Edward Gargan
Known for Acting · 214 credits
- Born
- 1902-07-17
- Died
- 1964-02-19
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Edward F. Gargan · Edward P. Gargan · Ed 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
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Zoo Official (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950
as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Milt (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936
as Detective (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Movies (214)
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Zoo Official (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950
as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Milt (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936
as Detective (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
1939
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Go West
1940
as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Crime School
1938
as Officer Hogan
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Twice Blessed
1945
as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
1943
as Bank Policeman (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Key to the City
1950
as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
1939
as Cop
Queen Christina
1934
as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Patrolman
Ace of Aces
1933
as Whitaker (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940
as Capt. Butterfield
Crack-Up
1946
as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
Boulder Dam
1936
as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
The Inner Circle
1946
as Parking Ticket Cop
The Walking Dead
1936
as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
Gateway
1938
as Guard
Roaming Lady
1936
as Andy
Hands Across the Table
1935
as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Detective (uncredited)
Wonder Man
1945
as Policeman in Park
City for Conquest
1940
as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
Street of Memories
1940
as Mike Sullivan
Carefree
1938
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Guard
Anything Goes
1936
as Detective
Gambling Ship
1933
as Deputy (uncredited)
It All Came True
1940
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941
as Harry (uncredited)
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Hotel Doorman
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Bombardier (uncredited)
David Harum
1934
as Bill Montague (uncredited)
Honolulu
1939
as Second Detective
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
as Policeman in Park
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Policeman
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Police Lt. Foster
Here Comes Happiness
1941
as Joe
Little Giant
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Fly By Night
1942
as Officer Charlie Prescott
Tahiti Honey
1943
as George, the Bartender
Bombshell
1933
as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Doc Wilson
Triple Trouble
1950
as Officer Murphy
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
The Girl in 419
1933
as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
Road to Singapore
1940
as Bill (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
as Detective Bates
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
High Powered
1945
as Cal Williams
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Detective (Uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944
as Mike Storm
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Wagon Driver
Blonde Alibi
1946
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Cab Driver
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Doorman (uncredited)
Madame X
1937
as Mate of Dorcas
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Moving Man
Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Flanahan
Spring Madness
1938
as Jim - a Policeman
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Pinky Budd
Cafe Society
1939
as Cop
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Deputy
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Truck Driver
Between Us Girls
1942
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
as Plant Workman
She Had to Choose
1934
as Higgins
Flying with Music
1942
as Joe
Dangerous Waters
1936
as Bosun
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
as Foreman
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Mulrooney
Pilgrimage
1933
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
as 1st Cop
We're in the Money
1935
as Clancy O'Rourke
We Live Again
1934
as Warden's assistant
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year
1939
as Dunk
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Something to Shout About
1943
as Detective Stone
The Falcon's Brother
1942
as Detective Bates
Susan and God
1940
as Cabbie (uncredited)
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Police Officer
Behind the Mask
1946
as Detective Dixon
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
as O. R.Smith
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor
1938
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
1936
as Detective (uncredited)
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)
Life with Blondie
1945
as Hundefänger (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
1936
as Officer
Great Guy
1936
as Henchman Al
Two for Tonight
1935
as Taxi Driver
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Detective Bates
The Falcon in Danger
1943
as Det. Bates
Spring Parade
1940
as Inga - the Fortune Teller
The Spellbinder
1939
as Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tarnished Lady
1931
as Al - Man in Bar
Gay Blades
1946
as Bartender
Fixer Dugan
1939
as Jake
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
as [scenes deleted]
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
as Ted (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Policeman
About Edward Gargan
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". F… With 214 credits spanning from 1930 to 1953, Edward Gargan has appeared in 214 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Zoo Official (uncredited)
- Father of the Bride (1950) — as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) — as Milt (uncredited)
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942) — as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
- My Man Godfrey (1936) — as Detective (uncredited)
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