- He often played private detectives, on radio and in television and films. He was very likely the only actor to have played private eyes who had actually been one--for several years before he became an actor he had been a private investigator for a New York City detective agency.
- After his 1960 laryngectomy, he devoted most of his time to the American Cancer Society.
- Died in flight between NY and San Diego
- According to Wikipedia, his father was also a detective.
- Early in his career, between acting jobs, he got a job selling bootleg whiskey to New York City speakeasies. He was partnered, and began a lifelong friendship, with another aspiring actor named Dave Chasen, who later became a famous restaurateur and opened up the famed Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood.
- Brother of character actor Edward Gargan, who appeared with him in Miss Annie Rooney (1942) and Follow That Woman (1945).
- Upon his death his remains were interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego, CA. His location plot is Mausoleum St. Felicitas Chapel section 21, Crypt FS.
- He starred as "Martin Kane" and "Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator" on radio. After losing his voice to cancer ended his acting career, he devoted himself to anti-smoking education.
- He was the celebrity spokesman for Blatz Beer.
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