
William Gargan
Acting
Born 1905-07-17 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Died 1979-02-18
William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego. He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.
Acting

Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

The Rawhide Years
Marshal Sommers

Miracle in the Rain
Harry Wood

Man on the Ledge
Officer Bragan

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Officer Bragan
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Martin Kane, Private Eye

Dynamite
"Gunner" Peterson

Studio One
Con McTaggart

Waterfront at Midnight
Mike Hanrohan

The Argyle Secrets
Harry Mitchell

Swell Guy
Martin Duncan

Till the End of Time
Sgt. Gunny Watrous

Hot Cargo
Joe Harkness

Rendezvous 24
Agent Larry Cameron

Murder in the Music Hall
Inspector Wilson

Night Editor
Tony Cochrane

Strange Impersonation
Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

Behind Green Lights
Lt. Sam Carson

The Bells of St. Mary's
Joe Gallagher

Follow That Woman
Sam Boone

Midnight Manhunt
Pete Willis

Song of the Sarong
Drew Allen

She Gets Her Man
'Breezy' Barton

The Canterville Ghost
Sergeant Benson

Swing Fever
'Waltzy' Malone

Harrigan's Kid
Tom Harrigan

No Place for a Lady
Jess Arno