Edward Gargan
Acting · Born 1902-07-17 · age 61 at death · 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.
Titles
Bringing Up Baby
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Father of the Bride
Queen Christina
Another Thin Man
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The Thin Man Goes Home
Go West
The Walking Dead
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Carefree
Northwest Passage
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Bombshell
Road to Singapore
In Old Oklahoma
Wonder Man
A-Haunting We Will Go
Thank Your Lucky Stars
The Brasher Doubloon
City for Conquest
Deadline at Dawn
Crack-Up
The Naughty Nineties
The Falcon Takes Over
Hit the Ice
My Sister Eileen
Crime School
Johnny Apollo
My Favorite Blonde
Little Giant
Hands Across the Table
Charlie Chan in Panama
Princess O'Rourke
Great Guy
It All Came True
Detective Kitty O'Day
The Rage of Paris
The Saint Strikes Back
Pilgrimage
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Ceiling Zero
You Gotta Stay Happy
A Date with the Falcon
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Bedtime for Bonzo
Susan and God
The Falcon's Brother
The Saint's Double Trouble
The Gilded Lily
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Belle of the Nineties
The Falcon Strikes Back
Castle on the Hudson
Gambling Ship
The Inner Circle
Lady in a Jam
The Falcon Out West
The Villain Still Pursued Her