Acting
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.
Movies with Edward Gargan
Go West
1940
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Father of the Bride
1950
Queen Christina
1934
My Man Godfrey
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Another Thin Man
1939
False Pretenses
1935
The Walking Dead
1936
Exposed
1947
The Gilded Lily
1935
Johnny Apollo
1940
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Blonde Alibi
1946
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Ace of Aces
1933
Triple Trouble
1950
Hit the Ice
1943
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Saddle Pals
1947
Four Mothers
1941
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
The Go-Getter
1937
Gay Blades
1946
City for Conquest
1940
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Road to Singapore
1940
Northwest Passage
1940
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
My Sister Eileen
1942
Meet the Stewarts
1942
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Crime School
1938
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
They All Come Out
1939
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Wonder Man
1945
Gambling Ship
1933
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
Life with Blondie
1945
Carefree
1938
Spring Madness
1938
Sing Your Way Home
1945
Madame X
1937
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Up the River
1938
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Crack-Up
1946
Little Giant
1946
Gateway
1938
Key to the City
1950
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
Hands Across the Table
1935
Thieves Fall Out
1941
This Thing Called Love
1940
The Great O'Malley
1937
It All Came True
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
Stage Struck
1936
Wives Never Know
1936
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Between Us Girls
1942
Sutter's Gold
1936
Great Guy
1936
The Inner Circle
1946
A Child is Born
1939
Flying with Music
1942
The Falcon's Brother
1942
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
Blondie for Victory
1942
David Harum
1934
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Anything Goes
1936
The Girl Habit
1931
Bombshell
1933
Three Cornered Moon
1933
On Your Toes
1939
Behind the Mask
1946
Susan and God
1940
Deadline at Dawn
1946
Lucky Night
1939
The Girl in 419
1933
Niagara Falls
1941
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Boulder Dam
1936
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
Adventures of Gallant Bess
1948
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
We Live Again
1934
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
Give Me a Sailor
1938
Thanks for the Memory
1938
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
A Date with the Falcon
1942
Danger Patrol
1937
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
That’s My Story
1937
Dangerous Waters
1936
Grand Jury
1936
The Rage of Paris
1938
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
Web of Danger
1947
Roaming Lady
1936
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Pilgrimage
1933
Flight from Destiny
1941
One New York Night
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Spooky Wooky
1950
The Falcon in Danger
1943
Two for Tonight
1935
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Ice-Capades
1941
The Family Next Door
1939
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
An Angel from Texas
1940
The Door Knocker
1931
Boy Trouble
1939
Twice Blessed
1945
The Spellbinder
1939
Here Comes Happiness
1941
The Falcon Out West
1944
While New York Sleeps
1938
Million Dollar Baby
1941
The West Side Kid
1943
Tahiti Honey
1943
Wild Gold
1934
Fly By Night
1942
Over My Dead Body
1942
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Love on a Budget
1938
Spring Parade
1940
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
Ceiling Zero
1936
High Powered
1945
The Dark Horse
1946
Cinderella Jones
1946
Girl from God's Country
1940
Honolulu
1939
We're on the Jury
1937
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
That's My Gal
1947
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
Cafe Society
1939
We're in the Money
1935
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Dangerous Partners
1945
San Francisco Docks
1940
Behind the Green Lights
1935
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938
Strike It Rich
1948
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
20,000 Men a Year
1939
Wolf of New York
1940
What's Cookin'?
1942
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Fixer Dugan
1939
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
Radio Dough
1934
Under Your Spell
1936
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
A Girl with Ideas
1937
Something to Shout About
1943
Linda, Be Good
1947
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
Street of Memories
1940
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
It's All Over
1930
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
San Fernando Valley
1944
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
The Flying Irishman
1939
Back in Circulation
1937
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
Straight, Place and Show
1938
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
Registered Nurse
1934
Little Miss Broadway
1947
Tillie the Toiler
1941
Two A.M.
1931
So You Want to Move
1950
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Follow That Woman
1945
Night Work
1939
Campus Honeymoon
1948
Hold That Baby!
1949
The Band Plays On
1934
She Had to Choose
1934
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
The African Dodger
1931
So You Want a Raise
1950
Tarnished Lady
1931
A Sporting Chance
1945
Via Express
1931