William Gargan

American actor (1905-1979)

William Dennis Gargan was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe in They Knew What They Wanted. He acted in decades of movies including parts in Follow the Leader, Rain, Night Flight, Three Sons, Isle of Destiny and many others. The role he was best known for was that of a private detective Martin Kane in the 1949–1952 radio-television series Martin Kane, Private Eye. In television, he was also in 39 episodes of The New Adventures of Martin Kane.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 54 films (1932–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 9 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1932	The Sport Parade	Dudley Murphy		16mm	B&W
1932	THE SPORT PARADE.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1933	HEADLINE SHOOTER.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1933	Night Flight	Clarence Brown	84 min	16mm	B&W
1933	THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE	Stephen Roberts	70 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1933	THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE.	Paramount Productions Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1934	Four frightened people	1934) (theatrical): Distributor	1:18:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	STRICTLY DYNAMITE.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1935	A NIGHT AT THE RITZ.	Vitaphone Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1935	TRAVELING SALESLADY.	Vitaphone Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1936	ALIBI FOR MURDER.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1936	FLYING HOSTESS.	Universal Pictures Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1936	Lucky Corrigan	Columbia	7 reels	16mm	Color & B&W	Sound
1937	SHE ASKED FOR IT.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1937	You Only Live Once	Fritz Lang	86		B&W
1937	YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.	Bowers Comedy Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1937	YOU'RE A SWEETHEART.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	10 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1938	THE DEVIL'S PARTY.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1939	BROADWAY SERENADE.	Loew's Inc.	12 reels		B&W
1939	The house of fear	Crime Club Productions	1:07:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	The house of fear.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	WITHIN THE LAW.	Loew's Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1939	WOMEN IN THE WIND.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1940	They Knew What They Wanted.	Garson Kanin	90 min.		B&W
1941	Bombay Clipper.	John Rawlins	6 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1941	CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP	Tay Garnett	95 min		B&W
1941	Cheers for Miss Bishop.	Tay Garnett	10 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Flying Cadets	Erle C. Kenton	54 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1941	I Wake Up Screaming. ▶	H. Bruce Humberstone; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation	1:22:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Sealed Lips.	George Waggner	7 reels		B&W
1942	A Close Call For Ellery Queen.	James P. Hogan	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	A Desperate Chance For Ellery Queen.	James P. Hogan	7 reels		B&W
1942	Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen.	James P. Hogan	8 reels		B&W
1942	Keep 'Em Flying.	Arthur Lubin	2 reels		B&W
1943	KEEP EM FLYING ▶	Arthur Lubin	80 min	16mm	B&W
1943	No Place For A Lady.	James P. Hogan	7 reels		B&W
1943	Swing Fever.	Tim Whelan	8 reels		B&W	sound
1944	The Canterville Ghost	Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod	95 min	16mm	B&W
1945	Follow That Woman.	Lew Landers	69 min.		B&W
1945	Midnight Manhunt.	William C. Thomas	7 reels		B&W
1945	Song Of The Sarong.	Harold Young	7 reels		B&W
1945	Swell Guy	Universal-International	81 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1946	Behind Green Lights.	Otto Brower	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1946	Hot Cargo	Lew Landers			B&W
1946	Night Editor.	Henry Levin	7 reels		B&W
1946	Rendezvous 24.	James Tinling	6625 ft.	35mm	Color & B&W	sound
1946	Strange Impersonation.	Anthony Mann	68 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1946	Till The End Of Time	Edward Dmytryk	1:05		Color & B&W
1946	TILL THE END OF TIME.	RKO Radio Pictures	105 min	16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1946	Till The End Of Time.	Edward Dmytryk	105 min	35mm	Color & B&W	sound