Other works

(1925 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1925) Stage Play: Aloma of the South Seas. Drama. Written by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Lyric Theatre: 20 Apr 1925- Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/66 performances). Cast: Korola Alleneve (as "Nahoma"), Marion Barney (as "Mrs. Ridgley"), Arthur Barry (as "Sumner Ridgley"), Lola De Rome (as "Moana"), Dorotha Denise (as "Unola"), William Gargan (as "Boano") [Broadway debut], George Gaul (as "Nuitane"), Walter Glass (as "Shorty"), Richard Gordon (as "Van Templeton"), Denis Gurney (as "Reginald Ridgley"), Penelope Hubbard (as "Taula"), Ben Johnson (as "Andy Taylor"), Priscilla Knowles (as "Hina"), Andrea McKinnon (as "Luana"), Anne Morrison (as "Sylvia Templeton"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Aloma"), Al. Roberts (as "Hongi"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Bob Holden"), Arthur Vinton (as "Red Malloy"). Produced by Carl Reed.

(1928) Stage Play: The War Song. Written by Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack, and George Jessel. Directed by Albert Lewis. National Theatre: 24 Sep 1928- Dec 1928 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Ted Athey, Harry Bass, T.F. Benson, Shirley Booth, Clyde Franklin, William Gargan (as "Priv. James Perkins"), Lieut. Hans Golle, Gene Raymond (as "Sid Swanson") [credited as Raymond Guion], Peter K. Hawley Priv. Higgenbotham, Eda Heinemann (as "Social Worker"), Edwin Jerome, George Jessel (as "Eddie Rosen"), Patricia Kenny, Paul Ker, Lola Lane, Clara Langsner Mrs. Rosen, Joseph Latham, Capt. Herman Lehmann, Edward Leiter, Col. Edmund Loewe, Paul O'Brien, H.C. Warren, Charles Wilson, Carl Worms. Produced by Albert Lewis and Sam Harris.

(1929) Stage Play: Headquarters. Melodrama.

(1930) Stage Play: Out of a Blue Sky. Comedy.

(1930) Stage Play: Roar China. Drama. Written by S. Tretyakov. Based on the German of Leo Lania. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. Martin Beck Theatre: 27 Oct 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Ivan Achong (as "1st Boatman"), Seungman Ahn (as "Wang Fu"), Eric Blore (as "Lieutenant Cooper"), Edwin Brandt (as "The Missionary"), Charles Cardon (as "Johnson"), Grace Chee (as "Ama"), Eva Condon (as "Mrs. Tourist"), Harry Cooke (as "Burns"), Edward Cooper (as "Captain of H.M.S. Europa"), Reynolds Denniston (as "Mr. Smith"), Athy Dimitrieff (as "M. De Brochell"), H.L. Donsu (as "Chang"), Charlie Fang (as "Low Ba"), Paul Fung (as "Ho Sung"), William Gargan (as "Hall"), Winifred Hanley (as "Mrs. Smith"), Y.Y. Hsu (as "A Student Interpreter for the Daoyin"), Sam Kim (as "The Daoyin of the City of Wan Hsien"), Helen Kimm (as "Chang Yuen"), Peter Kwan (as "Chinese Boy"), Adrienne Lachamp (as "Mme. De Brochell"), James Lee (as "1st Policeman"), Arthur Leon (as "Bonze"), Henry Leong (as "3rd Boatman"), Siang Pan (as "A Fo's Daughter"), Sanchia Robertson (as "Cordelia"), Erskine Sanford (as "Mr. Tourist"), Frank Sinne (as "A Fo"), Edward Trevor (as "Mate of H.M.S. Europa"), H. T. Tsiang (as "2nd Boatman"), Lee Tung-Foo (as "Pei Fu"), Richard Wang (as "4th Boatman"), Von Wang (as "Li Tai"), Irene Wong (as "Ho Chin Ling"), Dorothy Woo (as "Chang's Son"), Y.W. Woo (as "Coolie"), Elsie Wu (as "Ho San San"), James Yoon (as "Ho Sung's Son"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.

(1931) Stage Play: She Lived Next to the Firehouse. Farce. Written by William Grew and Harry Delf. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Longacre Theatre: 10 Feb 1931- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: William Frawley, William Gargan (as "Harlan Smith"), Ara Gerald, Roger Gray, George Harvey, John Henry, Ralph Hertz, Lois Jesson, Clifford Jones, Lottie Linthicum, Victor Moore, Patricia O'Connor, Lawrence O'Sullivan, Harry Short, Elda Voelkel. Produced by L. Lawrence Weber.

(1949- 51). Radio: [Mutual], 1951-52 [NBC]). Starred (as "Martin Kane") in "Private Eye" (aka "Martin Kane, Private Detective").

(1951- 55). Radio: Star of NBC Radio's "Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator". Note: His character's name was spelled originally as "Barry Crane," later on as "Barrie Craig" and then finally as "Barry Craig."

(194?- ). Gargan was a prolific radio performer, known productions are:

(1932) Stage Play: The Animal Kingdom. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Broadhurst Theatre: 12 Jan 1932- Jun 19 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Lora Baxter (as "Cecelia Henry"), Ilka Chase (as "Grace Macomber"), Frederick Forrester (as "Rufus Collier"), Frances Fuller (as "Daisy Sage"), William Gargan (as "Richard Regan"), Leslie Howard (as "Tom Collier"), Betty Lynne (as "Franc Schmidt"), G. Albert Smith (as "Owen Arthur"), Harvey Stephens (as "Joe Fisk"). Produced by Gilbert Miller and Leslie Howard. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as The Animal Kingdom (1932), by Warner Bros. as One More Tomorrow (1946), The Animal Kingdom (1957), The Animal Kingdom (1952).

(1931) Stage Play: He. Comedy.

(September 12, 1927) He played Babe in Maurine Dallas Watkins' play, "Chicago," at the Harris Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Francine Larrimore (Roxie Hart); Charles Halton (Amos Hart); James Coyle (Fred); Jack Roseleigh (Flynn); William Crimane (Sergeant Murdock); Norval Keedwell (Jake); Eda Heineman (Mary Sunshine); Dorothy Stickney (Velma); Caroline Morrison (Maggie); Griffin Crafts (Prosecutor Harrison); Isabelle Winlocke (Mrs. Morton) and George Cowell (Slats) in the cast.

(01/15/1971) Headliner on the Celebrities Roster for the American Cancer Society's National Crusade and Education kickoff at Cincinnati's Netherland-Hilton Hotel.