James Garner
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).
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Acting History
2020
Disclosure as King Marchand (archive footage)
2015Trumbo as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans as Self (archive footage)
2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2010Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam as Shazam (voice)
2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
2007Doris Day: Virgin Territory as Self
2007Battle for Terra as Doron (voice)
2007Brando as Self (archive footage)
2007The Ultimate Gift as Howard 'Red' Stevens
2006Legends as Self
2006Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix as Self
2005Dust to Glory as Self
2004The Notebook as Duke
2003The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration as Pat (voice)
20028 Simple Rules as Jim Egan
2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Shep Walker
2002Roughing It as Samuel Clemens
2002The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' as Self
2002First Monday as Thomas Brankin
2002Century of Country
2001Atlantis: The Lost Empire as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
2000The Last Debate as Mike Howley
2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
2000Space Cowboys as Tank Sullivan
2000God, the Devil and Bob as God (voice)
1999One Special Night as Robert Woodward
1999The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads as Jim Rockford
1998Doris Day: It's Magic as Self
1998Legalese as Norman Keane
1998The Hidden Dimension as Grandpa
1998Twilight as Raymond Hope
1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda as Jim Rockford
1997Dead Silence as John Potter
1997The View as Self
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self - Host
1996My Fellow Americans as President Matt Douglas
1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Jim Rockford
1996The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play as Jim Rockford
1996The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best as Jim Rockford
1996The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... as Jim Rockford
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self (archive footage)
1995Streets of Laredo as Captain Woodrow Call
1995The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise as Jim Rockford
1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
1994The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. as Jim Rockford
1994Chicago Hope
1994Maverick as Marshal Zane Cooper
1994Breathing Lessons as Ira Moran
1993Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Barbarians at the Gate as F. Ross Johnson
1993Fire in the Sky as Frank Watters
1992The Distinguished Gentleman as Jeff Johnson
1992HBO First Look
1991Man of the People as Jim Doyle
1990Decoration Day as Albert Sidney Finch
1989My Name Is Bill W. as Dr. Robert Smith
1988Sunset as Wyatt Earp
1986Promise as Bob Beuhler
1986American Masters as Self
1985Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones
1985Space as Norman Grant
1984The Glitter Dome as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
1984Heartsounds as Harold Lear
1984Tank as Zack
1983Harty as Self
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1982Lily for President? as Bret Maverick
1982Victor/Victoria as King Marchand
1982The Long Summer of George Adams as George Adams
1981Bret Maverick as Bret Maverick
1981The Fan as Jake Berman
1981Sixty Years of Seduction as Self - Host
1980HealtH as Harry Wolff
1978The New Maverick as Bret Maverick
1977Laugh-In as Guest Performer (uncredited)
1974The Rockford Files as Jim Rockford
1974The Castaway Cowboy as Lincoln Costain
1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter as Jim Rockford
1973One Little Indian as Keyes
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972They Only Kill Their Masters as Abel Marsh
1971Skin Game as Quincy Drew
1971Nichols as Sheriff Frank Nichols
1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Latigo
1971Once Upon a Wheel as Self
1971Great Performances as Self
1970A Man Called Sledge as Luther Sledge
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1969Marlowe as Philip Marlowe
1969Support Your Local Sheriff! as Jason McCullough
1969The Racing Scene as Self
1968The Pink Jungle as Ben Morris
1968How Sweet It Is! as Grif
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
1967Hour of the Gun as Marshal Wyatt Earp
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1966Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions as Self
1966Grand Prix as Pete Aron
1966Mister Buddwing as Mister Buddwing
1966Duel at Diablo as Jess Remsberg
1966A Man Could Get Killed as William Beddoes
1965The Art of Love as Casey Barnett
196436 Hours as Major Jefferson F. Pike
1964The Americanization of Emily as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
1964Action on the Beach as Self
1963Move Over, Darling as Nicholas Arden
1963The Wheeler Dealers as Henry Tyroon
1963A Bob Hope Comedy Special as Self
1963The Thrill of It All as Gerald Boyer
1963The Great Escape as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Boys' Night Out as Fred Williams
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self
1961The Children's Hour as Joe Cardin
1960Cash McCall as Cash McCall
1959Up Periscope as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
195877 Sunset Strip as Self
1958The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self
1958Darby's Rangers as William Orlando Darby
1957Sayonara as Capt. Mike Bailey
1957Maverick as Bret Maverick
1957Sugarfoot as Bret Maverick (uncredited)
1957Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Sgt. John Maitland
1956The Girl He Left Behind as Preston
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Lt. Jim Collins
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956Toward the Unknown as Lt. Col. Joe Craven
1956Conflict
1955Cheyenne as Lt. Brad Forsythe
1953The Oscars as Self
1952This Is Your Life as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Bob
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Albert Sidney
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ira Moran
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1948Bambi as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter