William Gargan

Known for ActingBorn 1905-07-17Died 1979-02-18Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

Reported Missing

Man Hunt

Flying Hostess

Rendezvous 24

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Hot Cargo

Swell Guy

Personal Secretary

She Asked for It

Behind the Mike

The Sky Parade

The George Gobel Show

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

The House of Fear

Complicated Women

Martin Kane, Private Eye

Man on the Ledge

You Only Live Once

Waterfront at Midnight

Miracle in the Rain

Song of the Sarong

Harrigan's Kid

Destination Unknown

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

The Crowd Roars

Fury and the Woman

Who Done It?

I Wake Up Screaming

The Misleading Lady

The Canterville Ghost

The Bells of St. Mary's

Women in the Wind

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

Broadway Serenade

Follow That Woman

Rain

Within the Law

Till the End of Time

Alibi for Murder

Blackmailer

The Story of Temple Drake

Things Are Looking Up

A Night at the Ritz

Strictly Dynamite

Miss Annie Rooney

Wings Over Honolulu

Lucky Devils