About
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...
Known for
Bringing Up BabyMovie • 1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to TownMovie • 1936
Go WestMovie • 1940
Father of the BrideMovie • 1950
My Man GodfreyMovie • 1936
Queen ChristinaMovie • 1934
In Old OklahomaMovie • 1943
The Thin Man Goes HomeMovie • 1944
The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseMovie • 1938
It Happened on Fifth AvenueMovie • 1947
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManMovie • 1951
Northwest PassageMovie • 1940
Another Thin ManMovie • 1939
Little GiantMovie • 1946
Hit the IceMovie • 1943
Wonder ManMovie • 1945
It All Came TrueMovie • 1940
The Naughty NinetiesMovie • 1945
BombshellMovie • 1933
City for ConquestMovie • 1940
The Walking DeadMovie • 1936
The Falcon and the Co-EdsMovie • 1943
A-Haunting We Will GoMovie • 1942
The Falcon Takes OverMovie • 1942