Actor · Acting

Edward Gargan

Born 1902-07-17

Died 1964-02-19

📍 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.

Filmography 201

I Was a Burlesque Queen

Bedtime for Bonzo

as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Milt (uncredited)

Hit Parade of 1951

as Officer Murphy

Father of the Bride

as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

Belle of Old Mexico

Key to the City

as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)

Hold That Baby!

as Policeman Burton

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Detective (Uncredited)

Adventures of Gallant Bess

as Deputy Sheriff

Daredevils of the Clouds

as Tap-It Bowers

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

as Ted (uncredited)

The Ghost Goes Wild

as Newsstand man

Little Miss Broadway

as Uncle George

as Dolan, Restaurant Owner

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Policeman in Park (uncredited)

The Brasher Doubloon

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)

The Inner Circle

as Parking Ticket Cop

as Eustace Kelly

Behind the Mask

as Detective Dixon

Deadline at Dawn

as Bouncer (uncredited)

Cinderella Jones

as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

as Policeman (uncredited)

Follow That Woman

Life with Blondie

as Hundefänger (uncredited)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home

Her Highness and the Bellboy

The Naughty Nineties

as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

as Policeman in Park

Dangerous Partners

as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)

A Sporting Chance

as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Earl Carroll Vanities

as Cal Williams

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)

San Fernando Valley

Detective Kitty O'Day

The Great Alaskan Mystery

The Falcon Out West

as Homicide Detective Bates

In Old Oklahoma

as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Detective Bates

My Kingdom for a Cook

Princess O'Rourke

as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Doorman (uncredited)

The West Side Kid

The Falcon in Danger

as Bank Policeman (uncredited)

as George, the Bartender

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Detective Bates

Something to Shout About

as Detective Stone

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

as Mr. Johnson - Detective

The Falcon's Brother

as Detective Bates

My Sister Eileen

as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)

Between Us Girls

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

as Police Lt. Foster

Blondie for Victory

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Bombardier (uncredited)

Miss Annie Rooney

The Falcon Takes Over

as Detective Bates (Uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

Flying with Music

My Favorite Blonde

What's Cookin'?

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Dr. Kildare's Victory

as Willie Brooks

as Officer Charlie Prescott

A Date with the Falcon

as Detective Bates (uncredited)

Over My Dead Body

as Police Sergeant

as Joe, the Bouncer

Tillie the Toiler

Three Sons o' Guns

Million Dollar Baby

Thieves Fall Out

Here Comes Happiness

Flight from Destiny

as Hotel Doorman

as Harry (uncredited)

San Francisco Docks

This Thing Called Love

as Police Officer

as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Bartender (uncredited)

as Inga - the Fortune Teller

City for Conquest

as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)

Girl from God's Country

as Poker Player

Queen of the Mob

as Cabbie (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again

An Angel from Texas

as New York Policeman

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as George, the Doorman (uncredited)

Two Girls on Broadway

as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)

as Detective (uncredited)

It All Came True

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Road to Singapore

as Bill - Sailor (uncredited)

Adventure in Diamonds

Charlie Chan in Panama

as Plant Workman

Northwest Passage

as Capt. Butterfield

Castle on the Hudson

as Death Row Guard (uncredited)

The Saint's Double Trouble

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Brother Rat and a Baby

A Child is Born

as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Truck Driver

20,000 Men a Year

Pack Up Your Troubles

as First Policeman

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Ironmansky (uncredited)

They All Come Out

as George "Bugs" Jacklin

as Police Officer Flannigan

The Spellbinder

as Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman

as J.R. Robinson

The Family Next Door

The Saint Strikes Back

Blondie Meets the Boss

as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Police Officer

as Second Detective

While New York Sleeps

Thanks for the Memory

as Jim - a Policeman

Annabel Takes a Tour

as Longshoreman at dance

Straight, Place and Show

as Detective Globe

as Policeman (uncredited)

Give Me a Sailor

as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The Rage of Paris

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

as Officer Hogan

Love on a Budget

as Big Furniture Mover

Bringing Up Baby

as Zoo Official (uncredited)

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

as [scenes deleted]

as John Donovan

A Girl with Ideas

That’s My Story

as Mate of Dorcas

Back in Circulation

as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)

High, Wide and Handsome

as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)

You Can't Buy Luck

as Butch (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

The Man Who Found Himself

as Policeman in Park

The Great O'Malley

as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)

We're on the Jury

as Officer Clark

Under Your Spell

as Detective (uncredited)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Wives Never Know

as Detective (uncredited)

as Policeman Burke

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

as Pa's Guest (uncredited)

as Wagon Driver

The Walking Dead

as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)

Dangerous Waters

The Bride Comes Home

False Pretenses

as Mike O'Reilly

Hands Across the Table

as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)

Two for Tonight

Here Comes Cookie

as Policeman (uncredited)

We're in the Money

as Clancy O'Rourke

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Behind the Green Lights

as Moran - a Cop

One New York Night

The Gilded Lily

A Notorious Gentleman

The Band Plays On

as Warden's assistant

Port of Lost Dreams

as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'

She Had to Choose

Belle of the Nineties

as Stogie (Ruby's agent)

as Eddie Sparks

Registered Nurse

as Officer Pat O'Brien

as Bill Montague (uncredited)

Queen Christina

as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)

as Whitaker (uncredited)

as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)

Three Cornered Moon

as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)

as Deputy (uncredited)

The Girl in 419

as Lt. 'Babs' Riley

as Al - Man in Bar