As Actor
The Rawhide Years
1956
5.5
William Gargan
Acting
Birth date
July 17, 1905
Birth place
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death date
February 18, 1979
Biography
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.
Featured in
As Actor
The Argyle Secrets
1948
6.0
As Actor
Till the End of Time
1946
6.7
As Actor
Night Editor
1946
5.6
As Actor
Follow That Woman
1945
6.0
As Actor
Midnight Manhunt
1945
4.5
As Actor
The Canterville Ghost
1944
6.7
As Actor
Swing Fever
1943
5.0
As Actor
No Place for a Lady
1943
6.0
As Actor
Who Done It?
1942
7.0
As Actor
Bombay Clipper
1942
5.5
As Actor
Flying Cadets
1941
3.0
As Actor
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
5.6
As Actor
Turnabout
1940
6.0
As Actor
Star Dust
1940
4.8
As Actor
Double Alibi
1940
4.5
As Actor
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
2.0
As Actor
Three Sons
1939
3.2
As Actor
The House of Fear
1939
6.5
As Actor
Women in the Wind
1939
6.8