Personal Info
Birth date
1902-07-17 (122 Years)
Day of death
1964-02-19
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Edward F. Gargan
Edward P. Gargan
Ed Gargan
Edward Gargan
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.
Filmography
My Man Godfrey
7.551
Overview:
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.Father of the Bride
6.986
Overview:
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.Bringing Up Baby
7.531
Overview:
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.The Inner Circle
5.2
Overview:
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
6.3
Overview:
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.Another Thin Man
7.1
Overview:
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.Queen Christina
6.8
Overview:
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
7.5
Overview:
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.It Happened on Fifth Avenue
7
Overview:
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.Road to Singapore
6.453
Overview:
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.Crack-Up
5.6
Overview:
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?The Falcon Takes Over
6
Overview:
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.147
Overview:
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.The Naughty Nineties
6.8
Overview:
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.The Walking Dead
6.2
Overview:
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
4.7
Overview:
Light-hearted, old-style romance about a farm-hand who arranges to buy a pair of mules from his employer. No one is able to handle the mules and he must train them. Adding to his dilemma, he pursues his boss's daughter who gets her kicks out of keeping him guessing about her true feelings. Of course, at the end he tames both the mules and the girl.Castle on the Hudson
6.8
Overview:
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.Go West
6.5
Overview:
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.In Old Oklahoma
6.2
Overview:
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.City for Conquest
6.833
Overview:
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?Gateway
6.5
Overview:
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7.2
Overview:
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.My Favorite Blonde
6.4
Overview:
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.Wonder Man
6.566
Overview:
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.On Your Toes
3.9
Overview:
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.Little Giant
5.3
Overview:
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.Acting
1953I Was a Burlesque Queen as Frankie
1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Milt (uncredited)
1951Bedtime for Bonzo as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
1950Spooky Wooky as Unknown
1950Hit Parade of 1951 as Garrity
1950So You Want a Raise as Unknown
1950So You Want to Move as Unknown
1950Triple Trouble as Officer Murphy
1950Father of the Bride as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
1950Belle of Old Mexico as Sam
1950Key to the City as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
1949Hold That Baby! as Policeman Burton
1948Strike It Rich as Mack
1948You Gotta Stay Happy as Detective (Uncredited)
1948Adventures of Gallant Bess as Deputy Sheriff
1948Daredevils of the Clouds as Tap-It Bowers
1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Ted (uncredited)
1948Campus Honeymoon as Motorcycle Cop
1947Linda, Be Good as Frankie
1947Exposed as Big Mac
1947The Ghost Goes Wild as Newsstand man
1947Little Miss Broadway as Uncle George
1947Web of Danger as Dolan, Restaurant Owner
1947Saddle Pals as Jailer
1947That's My Gal as Mike
1947So You're Going to Be a Father as Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
1947The Brasher Doubloon as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1946Crack-Up as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
1946The Inner Circle as Parking Ticket Cop
1946The Dark Horse as Eustace Kelly
1946Behind the Mask as Detective Dixon
1946Deadline at Dawn as Bouncer (uncredited)
1946Cinderella Jones as Riley
1946Blonde Alibi as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1946Little Giant as Policeman (uncredited)
1946Gay Blades as Bartender
1945Follow That Woman as Butch
1945Life with Blondie as Hundefänger (uncredited)
1945She Wouldn't Say Yes as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945Sing Your Way Home as Jailer
1945Her Highness and the Bellboy as 1st Cop
1945The Naughty Nineties as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
1945Wonder Man as Policeman in Park
1945Dangerous Partners as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
1945A Sporting Chance as Mike Ryan
1945Twice Blessed as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1945Earl Carroll Vanities as Policeman
1945High Powered as Cal Williams
1944San Fernando Valley as Keno
1944Detective Kitty O'Day as Mike Storm
1944The Great Alaskan Mystery as Kurtz
1944The Falcon Out West as Homicide Detective Bates
1943In Old Oklahoma as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
1943The Falcon and the Co-Eds as Detective Bates
1943My Kingdom for a Cook as Duke
1943Princess O'Rourke as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars as Doorman (uncredited)
1943The West Side Kid as Donovan
1943The Falcon in Danger as Det. Bates
1943Hit the Ice as Bank Policeman (uncredited)
1943Tahiti Honey as George, the Bartender
1943The Falcon Strikes Back as Detective Bates
1943Something to Shout About as Detective Stone
1942My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Mr. Johnson - Detective
1942The Falcon's Brother as Detective Bates
1942My Sister Eileen as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
1942Between Us Girls as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1942A-Haunting We Will Go as Police Lt. Foster
1942Blondie for Victory as Sergeant
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Bombardier (uncredited)
1942Lady in a Jam as Deputy
1942Miss Annie Rooney as Policeman
1942The Falcon Takes Over as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
1942Flying with Music as Joe
1942Meet the Stewarts as Moving Man
1942My Favorite Blonde as Mulrooney
1942What's Cookin'? as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1942Dr. Kildare's Victory as Willie Brooks
1942Fly By Night as Officer Charlie Prescott
1942A Date with the Falcon as Detective Bates (uncredited)
1942Over My Dead Body as Police Sergeant
1941Niagara Falls as Chuck
1941Ice-Capades as Joe, the Bouncer
1941Tillie the Toiler as Policeman
1941Three Sons o' Guns as Sylvester
1941Thieves Fall Out as Dudley Kane
1941Here Comes Happiness as Joe
1941Flight from Destiny as Hotel Doorman
1941Four Mothers as Harry (uncredited)
1940San Francisco Docks as Hank
1940This Thing Called Love as Police Officer
1940Go West as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1940Street of Memories as Mike Sullivan
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Chimp
1940The Villain Still Pursued Her as Bartender (uncredited)
1940Spring Parade as Inga - the Fortune Teller
1940City for Conquest as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
1940Girl from God's Country as Poker Player
1940Queen of the Mob as Bank Guard
1940Susan and God as Cabbie (uncredited)
1940Buck Benny Rides Again as Policeman
1940An Angel from Texas as New York Policeman
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
1940Two Girls on Broadway as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
1940Johnny Apollo as Detective (uncredited)
1940It All Came True as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940Road to Singapore as Bill - Sailor (uncredited)
1940Adventure in Diamonds as Lou
1940Charlie Chan in Panama as Plant Workman
1940Northwest Passage as Capt. Butterfield
1940Castle on the Hudson as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
1940The Saint's Double Trouble as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1940Wolf of New York as W. Thornton Upshaw
1940Brother Rat and a Baby as Cab Driver
1939A Child Is Born as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
1939Another Thin Man as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Truck Driver
193920,000 Men a Year as Dunk
1939Pack Up Your Troubles as Sentry
1939On Your Toes as First Policeman
1939$1,000 a Touchdown as Ironmansky (uncredited)
1939They All Come Out as George "Bugs" Jacklin
1939Night Work as Police Officer Flannigan
1939The Spellbinder as Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
1939Lucky Night as Policeman
1939Fixer Dugan as Jake
1939The Flying Irishman as J.R. Robinson
1939The Family Next Door as Cop
1939The Saint Strikes Back as Pinky Budd
1939Blondie Meets the Boss as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)
1939Cafe Society as Cop
1939Yes, My Darling Daughter as Police Officer
1939Honolulu as Second Detective
1939Boy Trouble as Cop
1938While New York Sleeps as Sgt. White
1938Up the River as Tiny
1938Thanks for the Memory as Flanahan
1938Spring Madness as Jim - a Policeman
1938Annabel Takes a Tour as Longshoreman at dance
1938Straight, Place and Show as Detective Globe
1938Carefree as Policeman (uncredited)
1938Give Me a Sailor as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
1938Gateway as Guard
1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1938The Rage of Paris as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1938Crime School as Officer Hogan
1938Love on a Budget as Big Furniture Mover
1938Bringing Up Baby as Zoo Official (uncredited)
1937Wallaby Jim of the Islands as [scenes deleted]
1937Danger Patrol as John Donovan
1937A Girl with Ideas as Eddie
1937Madame X as Mate of Dorcas
1937Back in Circulation as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
1937High, Wide and Handsome as Foreman
1937The Go-Getter as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
1937You Can't Buy Luck as Butch (uncredited)
1937Jim Hanvey, Detective as O. R.Smith
1937The Man Who Found Himself as Policeman in Park
1937The Great O'Malley as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
1937We're on the Jury as Officer Clark
1936Great Guy as Henchman Al
1936Under Your Spell as Detective (uncredited)
1936Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Unknown
1936Wives Never Know as Officer
1936Stage Struck as Rordan
1936My Man Godfrey as Detective (uncredited)
1936Grand Jury as Policeman Burke
1936Roaming Lady as Andy
1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1936Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
1936Sutter's Gold as Wagon Driver
1936The Walking Dead as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
1936Dangerous Waters as Bosun
1936Anything Goes as Detective
1936Ceiling Zero as Doc Wilson
1935The Bride Comes Home as Cab Driver
1935False Pretenses as Mike O'Reilly
1935Hands Across the Table as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
1935Two for Tonight as Taxi Driver
1935Here Comes Cookie as Policeman (uncredited)
1935We're in the Money as Clancy O'Rourke
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze as Patrolman
1935Behind the Green Lights as Moran - a Cop
1935One New York Night as Trench
1935The Gilded Lily as Subway Guard
1935A Notorious Gentleman as Unknown
1934The Band Plays On as Lumberjack
1934We Live Again as Warden's assistant
1934Port of Lost Dreams as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'
1934She Had to Choose as Higgins
1934Belle of the Nineties as Stogie (Ruby's agent)
1934Wild Gold as Eddie Sparks
1934Registered Nurse as Officer Pat O'Brien
1934David Harum as Bill Montague (uncredited)
1934Radio Dough as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1933Queen Christina as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
1933Ace of Aces as Whitaker (uncredited)
1933Bombshell as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
1933Mary Stevens, M.D. as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
1933Pilgrimage as Unknown
1933Gambling Ship as Deputy (uncredited)
1933The Girl in 419 as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
1931The Door Knocker as Man
1931Via Express as Unknown
1931The Girl Habit as Detective
1931The African Dodger as Unknown
1931Two A.M. as Unknown
1931Tarnished Lady as Al - Man in Bar
1930It's All Over as Jerry