William Gargan

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

July 17, 1905

Died

February 16, 1979

Filmography

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Miracle in the Rain (1956)

The Rawhide Years (1956)

Marshal Sommers

Dynamite (1949)

Gunner Peterson

Waterfront at Midnight (1948)

The Argyle Secrets (1948)

Swell Guy (1947)

Photos & Videos

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Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Should We Abolish Baseball?

Black Fury (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Shut Up About The Union!

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

The Rawhide Years (1956)

Marshal Sommers

Dynamite (1949)

Gunner Peterson

Waterfront at Midnight (1948)

The Argyle Secrets (1948)

Swell Guy (1947)

Till the End of Time (1946)

Sgt. Gunn Watrous

Behind Green Lights (1946)

Strange Impersonation (1946)

Dr. Stephan Lindstrom

Rendezvous 24 (1946)

Night Editor (1946)

Hot Cargo (1946)

Murder in the Music Hall (1946)

Inspector Wilson

She Gets Her Man (1945)

Breezy [Barton]

Song of the Sarong (1945)

Midnight Manhunt (1945)

Follow That Woman (1945)

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Swing Fever (1944)

"Waltzy" Malone

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Sergeant Benson

No Place for a Lady (1943)

Harrigan's Kid (1943)

Miss Annie Rooney (1942)

[Timothy] Rooney [Jr.]

Destination Unknown (1942)

Briggs Harrison [alias of Terry Jordan]

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)

Sealed Lips (1942)

A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)

Bombay Clipper (1942)

[James Montgomery] Jim [Wilson]

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)

The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)

Who Done It? (1942)

Lieutenant Moran

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Flying Cadets (1941)

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Jerry MacDonald

Star Dust (1940)

Isle of Destiny (1940)

"Stripes" Thornton

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

Turnabout (1940)

Double Alibi (1940)

Sporting Blood (1940)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

Three Sons (1939)

Women in the Wind (1939)

The House of Fear (1939)

Within the Law (1939)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

Editor O'Malley

The Crowd Roars (1938)

The Devil's Party (1938)

Personal Secretary (1938)

The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)

The Crime of Dr. Hallett (1938)

You're a Sweetheart (1937)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)

Fury and the Woman (1937)

Breezing Home (1937)

Reported Missing (1937)

She Asked for It (1937)

Dwight Stanford

Behind the Mike (1937)

Wings over Honolulu (1937)

Lieutenant Jack Furness

The Milky Way (1936)

[Elwood] Speed McFarland

The Blackmailer (1936)

Navy Born (1936)

Alibi for Murder (1936)

Flying Hostess (1936)

The Sky Parade (1936)

Speed Robertson

Man Hunt (1936)

Broadway Gondolier (1935)

A Night at the Ritz (1935)

Black Fury (1935)

Traveling Saleslady (1935)

Bright Lights (1935)

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)

Things Are Looking Up (1935)

The Line Up (1934)

British Agent (1934)

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Four Frightened People (1934)

Night Flight (1933)

Brazilian pilot

The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

Headline Shooter (1933)

Sweepings (1933)

Lucky Devils (1933)

Emergency Call (1933)

Steve [Brennan]

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)

The Misleading Lady (1932)

Sergeant ["Handsome"] O'Hara

The Sport Parade (1932)

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

Cast (Short)

Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)

Life Events

1924

stage actor

1925

Broadway actor

1932

film actor

1969

published memoir "Why Me?"

Photo Collections

The Story of Temple Drake - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Paramount's long-unseen The Story of Temple Drake (1933). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Women in the Wind - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Women in the Wind (1939), starring Kay Francis. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Should We Abolish Baseball? Opening scene, sports writer Sam (Spencer Tracy) joins pals (Roscoe Karns, William Tannen) and barkeep (William Bendix), as they hear high-brow columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn) on the radio, in Woman Of The Year, 1942, original screenplay by Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr.

Black Fury (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Shut Up About The Union! Early events, inside the coal mine Warner Bros. built at the ranch in Calabsas, Ca., John Qualen as honest Mike gets in a spat with newcomer Kroner (J. Carrol Naish) about their union, which gets the attention of popular Joe (Paul Muni), who’s more excited about his wedding, in Black Fury. 1935.

Black Fury (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Old Country Dance At the Pennsylvania coal mine company town, proud “bohunk” miner Joe (Paul Muni) leads his party, including pal Mike (John Qualen) and his maybe-wavering fianceè Anna (Karen Morley), into the dance, even greeting the company cops (Ward Bond, and William Gargan as Slim), in Warner Bros.’ controversial Black Fury, 1935.

Rain (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Came From Kansas Once Myself Director Lewis Milestone doing a roll call introducing W. Somerset Maugham's characters, notably Dr. MacPhail (Matt Moore), "reformer" Davidson (Walter Huston), innkeeper Horn (Guy Kibbee) and finally the star Joan Crawford as "Sadie Thompson," in Rain, 1932.

Traveling Saleslady (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Try Suspenders Or Shoelaces Now working for the rival toothpaste manufacturer “Schmidt’s” because her father won’t hire her, Joan Blondell as Angela Twitchell discovers that the boss for the retailer Ruggles is her frequent Warner Bros.’ co-star Glenda Farrell, and her dad’s top salesman Pat (William Gargan), whom she hasn’t met, has her business, in Traveling Saleslady, 1935.

Traveling Saleslady (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Right In The Snoot! First scene for Joan Blondell as the title character, Johnny Arthur the harried secretary talking to her father, head of the toothpaste firm, and Hugh Herbert, also a co-screenwriter, as hustling Niles, who also can’t get in to see the boss, early in Warner Bros.’ Traveling Saleslady, 1935.

Swing Fever (1943) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Knew Kay Kayser has just played the bumpkin entering a New York music publishing house when he discovers his real-life band, kicking off his singer Marilyn Maxwell on one of their radio hits (by Raymond Egan, Roy Marsh, Ted Fio Rito and Thomas Pitts), Clyde Fillmore the big-wig, early in MGM’s Swing Fever, 1943.

Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like There Were Two Me's Temple (Miriam Hopkins) at the dance, first with grand-dad (Guy Standing) and spurned suitor Stephen (William Gargan), then Bob (Grady Sutton), then Toddy (William Collier Jr.) who brought her, explaining herself, in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933, from the William Faulkner novel.

Turnabout (1940) -- (Movie Clip) So Many Irregularities Alpha-male ad exec Tim Willows (John Hubbard) has switched personalities and voices with his wife (Carole Landis) so there’s mayhem as he visits production shoots with his secretary (Verree Teasdale) and his dueling partners (William Gargan, Adolphe Menjou), in the Hal Roach comedy Turnabout, 1940.

Rain (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Shy Kentucky Refugee In American Samoa at the inn run by Horn (Guy Kibbee), Sadie (Joan Crawford), who is all-but identified as a prostitute, gets friendly with marines (William Gargan, et al), Bates (Walter Catlett) and less so with Mrs. Davidson (Beulah Bondi), wife of the reformer, in Rain, 1932, from the Somerset Maugham story.

Sweepings (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Brass Buttons The children of widowed San Francisco department store tycoon Pardway (Lionel Barrymore) get grown-up into Freddie (Eric Linden), Bert (George Meeker), Phoebe (Gloria Stuart) and Gene (William Gargan), narrative efficiency from RKO and director John Cromwell, in Sweepings, 1933.

Headline Shooter -- (Movie Clip) Phoney News Shot Newsreel cameraman on the make Bill (William Gargan) with squeeze Betty (June Brewster) when an earthquake hits, during coverage of which he meets reporter Jane (Frances Dee), early in Headline Shooter, 1933.

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