James Garner
Acting
Biography
James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004).
Born: April 7, 1928
Place of Birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later made a return appearance. The pilot was titled Backlash of the Hunter for syndication.
The Long Summer of George Adams
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Heartsounds
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.
The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Filmography
as King Marchand (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Shazam (voice)
as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
as Self
as Doron (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Howard 'Red' Stevens
as Self
as Self
as Duke
as Pat (voice)
as Jim Egan
as Shep Walker
as Samuel Clemens
as Thomas Brankin
as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
as Mike Howley
as Tank Sullivan
as God (voice)
as Robert Woodward
as Jim Rockford
as Self
as Norman Keane
as Grandpa
as Raymond Hope
as Jim Rockford
as John Potter
as Self
as Self - Host
as President Matt Douglas
as Jim Rockford
as Jim Rockford
as Jim Rockford
as Jim Rockford
as Self (archive footage)
as Captain Woodrow Call
as Jim Rockford
as Jim Rockford
as Hubert 'Hue' Miller
as Marshal Zane Cooper
as Ira Moran
as Self
as Self - Guest
as F. Ross Johnson
as Frank Watters
as Jeff Johnson
as Jim Doyle
as Albert Sidney Finch
as Dr. Robert Smith
as Wyatt Earp
as Bob Beuhler
as Self
as Murphy Jones
as Norman Grant
as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
as Harold Lear
as Zack
as Bret Maverick
as King Marchand
as George Adams
as Bret Maverick
as Jake Berman
as Harry Wolff
as Bret Maverick
as Jim Rockford
as Lincoln Costain
as Jim Rockford
as Keyes
as Abel Marsh
as Quincy Drew
as Sheriff Frank Nichols
as Latigo
as Self
as Self
as Luther Sledge
as Self (archive footage)
as Philip Marlowe
as Jason McCullough
as Self
as Ben Morris
as Grif
as Self - Guest
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Marshal Wyatt Earp
as Self - Guest
as Pete Aron
as Mister Buddwing
as Jess Remsberg
as William Beddoes
as Casey Barnett
as Major Jefferson F. Pike
as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
as Nicholas Arden
as Henry Tyroon
as Self
as Gerald Boyer
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
as Self
as Fred Williams
as Joe Cardin
as Cash McCall
as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
as Self
as William Orlando Darby
as Capt. Mike Bailey
as Bret Maverick
as Bret Maverick (uncredited)
as Sgt. John Maitland
as Preston
as Self
as Lt. Jim Collins
as Lt. Col. Joe Craven
as Lt. Brad Forsythe
as Self
as Self
as Bob
as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
as Ira Moran
as Albert Sidney
as Self
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter