# James Garner filmography

American actor and producer James Garner (1928–2014) rose to prominence as a contract player for Warner Bros. in the 1957 television show Maverick as the series initial lead character Bret Maverick. He would continue to be associated with the Maverick brand several times in his career, as his original character Bret Maverick in the 1978 television film The New Maverick, briefly in the series Young Maverick (1979), and the series Bret Maverick (1981–1982). He also appeared in the role of Marshal Zane Cooper in the 1994 western film Maverick, with Mel Gibson portraying the role of Maverick.
His film acting, playing the leading role in more than fifty motion pictures, was as noteworthy as his work in television. Garner was known for prominent roles in films such as Sayonara with Marlon Brando (1957), leading roles in Darby's Rangers with Stuart Whitman (1958) and Cash McCall with Natalie Wood (1960), a supporting role in The Children's Hour with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine (1961), leading roles in Boys' Night Out with Kim Novak and Tony Randall (1962), The Great Escape with Steve McQueen (1963), The Thrill of It All with Doris Day (1963), Move Over, Darling again with Doris Day (1963), The Wheeler Dealers with Lee Remick (1963), Paddy Chayevsky's The Americanization of Emily with Julie Andrews (1964), Roald Dahl's 36 Hours with Eva Marie Saint (1965), The Art of Love with Dick Van Dyke and Elke Sommer (1965), as a Formula 1 racing star in Grand Prix (1966), as Wyatt Earp in Hour of the Gun with Jason Robards (1967), How Sweet It Is! with Debbie Reynolds (1968), Marlowe with Bruce Lee (1969), Murphy's Romance with Sally Field (1985), as Wyatt Earp again in Sunset with Bruce Willis (1988), My Fellow Americans with Jack Lemmon (1996), a supporting role in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood with Sandra Bullock (2002), a leading role in The Notebook with Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands (2004), and in The Ultimate Gift with Brian Dennehy (2007).
For his portrayal of Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded him the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As Executive Producer of Promise for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, Garner won the 1987 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special. Promise also received the 1987 Peabody Award. In 1991, the academy inducted him into the Television Hall of Fame. He was the recipient of the 41st Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2004. At the 26th Television Critics Awards in 2010, Garner was presented with the Career Achievement Award. His star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1959.
He formed Cherokee Productions in the 1960s with his talent agent and business partner Meta Rosenberg. As an independent producer, he was able to expand his entertainment goals irrespective of any one studio or distributor. Cherokee Productions created and produced the television series Nichols (1971–1972) and The Rockford Files (1974–1980), which he starred in. Numerous films were generated by Cherokee Productions, including Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), both of which he starred in.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Major Joe Craven | |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Preston | |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Sergeant John Maitland | |
| 1957 | Sayonara | Captain Mike Bailey, USMC | |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers | William Orlando Darby | |
| 1959 | Up Periscope | Lieutenant (j.g.) Kenneth M. Braden | |
| 1960 | Cash McCall | Cash McCall | |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Dr. Joe Cardin | |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Fred Williams | |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley / "The Scrounger" | |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All | Dr. Gerald Boyer | |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Henry Tyroon | |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | Nick Arden | My Favorite Wife remake |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily | Lieutenant Commander Charles Edward Madison | Paddy Chayefsky script |
| 1965 | 36 Hours | Major Jefferson Pike | |
| 1965 | The Art of Love | Casey Barnett | |
| 1966 | A Man Could Get Killed | William Beddoes | |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo | Jess Remsberg | |
| 1966 | Mister Buddwing | Mr. Buddwing | |
| 1966 | Grand Prix | Pete Aron | |
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun | Wyatt Earp | |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | "Grif" | |
| 1968 | The Pink Jungle | Ben Morris | |
| 1969 | The Racing Scene | Himself | Documentary |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Jason McCullough | |
| 1969 | Marlowe | Philip Marlowe | |
| 1970 | A Man Called Sledge | Luther Sledge | |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Latigo Smith | |
| 1971 | Skin Game | Quincy Drew / Captain Nathaniel Mountjoy | |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Abel Marsh | |
| 1973 | One Little Indian | Corporal Clint Keyes | |
| 1974 | The Castaway Cowboy | Lincoln Costain | |
| 1980 | Health | Harry Wolff | |
| 1981 | The Fan | Jake Berman | |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | King Marchand | |
| 1984 | Tank | Sergeant Major Zack Carey | |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Murphy Jones | |
| 1988 | Sunset | Wyatt Earp | |
| 1990 | Take Me to Your Leaders | The Narrator | Documentary |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Jeff Johnson | |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Frank Watters | |
| 1993 | Return to The Great Escape | Himself / Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley / "The Scrounger" | Documentary short film |
| 1994 | Maverick | Marshal Zane Cooper | |
| 1996 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Himself | Documentary |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | President Matt Douglas | |
| 1997 | The Hidden Dimension | The Narrator | |
| 1998 | Twilight | Raymond Hope | |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Captain Reverend "Tank" Sullivan | |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Lyle Rourke (voice) | |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Shepard James "Shep" Walker | |
| 2003 | The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration | Pat (voice) | Direct to video |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Older Noah "Duke" Calhoun | |
| 2004 | Al Roach: Private Insectigator | Al Roach | |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Gift | Howard "Red" Stevens | |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra | Doron (voice) | |
| 2010 | Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam | Shazam (voice) | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Lieutenant Brad Forsythe | Pilot episode: "Mountain Fortress" |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater | Lieutenant Jim Collins | Episode: "Star Over Texas" |
| 1956 | Cheyenne | Lieutenant Lee Rogers | Episode: "Decision" |
| 1956 | Cheyenne | Bret | Episode: "The Last Train West" |
| 1956–1957 | Conflict | "Red" / Jim Curtis | 3 episodes |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Bret Maverick | Episode: "Misfire" |
| 1957 | Cheyenne | Willis Peake | "Episode: War Party" |
| 1957–1961 | Maverick | Bret Maverick / Beau "Pappy" Maverick | 124 episodes |
| 1958 | The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom | Himself | |
| 1958 | Wide Wide World | Himself | Episode: "The Western" |
| 1958 | This Is Your Life | Himself | Episode: "James Garner" |
| 1960–1964 | The Bob Hope Show | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 1961 | Angel | Jim | Episode: "The French Lesson" |
| 1971 | Once Upon a Wheel | Himself | Documentary |
| 1971–1972 | Nichols | Sheriff Frank Nichols | 24 episodes |
| 1974 | Backlash of the Hunter | Jim Rockford | Television film, pilot for The Rockford Files |
| 1974–1980 | The Rockford Files | Jim Rockford | 122 episodes; director of episode: "The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club" |
| 1978 | The New Maverick | Bret Maverick | Television film |
| 1979 | Young Maverick | Bret Maverick | Episode: "Clancy" |
| 1981–1982 | Bret Maverick | Bret Maverick | 18 episodes |
| 1982 | The Long Summer of George Adams | George Adams | |
| 1984 | Heartsounds | Harold Lear | Television film |
| 1984 | The Glitter Dome | Sergeant Aloysius Mackey | Television film |
| 1985 | Space | Senator Norman Grant | Mini series |
| 1985 | Promise | Bob Beuhler | Hallmark Hall of Fame; also executive producer |
| 1989 | My Name Is Bill W. | Dr. Bob Holbrook Smith | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1990 | Decoration Day | Albert Sidney Finch | |
| 1991–1992 | Man of the People | Councilman Jim Doyle | 10 episodes |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | F. Ross Johnson | Television film |
| 1994 | Breathing Lessons | Ira Moran | Television film |
| 1994 | HBO First Look | Himself / Bret Maverick | Documentary; episode: "Maverick" |
| 1994 | 100 Years of the Hollywood Western | Himself | Documentary television film |
| 1994 | The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. | Jim Rockford | Television film; also executive producer – uncredited |
| 1995 | The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise | Jim Rockford | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Woodrow F. Call | Mini-series |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... | Jim Rockford | Television film |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best | Jim Rockford | Television film |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play | Jim Rockford | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Jim Rockford | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1997 | The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda | Jim Rockford | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1997 | Dead Silence | FBI Special Agent John Potter | Television film |
| 1998 | Legalese | Norman Keane | Television film |
| 1999 | Century of Country | Host | Miniseries (13 episodes) |
| 1999 | The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads | Jim Rockford | Television film |
| 1999 | One Special Night | Robert Woodward | Television film |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | Mike Howley | Television film |
| 2000 | Chicago Hope | Hubert "Hue" Miller | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Biography | Himself | Episode: "James Garner: Hollywood Maverick" |
| 2000–2001 | God, the Devil and Bob | God (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Mark Twain's Roughing It | Elderly Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain | Mini series |
| 2002 | First Monday | Chief Justice Thomas Brankin | 13 episodes |
| 2003–2005 | 8 Simple Rules | Jim Egan | 45 episodes |
| 2005 | James Garner On-Camera Interview: Rockford Files Season 1 | Himself / Jim Rockford | DVD Documentary Short |
| 2006 | The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | Himself | Video |
| 2011 | Pioneers of Television | Himself / Jim Rockford / Bret Maverick | Documentary; episode: "Crime Dramas" |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Life | Howard "Red" Stevens | Sequel to The Ultimate Gift |