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Edward Gargan

Acting Born Jul 17, 1902 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Go West

as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Film

Bringing Up Baby

as Zoo Official (uncredited)
Film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Film

My Man Godfrey

as Detective (uncredited)

V Graham Norton

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Go West (1940) as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938) as Zoo Official (uncredited)
  • Father of the Bride (1950) as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
  • Queen Christina (1934) as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Bodyguard (uncredited)
  • My Man Godfrey (1936) as Detective (uncredited)
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) as Milt (uncredited)
  • In Old Oklahoma (1943) as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
  • The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
  • Blonde Alibi (1946) as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
  • Another Thin Man (1939) as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
  • Exposed (1947) as Big Mac
  • The Walking Dead (1936) as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
  • The Gilded Lily (1935) as Guard
  • Triple Trouble (1950) as Officer Murphy
  • City for Conquest (1940) as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
  • Ace of Aces (1933) as Whitaker (uncredited)
  • Johnny Apollo (1940) as Detective (uncredited)
  • False Pretenses (1935) as Mike O'Reilly
  • Crime School (1938) as Officer Hogan
  • Northwest Passage (1940) as Capt. Butterfield
  • My Sister Eileen (1942) as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
  • Four Mothers (1941) as Harry (uncredited)
  • Gay Blades (1946) as Bartender