Actor

Edward Gargan

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Acting credits

199

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.8

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Movies: 199Series: 0

TMDB ID: 34294

IMDb ID: nm0307324

Known for: Acting

Born: July 17, 1902

Died: February 19, 1964

Age: 61

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1931 - 1953

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.54

Wikidata: Q5343066

Also known as

Edward F. Gargan • Edward P. Gargan • Ed Gargan

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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.