comes Home (1936) – Second Truck Driver (uncredited) Grand Jury (1936) – Police Officer Tim Burke My Man Godfrey (1936) – Detective (uncredited) Stage Struck (1936) – Rordan Wives Never Know (1936) – Officer (uncredited) Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) – (uncredited) Two in a Crowd (1936) – Policeman (uncredited) Wild Brian Kent (1936) – Joe – Waiter Under Your Spell (1936) – Detective (uncredited) Great Guy (1936) – Al We're on the Jury (1937) – Police Officer Clark The Great O'Malley (1937) – Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited) Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) – Guard (uncredited) When Love Is Young (1937) – Policeman (uncredited) The Man Who Found Himself (1937) – Policeman in Park (uncredited) Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) – O.R. Smith You Can't Buy Luck (1937) – Butch (uncredited) The Go Getter (1937) – Police Officer Riley (uncredited) San Quentin (1937) – 'Captain' Road Gang Guard (uncredited) Wake Up and Live (1937) – Murphy, Tour Guide Supervisor High, Wide and Handsome (1937) – Foreman Big City (1937) – Policeman with Banana (uncredited) Back in Circulation (1937) – Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited) Madame X (1937) – Mate of Dorcas (uncredited) That's My Story (1937) – John A Girl with Ideas (1937) – Eddie Danger Patrol (1937) – John Donovan Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) – Park Policeman (uncredited) 45 Fathers (1937) – Policeman (uncredited) Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937) – Buck Morgan Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Zoo Official (uncredited) Love on a Budget (1938) – Big Furniture Mover (uncredited) Goodbye Broadway (1938) – Bus Driver (uncredited) Crime School (1938) – Officer Hogan (credited as Ed Gargan) Rascals (1938) – Police Officer (uncredited) The Devil's Party (1938) – Police Sgt. Enders (uncredited) The Rage of Paris (1938) – Truck Driver (uncredited) Men Are Such Fools (1938) – 2nd Policeman in Car (uncredited) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) – Police Sergeant (uncredited) Gateway (1938) – Guard (uncredited) Keep Smiling (1938) – First Electrician (uncredited) The Texans (1938) – Sgt. Grady (uncredited) Give Me a Sailor (1938) – Chief Petty Officer (uncredited) Carefree (1938) – Policeman (uncredited) Time Out for Murder (1938) – Apartment Doorman (uncredited) Straight, Place and Show (1938) – Detective Globe Five of a Kind (1938) – Tim Kelly – Bartender (uncredited) Thanks for the Memory (1938) – Flanahan Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) – Longshoreman at Dance Spring Madness (1938) – Jim (uncredited) Up the River (1938) – Tiny Road Demon (1938) – Beefy Hogan (uncredited) While New York Sleeps (1938) – Police Sgt. White Newsboys' Home (1938) – Policeman (uncredited) Boy Trouble (1939) – Cop (uncredited) Honolulu (1939) – 2nd Detective Cafe Society (1939) – Cop (uncredited) Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939) – Police Officer Blondie Meets the Boss (1939) – Garden Café Doorman (uncredited) The Saint Strikes Back (1939) – Pinky Budd Winner Take All (1939) – Bettor (uncredited) The Family Next Door (1939) – Cop (uncredited) The Flying Irishman (1939) – Jim 'J.R.' Robinson (uncredited) Fixer Dugan (1939) – Jake For Love or Money (1939) – Bubbles Lucky Night (1939) – Policeman Boy Friend (1939) – Bugsie (uncredited) It Could Happen to You (1939) – Bartender (uncredited) They All Come Out (1939) – George Jacklin – 'Bugs' The Spellbinder (1939) – Tom – Taxi Driver (uncredited) Night Work (1939) – Police Officer Flannigan $1,000 a Touchdown (1939) – Ironmansky (uncredited) On Your Toes (1939) – First Policeman (uncredited) Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) – Sentry 20,000 Men a Year (1939) – Dunk Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) – Truck Driver (uncredited) Another Thin Man (1939) – Detective Quinn (uncredited) A Child Is Born (1939) – Officer Riley – Police Guard (uncredited) Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) – Taxicab Driver Wolf of New York (1940) – W. Thornton Upshaw The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) – Police Sergeant (uncredited) Castle on the Hudson (1940) – Death Row Guard (uncredited) Northwest Passage (1940) – Capt. Butterfield (uncredited) Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) – Plant Workman (uncredited) Adventure in Diamonds (1940) – Lou Three Cheers for the Irish (1940) – Policeman O'Brien (uncredited) Road to Singapore (1940) – Bill – Sailor (uncredited) Johnny Apollo (1940) – Detective (uncredited) It All Came True (1940) – Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) Two Girls on Broadway (1940) – Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited) Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) – Policeman (uncredited) The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) – George – Doorman (uncredited) An Angel from Texas (1940) – New York Policeman (uncredited) I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940) – Policeman at Robbery (uncredited) Susan and God (1940) – Cabbie (uncredited) Queen of the Mob (1940) – Bank Guard Girl from God's Country (1940) – Poker Player #1 Girl from Avenue A (1940) – First Doorman (uncredited) City for Conquest (1940) – Joe – Foreman (uncredited) Spring Parade (1940) – Inga – the Fortune Teller The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) – Bartender (uncredited) Slightly Tempted (1940) – Gottlieb, Policeman (uncredited) Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) – Policeman (uncredited) Street of Memories (1940) – Mike Sullivan The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) – Chimp Go West (1940) – Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited) This Thing Called Love (1940) – Police Officer (uncredited) The San Francisco Docks (1940) – Hank Bowery Boy (1940) – Mr. Hanson Four Mothers (1941) – Harry (uncredited) Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) – Store Detective (uncredited) Flight from Destiny (1941) – Hotel Doorman (uncredited) Meet the Chump (1941) – Muldoon Here Comes Happiness (1941) – Joe Men of Boys Town (1941) – Detective Arresting Whitey (uncredited) Thieves Fall Out (1941) – Kane Affectionately Yours (1941) – Traffic Policeman (uncredited) Million Dollar Baby (1941) – Customs Officer (uncredited) Tight Shoes (1941) – Blooch Three Sons o' Guns (1941) – Sylvester, the Milkman (uncredited) Tillie the Toiler (1941) – Policeman Ice-Capades (1941) – Joe, the Bouncer (uncredited) Lady Be Good (1941) – Policeman (scenes deleted) Navy Blues (1941) – Hawaii Club Proprietor (uncredited) Niagara Falls (1941) – Chuck Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) – Dumb Henchman (uncredited) The Night of January 16th (1941) – Cop Who Helps the Drunk (uncredited) A Date with the Falcon (1942) – Detective Bates (uncredited) Fly-by-Night (1942) – Officer Charlie Prescott Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) – Willie Brooks What's Cookin'? (1942) – Minor Role (uncredited) My Favorite Blonde (1942) – Mulrooney Meet the Stewarts (1942) – Moving Man Flying with Music (1942) – Joe The Falcon Takes Over (1942) – Detective Bates (uncredited) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) – Policeman (uncredited) Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) – Bombardier (uncredited) They All Kissed the Bride (1942) – Private Policeman Lady in a Jam (1942) – Deputy Blondie for Victory (1942) – Sergeant A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) – Police Lt. Foster Between Us Girls (1942) – Cab Driver (uncredited) My Sister Eileen (1942) – Murphy – Policeman (uncredited) The Falcon's Brother (1942) – Detective Bates Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) – Doorman (uncredited) My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) – Mr. Johnson – Detective (uncredited) Over My Dead Body (1942) – Police Sergeant Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) – Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) The Meanest Man in the World (1943) – Hotel Detective (uncredited) Something to Shout About (1943) – Detective Stone (uncredited) They Got Me Covered (1943) – Cop at Bridge (uncredited) Prairie Chickens (1943) – Bus Driver (uncredited) The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) – Detective Bates Tahiti Honey (1943) – George, the Bartender Taxi, Mister (1943) – Willie, Court Bailiff / Cabby / Ballplayer (uncredited) Hit the Ice (1943) – Bank Policeman (uncredited) The Falcon in Danger (1943) – Detective Bates The West Side Kid (1943) – Donovan Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) – Doorman (uncredited) Princess O'Rourke (1943) – Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited) My Kingdom for a Cook (1943) – Duke The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943) – Detective Bates In Old Oklahoma (1943) – Kelsey – Waiter (uncredited)