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James Garner

James Garner (born James Scott 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Garner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 1928-04-07

Died: 2014-07-19

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Toward the Unknown	Lt. Col. Joe Craven	56
2	1956	The Girl He Left Behind	Preston	40
3	1957	Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend	John Maitland	61
4	1957	Sayonara	Capt. Mike Bailey	66
5	1958	Darby's Rangers	William Orlando Darby	59
6	1959	Up Periscope	Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden	63
7	1960	Cash McCall	Cash McCall	60
8	1961	The Children's Hour	Joe Cardin	77
9	1962	The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	Self	70
10	1962	Boys' Night Out	Fred Williams	58
11	1963	The Great Escape	Hendley 'The Scrounger'	79
12	1963	The Thrill of It All	Dr. Gerald R. Boyer	70
13	1963	A Bob Hope Comedy Special	Self	0
14	1963	The Wheeler Dealers	Henry Tyroon	62
15	1963	Move Over, Darling	Nicholas Arden	66
16	1964	Action on the Beach	Self	0
17	1964	The Americanization of Emily	Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison	67
18	1964	36 Hours	Major Jefferson F. Pike	70
19	1965	The Art of Love	Casey Barnett	53
20	1966	A Man Could Get Killed	William Beddoes	38
21	1966	Duel at Diablo	Jess Remsberg	63
22	1966	Mister Buddwing	Mister Buddwing	59
23	1966	Grand Prix	Pete Aron	72
24	1966	Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions	Self	0
25	1967	Hour of the Gun	Marshal Wyatt Earp	64
26	1968	How Sweet It Is!	Grif	74
27	1968	The Pink Jungle	Ben Morris	61
28	1969	The Racing Scene	Self	60
29	1969	Support Your Local Sheriff!	Jason McCullough	70
30	1969	Marlowe	Philip Marlowe	60
31	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	71
32	1970	A Man Called Sledge	Luther Sledge	61
33	1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Latigo	66
34	1971	Skin Game	Quincy Drew	66
35	1972	They Only Kill Their Masters	Abel Marsh	53
36	1973	One Little Indian	Keyes	63
37	1974	The Rockford Files	Jim Rockford	0
38	1974	The Castaway Cowboy	Lincoln Costain	66
39	1978	The New Maverick	Bret Maverick	40
40	1980	HealtH	Harry Wolff	52
41	1981	Sixty Years of Seduction	Self - Host	0
42	1981	The Fan	Jake Berman	58
43	1982	The Long Summer of George Adams	George Adams	100
44	1982	Victor/Victoria	King Marchand	73
45	1982	Lily for President?	Bret Maverick	0
46	1984	Tank	Zack	57
47	1984	Heartsounds	Harold Lear	80
48	1984	The Glitter Dome	Sgt. Aloysius Mackey	45
49	1985	Murphy's Romance	Murphy Jones	61
50	1986	Promise	Bob Beuhler	68
51	1988	Sunset	Wyatt Earp	56
52	1989	My Name Is Bill W.	Dr. Robert Smith	65
53	1990	Decoration Day	Albert Sidney Finch	70
54	1992	The Distinguished Gentleman	Jeff Johnson	61
55	1993	Fire in the Sky	Frank Watters	67
56	1993	Barbarians at the Gate	F. Ross Johnson	68
57	1993	Return to 'The Great Escape'	Self	70
58	1994	Breathing Lessons	Ira Moran	54
59	1994	Maverick	Marshal Zane Cooper	69
60	1994	The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.	Jim Rockford	58
61	1995	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Self	80
62	1995	The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise	Jim Rockford	62
63	1995	Roger Moore: A Matter of Class	Self (archive footage)	60
64	1996	The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...	Jim Rockford	70
65	1996	The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best	Jim Rockford	68
66	1996	The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play	Jim Rockford	65
67	1996	The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime	Jim Rockford	58
68	1996	My Fellow Americans	President Matt Douglas	60
69	1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western	Self - Host	0
70	1997	Dead Silence	John Potter	58
71	1997	The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda	Jim Rockford	58
72	1998	Twilight	Raymond Hope	61
73	1998	Bruce Lee: In His Own Words	Self (archive footage)	78
74	1998	The Hidden Dimension	Grandpa	55
75	1998	Legalese	Norman Keane	50
76	1998	Doris Day: It's Magic	Self	0
77	1999	The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads	Jim Rockford	60
78	1999	One Special Night	Robert Woodward	68
79	2000	Space Cowboys	Tank Sullivan	64
80	2000	Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows	Self	71
81	2000	Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey	Marlowe (archive footage) (uncredited)	73
82	2000	The Last Debate	Mike Howley	0
83	2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)	70
84	2002	The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'	Self	73
85	2002	Roughing It	Samuel Clemens	47
86	2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Shep Walker	61
87	2003	The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration	Pat (voice)	63
88	2004	The Notebook	Duke	79
89	2005	Dust to Glory	Self	64
90	2006	Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix	Self	0
91	2007	The Ultimate Gift	Howard 'Red' Stevens	76
92	2007	Brando	Self (archive footage)	68
93	2007	Battle for Terra	Doron (voice)	61
94	2007	Doris Day: Virgin Territory	Self	70
95	2010	DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection	Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)	71
96	2010	Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam	Shazam (voice)	70
97	2014	Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire	Self - Actor (archive footage)	73
98	2015	Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans	Self (archive footage)	72
99	2020	Disclosure	King Marchand (archive footage)	79

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
4	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
5	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
6	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
7	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Bob	86
8	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Ira Moran	86
9	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Albert Sidney	86
10	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob	86
11	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	64
12	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
13	1955	Cheyenne	Lt. Brad Forsythe	58
14	1956	Conflict		0
15	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
16	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Lt. Jim Collins	55
17	1957	Sugarfoot	Bret Maverick (uncredited)	48
18	1957	Maverick	Bret Maverick	68
19	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Self	67
20	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
21	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
22	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	77
23	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
24	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
25	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
26	1971	Nichols	Sheriff Frank Nichols	50
27	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
28	1974	The Rockford Files	Jim Rockford	75
29	1977	Laugh-In	Guest Performer (uncredited)	58
30	1981	Bret Maverick	Bret Maverick	40
31	1983	Harty	Self	60
32	1985	Space	Norman Grant	65
33	1986	American Masters	Self	74
34	1991	Man of the People	Jim Doyle	60
35	1992	HBO First Look		49
36	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
37	1994	Chicago Hope		72
38	1995	Streets of Laredo	Captain Woodrow Call	63
39	1997	The View	Self	45
40	2000	God, the Devil and Bob	God (voice)	75
41	2002	Century of Country		0
42	2002	First Monday	Chief Justice Thomas Brankin	60
43	2002	8 Simple Rules	Jim Egan	68
44	2006	Legends	Self	50