Edward Gargan

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 RoseMarie 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 threedecade span between 1921 and 1952 and television work from 1951 to 1953 Gargan died in New York City in 1964