William Gargan — Actor (20)
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Waterfront at Midnight (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Waterfront at Midnight
director: William Berke actor: William Gargan / Mary Beth Hughes …
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.
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Strange Impersonation (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Strange Impersonation
director: Anthony Mann actor: Brenda Marshall / William Gargan …
other title: Strana personificazione / Extraña interpretación
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
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Sealed Lips (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sealed Lips
director: George Waggner actor: William Gargan / June Clyde …
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
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Behind Green Lights (1946) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Behind Green Lights
director: Otto Brower actor: Carole Landis / William Gargan …
other title: Precinct 33
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
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Who Done It? (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Who Done It?
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto detectives / Deux nigauds détectives …
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Till the End of Time (1946) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Till the End of Time
director: Edward Dmytryk actor: Dorothy McGuire / Guy Madison …
other title: Anime ferite / Noite na Alma …
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
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The Milky Way (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Milky Way
director: Leo McCarey actor: Harold Lloyd / Adolphe Menjou …
other title: La via lattea / Ausgerechnet Weltmeister …
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
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Star Dust (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Star Dust
director: Walter Lang actor: Linda Darnell / John Payne …
other title: Estrellas fugaces / La Rançon de la gloire …
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
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You Only Live Once (1937) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
You Only Live Once
director: Fritz Lang actor: Sylvia Sidney / Henry Fonda …
other title: Sono innocente / Du lever kun én gang …
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.