Joe Garvey — Murder in the Air Character Profile

About Joe Garvey

Leader of a criminal group under investigation. Uses Bancroft to infiltrate the Navy dirigible, steals the Inertia Projector plans with Rumford, and attempts to flee to Mexico with the documents but is killed in a crash.

Character Facts

Played by

James Stephenson

Appears in

Murder in the Air (1940)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Joe Garvey — Conflict Target — Saxby (John Litel)

  Federal investigator versus primary espionage target.

• Joe Garvey — Conflict Investigator — Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy Jr.)

  Undercover agent uncovering enemy leadership.

• Joe Garvey — Professional Exploiter — Dr. Finchley (Robert Warwick)

  Espionage leader targeting scientific inventor.

• Joe Garvey — Power Controller — Hilda Riker (Lya Lys)

  Network leader exerting control over connected assets.

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• Brass Bancroft (Ronald Reagan)
• Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy Jr.)
• Saxby (John Litel)
• Hilda Riker (Lya Lys)
• Jerry (Frank Wilcox)
• Dr. Finchley (Robert Warwick)
• R.G. Rumford (Victor Zimmerman)
• Otto Brennerman (Charles Brokaw)
• Dolly (Helen Lynd)
• Naval Hospital Nurse (Julie Stevens)
• Hargrave (John Hamilton)
• Admiral Winfield (William Gould)