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James Garner
James Garner

James Garner

ActingBorn April 7, 1928Died July 19, 2014 (age 86)Norman, Oklahoma, USA

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).

Filmography

2020
Disclosure

as King Marchand (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Battle for Terra

as Doron (voice)

Movie
2007
Brando

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2007
The Ultimate Gift

as Howard 'Red' Stevens

Movie
2006
Legends

as Self

TV
2005Movie
2004
The Notebook

as Older Noah "Duke"

Movie
2002
8 Simple Rules

as Jim Egan

TV
2002
Roughing It

as Samuel Clemens

Movie
2002
First Monday

as Thomas Brankin

TV
2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)

Movie
2000
The Last Debate

as Mike Howley

Movie
2000
Space Cowboys

as Tank Sullivan

Movie
2000TV
1999
One Special Night

as Robert Woodward

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Legalese

as Norman Keane

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Twilight

as Raymond Hope

Movie
1997
Dead Silence

as John Potter

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1996
My Fellow Americans

as President Matt Douglas

Movie
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Streets of Laredo

as Captain Woodrow Call

TV
1994
Chicago Hope

as Hubert 'Hue' Miller

TV
1994
Maverick

as Marshal Zane Cooper

Movie
1994
Breathing Lessons

as Ira Moran

Movie
1993TV
1993
Barbarians at the Gate

as F. Ross Johnson

Movie
1993
Fire in the Sky

as Frank Watters

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Man of the People

as Jim Doyle

TV
1990
Decoration Day

as Albert Sidney Finch

Movie
1989
My Name Is Bill W.

as Dr. Robert Smith

Movie
1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie
1988
Sunset

as Wyatt Earp

Movie
1986
Promise

as Bob Beuhler

Movie
1986TV
1985
Murphy's Romance

as Murphy Jones

Movie
1985
Space

as Norman Grant

TV
1984
The Glitter Dome

as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey

Movie
1984
Heartsounds

as Harold Lear

Movie
1984
Tank

as Zack

Movie
1983
Harty

as Self

TV
1982
Lily for President?

as Bret Maverick

Movie
1982
Victor/Victoria

as King Marchand

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Bret Maverick

as Bret Maverick

TV
1981
The Fan

as Jake Berman

Movie
1981Movie
1980
HealtH

as Harry Wolff

Movie
1978
The New Maverick

as Bret Maverick

Movie
1977
Superstunt

as Self

Movie
1977
Laugh-In

as Guest Performer (uncredited)

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as Jim Rockford

TV
1974
The Castaway Cowboy

as Lincoln Costain

Movie
1973Movie
1972Movie
1971
Skin Game

as Quincy Drew

Movie
1971
Nichols

as Sheriff Frank Nichols

TV
1971TV
1971TV
1970
A Man Called Sledge

as Luther Sledge

Movie
1970Movie
1969
Marlowe

as Philip Marlowe

Movie
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Jason McCullough

Movie
1969Movie
1968
The Pink Jungle

as Ben Morris

Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967
Hour of the Gun

as Marshal Wyatt Earp

Movie
1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1966
Grand Prix

as Pete Aron

Movie
1966
Mister Buddwing

as Mister Buddwing

Movie
1966
Duel at Diablo

as Jess Remsberg

Movie
1966
A Man Could Get Killed

as William Beddoes

Movie
1965
The Art of Love

as Casey Barnett

Movie
1964
36 Hours

as Major Jefferson F. Pike

Movie
1964
The Americanization of Emily

as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison

Movie
1964Movie
1963
Move Over, Darling

as Nicholas Arden

Movie
1963
The Wheeler Dealers

as Henry Tyroon

Movie
1963
The Thrill of It All

as Gerald Boyer

Movie
1963
The Great Escape

as Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Movie
1962
Boys' Night Out

as Fred Williams

Movie
1961
The Children's Hour

as Joe Cardin

Movie
1960
Cash McCall

as Cash McCall

Movie
1959
Up Periscope

as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden

Movie
1958TV
1958
Darby's Rangers

as William Orlando Darby

Movie
1957
Sayonara

as Capt. Mike Bailey

Movie
1957
Maverick

as Bret Maverick

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as Bret Maverick (uncredited)

TV
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

as Sgt. John Maitland

Movie
1956Movie
1956TV
1956
Toward the Unknown

as Lt. Col. Joe Craven

Movie
1956TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Lt. Brad Forsythe

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob

TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Albert Sidney

TV
1950TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1948
Bambi

as Self

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 7, 1928
Day of DeathJuly 19, 2014
Place of BirthNorman, Oklahoma, USA
Popularity1.6