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.
214 movies
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953·3.0
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951·6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951·6.3
Spooky Wooky
1950·10.0
Hit Parade of 1951
1950·6.5
So You Want a Raise
1950·7.0
So You Want to Move
1950·8.0
Triple Trouble
1950·7.0
Father of the Bride
1950·7.0
Belle of Old Mexico
1950·9.0
Key to the City
1950·6.5
Hold That Baby!
1949·5.8
Strike It Rich
1948·8.0
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948·6.8
Adventures of Gallant Bess
1948·4.7
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948·6.5
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948·6.6
Campus Honeymoon
1948·7.0
Linda, Be Good
1947·6.7
Exposed
1947·6.2
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947·6.0
Little Miss Broadway
1947·8.0
Web of Danger
1947·5.5
Saddle Pals
1947·6.5
That's My Gal
1947·10.0
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947·5.8
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947·7.1
The Brasher Doubloon
1947·6.0
Crack-Up
1946·5.8
The Inner Circle
1946·5.7
The Dark Horse
1946·7.0
Behind the Mask
1946·5.5
Deadline at Dawn
1946·6.2
Cinderella Jones
1946·3.8
Blonde Alibi
1946·4.8
Little Giant
1946·5.3
Gay Blades
1946·8.0
Follow That Woman
1945·6.5
Life with Blondie
1945·6.7
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945·6.4
Sing Your Way Home
1945·5.6
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945·6.5
The Naughty Nineties
1945·6.7
Wonder Man
1945·6.6
Dangerous Partners
1945·6.8
A Sporting Chance
1945·10.0
Twice Blessed
1945·7.5
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945·5.4
High Powered
1945·5.3
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944·7.1
San Fernando Valley
1944·8.0
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944·4.6
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944·6.0
The Falcon Out West
1944·5.3
In Old Oklahoma
1943·6.2
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943·6.7
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943·8.0
Princess O'Rourke
1943·6.5
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943·6.2
The West Side Kid
1943·0.0
The Falcon in Danger
1943·6.0
Hit the Ice
1943·6.0
Tahiti Honey
1943·5.4
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943·5.6
Something to Shout About
1943·6.5
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942·5.0
The Falcon's Brother
1942·6.4
My Sister Eileen
1942·6.8
Between Us Girls
1942·7.5
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942·6.2
Blondie for Victory
1942·7.6
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942·6.4
Lady in a Jam
1942·5.6
Miss Annie Rooney
1942·6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
1942·6.3
Meet the Stewarts
1942·5.5
Flying with Music
1942·4.4
My Favorite Blonde
1942·6.4
What's Cookin'?
1942·7.0
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942·6.2
Fly By Night
1942·6.7
A Date with the Falcon
1942·6.5
Over My Dead Body
1942·8.0
Niagara Falls
1941·6.7
Ice-Capades
1941·5.9
Tillie the Toiler
1941·8.0
Three Sons o' Guns
1941·7.0
Million Dollar Baby
1941·6.3
Thieves Fall Out
1941·6.0
Here Comes Happiness
1941·6.0
Flight from Destiny
1941·5.8
Four Mothers
1941·6.8
San Francisco Docks
1940·7.3
This Thing Called Love
1940·8.4
Go West
1940·6.5
Street of Memories
1940·8.0
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940·6.2
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940·5.2
Spring Parade
1940·6.9
City for Conquest
1940·6.9
Girl from God's Country
1940·9.0
Queen of the Mob
1940·6.2
Susan and God
1940·6.5
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940·5.0
An Angel from Texas
1940·5.3
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940·6.8
Two Girls on Broadway
1940·7.0
Johnny Apollo
1940·6.8
It All Came True
1940·5.8
Road to Singapore
1940·6.4
Adventure in Diamonds
1940·6.0
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940·6.8
Northwest Passage
1940·6.6
Castle on the Hudson
1940·7.0
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940·6.0
Wolf of New York
1940·7.5
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940·6.1
A Child is Born
1939·7.1
Another Thin Man
1939·7.1
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939·6.6
20,000 Men a Year
1939·6.2
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939·6.8
On Your Toes
1939·4.5
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939·3.7
They All Come Out
1939·5.9
Night Work
1939·8.5
The Spellbinder
1939·6.3
Lucky Night
1939·6.8
Fixer Dugan
1939·6.5
The Flying Irishman
1939·5.0
The Family Next Door
1939·5.8
The Saint Strikes Back
1939·5.8
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939·5.8
Cafe Society
1939·7.5
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939·4.5
Honolulu
1939·6.5
Boy Trouble
1939·6.0
While New York Sleeps
1938·7.0
Up the River
1938·10.0
Thanks for the Memory
1938·5.8
Spring Madness
1938·4.9
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938·5.7
Straight, Place and Show
1938·7.0
Carefree
1938·6.7
Give Me a Sailor
1938·6.1
Gateway
1938·7.4
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938·7.1
The Rage of Paris
1938·5.8
Crime School
1938·6.4
Love on a Budget
1938·8.0
Bringing Up Baby
1938·7.5
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937·5.3
Danger Patrol
1937·6.4
A Girl with Ideas
1937·9.0
That’s My Story
1937·8.0
Madame X
1937·6.1
Back in Circulation
1937·6.5
High, Wide and Handsome
1937·6.2
The Go-Getter
1937·6.2
You Can't Buy Luck
1937·4.7
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937·6.5
The Man Who Found Himself
1937·8.5
The Great O'Malley
1937·7.0
We're on the Jury
1937·6.2
Great Guy
1936·6.3
Under Your Spell
1936·7.3
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936·6.7
Wives Never Know
1936·9.0
Stage Struck
1936·5.3
My Man Godfrey
1936·7.6
Grand Jury
1936·7.5
Roaming Lady
1936·7.0
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936·7.5
Boulder Dam
1936·5.7
Sutter's Gold
1936·7.0
The Walking Dead
1936·6.3
Dangerous Waters
1936·6.0
Anything Goes
1936·5.8
Ceiling Zero
1936·5.9
The Bride Comes Home
1935·5.1
False Pretenses
1935·7.3
Hands Across the Table
1935·7.0
Two for Tonight
1935·7.7
Here Comes Cookie
1935·7.2
We're in the Money
1935·5.9
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935·6.2
Behind the Green Lights
1935·8.0
One New York Night
1935·7.5
The Gilded Lily
1935·6.7
A Notorious Gentleman
1935·6.5
The Band Plays On
1934·8.3
We Live Again
1934·6.8
Port of Lost Dreams
1934·7.3
She Had to Choose
1934·6.0
Belle of the Nineties
1934·6.1
Wild Gold
1934·6.5
Registered Nurse
1934·4.8
David Harum
1934·7.5
Queen Christina
1934·6.9
Radio Dough
1934·7.0
Ace of Aces
1933·5.9
Bombshell
1933·6.5
Three Cornered Moon
1933·6.0
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933·6.2
Pilgrimage
1933·7.1
Gambling Ship
1933·5.8
The Girl in 419
1933·4.2
The Door Knocker
1931·0.0
Via Express
1931·0.0
The Girl Habit
1931·8.0
The African Dodger
1931·5.3
Two A.M.
1931·0.0
Tarnished Lady
1931·4.9
It's All Over
1930·0.0