Edward Gargan
Biography
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
Acting
1938
asZoo Official (uncredited)
1930
asJerry
1942
asSergeant
1945
asHundefänger (uncredited)
1950
asSam
1950
asGarrity
1938
asLongshoreman at dance
1940
asRailroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1933
asSecond Immigration Officer (uncredited)
1942
asMurphy - Policeman (uncredited)
1950
asOfficer Murphy
1945
asMike Ryan
1934
asEddie Sparks
1938
asPoliceman (uncredited)
1938
asPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
asPoliceman
1951
asMilt (uncredited)
1948
asDeputy Sheriff
1938
asTruck Driver (uncredited)
1942
asPolice Lt. Foster
1943
asDet. Bates
1943
asDetective Bates
1944
asHomicide Detective Bates
1942
asDetective Bates
1943
asDetective Bates
1939
asPinky Budd
1950
as1950
as
1947
asNewsstand man
1946
asParking Ticket Cop
1947
asPoliceman in Park (uncredited)
1935
asPatrolman
1944
asMike Storm
1934
asStogie (Ruby's agent)
1938
asOfficer Hogan
1942
asMulrooney
1945
asCab Driver (uncredited)
1947
asBig Mac
1935
asMoran - a Cop
1938
asSgt. White
1936
asDetective (uncredited)
1942
asJoe
1946
asDetective Dixon
1940
asW. Thornton Upshaw
1935
asMike O'Reilly
1936
asDetective
1939
asPoliceman
1933
as'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
1938
asFlanahan
1936
asPoliceman Burke
1931
as
1945
asJailer
1931
asMan
1934
asGang Leader (uncredited)
1937
asO. R.Smith
1944
asKurtz
1939
asGeorge "Bugs" Jacklin
1937
as[scenes deleted]
1931
as
1950
asS.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
1931
as
1935
asClancy O'Rourke
1939
asJ.R. Robinson
1940
asInga - the Fortune Teller
1935
asSubway Guard
1935
asCab Driver
1945
asOutraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1938
asChief Petty Officer (uncredited)
1935
as1947
asMike
1934
asPorky the Freda's 'Crew'
1937
asJohn Donovan
1931
asAl - Man in Bar
1934
asHiggins
1937
asForeman
1936
asRordan
1935
asTrench
1940
asHank
1934
asLumberjack
1934
asOfficer Pat O'Brien
1937
asMate of Dorcas
1937
asPoliceman in Park
1939
asCop
1936
asWagon Driver
1939
asCop
1936
as
1933
asWhitaker (uncredited)
1940
asBartender (uncredited)
1938
asJim - a Policeman
1946
asRiley
1939
asFirst Policeman
1939
asSecond Detective
1939
asGarden Café Doorman (uncredited)
1941
asSylvester
1936
asPa's Guest (uncredited)
1939
asDetective Quinn (uncredited)
1939
asOfficer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
1934
asWarden's assistant
1939
asTom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
1939
asTruck Driver
1945
asCal Williams
1937
asButch (uncredited)
1940
asChimp
1939
asSentry
1940
asPoliceman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
1939
asJake
1937
asPoliceman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
1946
asBouncer (uncredited)
1942
asOfficer Charlie Prescott
1942
asMoving Man
1947
asFrankie
1953
asFrankie
1948
asTed (uncredited)
1942
asDeputy
1940
asPlant Workman
1943
asDuke
1940
asPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
1936
asBodyguard (uncredited)
1938
asBig Furniture Mover
1943
asGeorge, the Bartender
1936
asHenchman Al
1940
asCab Driver
1942
asUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1945
asPolice Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
1940
asMike Sullivan
1943
asDonovan
1935
asPinky Kelly (uncredited)
1940
asPoliceman
1946
asEustace Kelly
1948
asMack
1937
asEddie
1933
asDrinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
1940
asCapt. Butterfield
1944
asKeno
1940
asGeorge, the Doorman (uncredited)
1938
asGuard
1940
asJoe - Foreman (uncredited)
1939
asDunk
1940
asCabbie (uncredited)
1937
asPoliceman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
1940
asDeath Row Guard (uncredited)
1933
asDeputy (uncredited)
1940
asPolice Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1942
asCab Driver (uncredited)
1940
asPolice Officer
1940
asNew York Policeman
1940
asDetective (uncredited)
1940
asBill - Sailor (uncredited)
1949
asPoliceman Burton
1943
asDoorman (uncredited)
1933
as1948
asMotorcycle Cop
1947
asDolan, Restaurant Owner
1945
asPoliceman
1946
asBartender
1941
asDudley Kane
1933
asLt. 'Babs' Riley
1939
asCop
1945
asPoliceman in Park
1947
asJailer
1939
asPolice Officer
1941
asHarry (uncredited)
1942
asBombardier (uncredited)
1937
asOfficer Clark
1950
as
1947
asUncle George
1938
asDetective Globe
1942
asDetective Bates (uncredited)
1942
asPolice Sergeant
1936
asDoc Wilson
1942
asPoliceman
1941
asChuck
1937
asPolice Officer Riley (uncredited)
1945
asButch
1942
asWillie Brooks
1936
asGuard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
1942
asMr. Johnson - Detective
1943
asKelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
1939
asIronmansky (uncredited)
1943
asDetective Stone
1942
asDetective Bates (Uncredited)
1936
asAndy
1939
asPolice Officer Flannigan
1943
asSlugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
1941
asJoe, the Bouncer
1940
asLou
1946
asPolice Sergeant (Uncredited)
1941
asHotel Doorman
1941
asJoe
1950
asMoving Man with Door (uncredited)
1947
asTruck Driver (uncredited)
1943
asBank Policeman (uncredited)
1945
asBaxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
1946
asPoliceman (uncredited)
1936
asBosun
1940
asPoker Player
1945
as1st Cop
1948
asDetective (Uncredited)
1936
asDetective (uncredited)
1951
asPoliceman (as Ed Gargan)
1938
asTiny
1947
asPie Truck Driver (uncredited)
1931
asDetective
1940
asBank Guard
1948
asTap-It Bowers
1946
asCop in Arcade (Uncredited)
1935
asTaxi Driver
1934
asBill Montague (uncredited)
1936
asOfficer
1935
asPoliceman (uncredited)
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