James Garner
Acting • Born 1928-04-07 – Died 2014-07-19
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
145 credits
Duel at Diablo
Movie • 1966
Jess Remsberg
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Marlowe
Movie • 1969
Philip Marlowe
The Children's Hour
Movie • 1961
Joe Cardin
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Movie • 2001
Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
Grand Prix
Movie • 1966
Pete Aron
Move Over, Darling
Movie • 1963
Nicholas Arden
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Duke
Skin Game
Movie • 1971
Quincy Drew
Space Cowboys
Movie • 2000
Tank Sullivan
Tank
Movie • 1984
Zack
The Great Escape
Movie • 1963
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
The Thrill of It All
Movie • 1963
Gerald Boyer
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Movie • 1969
Jason McCullough
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Movie • 1974
Jim Rockford
Dust to Glory
Movie • 2005
Self
Hour of the Gun
Movie • 1967
Marshal Wyatt Earp
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Movie • 2003
Pat (voice)
Twilight
Movie • 1998
Raymond Hope
Victor/Victoria
Movie • 1982
King Marchand
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie • 2002
Shep Walker
Maverick
Movie • 1994
Marshal Zane Cooper
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie • 1993
F. Ross Johnson
Murphy's Romance
Movie • 1985
Murphy Jones
Boys' Night Out
Movie • 1962
Fred Williams
Sayonara
Movie • 1957
Capt. Mike Bailey
The Americanization of Emily
Movie • 1964
Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie • 1963
Henry Tyroon
Cash McCall
Movie • 1960
Cash McCall
36 Hours
Movie • 1964
Major Jefferson F. Pike
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
Movie • 2010
Shazam (voice)
Fire in the Sky
Movie • 1993
Frank Watters
They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie • 1972
Abel Marsh
My Name Is Bill W.
Movie • 1989
Dr. Robert Smith
Sunset
Movie • 1988
Wyatt Earp
One Little Indian
Movie • 1973
Keyes
Battle for Terra
Movie • 2007
Doron (voice)
Darby's Rangers
Movie • 1958
William Orlando Darby
My Fellow Americans
Movie • 1996
President Matt Douglas
Up Periscope
Movie • 1959
Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie • 1971
Latigo
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie • 1997
Self - Host
The Castaway Cowboy
Movie • 1974
Lincoln Costain
One Special Night
Movie • 1999
Robert Woodward
A Man Called Sledge
Movie • 1970
Luther Sledge
The Fan
Movie • 1981
Jake Berman
HealtH
Movie • 1980
Harry Wolff
Lily for President?
Movie • 1982
Bret Maverick
Legalese
Movie • 1998
Norman Keane
Decoration Day
Movie • 1990
Albert Sidney Finch
The Art of Love
Movie • 1965
Casey Barnett
The New Maverick
Movie • 1978
Bret Maverick
Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie • 1998
Self
Toward the Unknown
Movie • 1956
Lt. Col. Joe Craven
The Glitter Dome
Movie • 1984
Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Movie • 1994
Jim Rockford
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
Movie • 1995
Jim Rockford
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Movie • 1996
Jim Rockford
Breathing Lessons
Movie • 1994
Ira Moran
Mister Buddwing
Movie • 1966
Mister Buddwing
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
Movie • 1996
Jim Rockford
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Movie • 1957
Sgt. John Maitland
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie • 1966
William Beddoes
Dead Silence
Movie • 1997
John Potter
The Pink Jungle
Movie • 1968
Ben Morris
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Movie • 1996
Jim Rockford
How Sweet It Is!
Movie • 1968
Grif
Heartsounds
Movie • 1984
Harold Lear
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
King Marchand (archive footage)
The Racing Scene
Movie • 1969
Self
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Movie • 1966
Self
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Movie • 1962
Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Action on the Beach
Movie • 1964
Self
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Movie • 2006
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie • 2000
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Movie • 1995
Self
Promise
Movie • 1986
Bob Beuhler
The Girl He Left Behind
Movie • 1956
Preston
The Last Debate
Movie • 2000
Mike Howley
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Movie • 1999
Jim Rockford
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
Movie • 1996
Jim Rockford
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Movie • 1997
Jim Rockford
The Long Summer of George Adams
Movie • 1982
George Adams
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Movie • 2010
Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
Roughing It
Movie • 2002
Samuel Clemens
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Movie • 1993
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
Movie • 2002
Self
The Distinguished Gentleman
Movie • 1992
Jeff Johnson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
The Ultimate Gift
Movie • 2007
Howard 'Red' Stevens
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Movie • 2007
Self
Sixty Years of Seduction
Movie • 1981
Self - Host
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Movie • 1963
Self
The Hidden Dimension
Movie • 1998
Grandpa
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie • 1958
Self
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Self
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Self
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Lt. Brad Forsythe
Maverick
TV • 1957
Bret Maverick
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Jim Rockford
The View
TV • 1997
Self
God, the Devil and Bob
TV • 2000
God (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
First Monday
TV • 2002
Thomas Brankin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Bob
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Hubert 'Hue' Miller
Bret Maverick
TV • 1981
Bret Maverick
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
Nichols
TV • 1971
Sheriff Frank Nichols
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Bret Maverick (uncredited)
Harty
TV • 1983
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Lt. Jim Collins
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Conflict
TV • 1956
Man of the People
TV • 1991
Jim Doyle
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Century of Country
TV • 2002
Streets of Laredo
TV • 1995
Captain Woodrow Call
8 Simple Rules
TV • 2002
Jim Egan
Space
TV • 1985
Norman Grant
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Laugh-In
TV • 1977
Guest Performer (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Ira Moran
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Albert Sidney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
Legends
TV • 2006
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Once Upon a Wheel
TV • 1971
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self