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).
Dead Silence is a 1997 made-for-TV thriller based upon the Jeffery Deaver novel "A Maiden's Grave".
 The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolved around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers, who are captured and held hostage by three escaped felons.
 The TV film starred James Garner as FBI hostage negotiator John Potter, Marlee Matlin as hostage teacher Melanie Charrol and Kim Coates as hostage-taker Theodore "Ted" Handy.
Stranger in the House is a 1997 thriller film.
 Based on a Georges Simenon novel, it is a remake of an earlier (1967) film, itself a remake of a 1942 French film.
 The 1997 version was directed by Rodney Gibbons and written by Peter Liapis.
 It stars Michele Greene as Joanna Winters, Bruce Dinsmore as Dan Winters, Steve Railsback as Jack Derby, and Kathleen Kinmont as Dorothy Liddell.
Clint Eastwood is an American film actor, director, producer, and composer.
 After beginning his acting career exclusively with small uncredited film roles and television appearances, his career has spanned more than 50 years.
 Eastwood has acted in several television series, most notably "Rawhide".
 His role in the eight-season series led to his leading roles in "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
 Eastwood has appeared in over 50 films and has starred in 42 films, including "Hang 'Em High", "Play Misty for Me", "Dirty Harry", "Escape from Alcatraz", "Tightrope", "The Bridges of Madison County", and "Gran Torino".
 Eastwood started directing in 1971, and in 1982, his debut as a producer began with two films, "Firefox" and "Honkytonk Man".
 Eastwood also has contributed music to his films, either through performing or composing.
 He has starred in western, action, comedy, and drama films.
Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor.
 He appeared in 83 films between 1933 and 1974.
 He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
 Although he never played leading roles, he was a well-known supporting actor who played the role of Sir John in numerous Edgar Wallace films during the 1960s.
 He was also a busy dubbing actor, for example as the German voice for Clark Gable in most of his films, including Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind".
Billy Boyle is an Irish actor on British film, television and stage.
 He is a veteran of the West End stage having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows.
 In his first West End musical "Maggie May" he was nominated as best newcomer.
 Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in "Hello Dolly" at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
 He appeared in "Canterbury Tales" at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford.
 Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End".
 He then went on to play leading roles in "No Sex Please, We're British", "Billy", "What's a Nice Country", "The Rivals", "Love, Lust, & Marriage", "Some Like it Hot", Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", and in the original cast of "Dirty Dancing.
 Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George" and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane.
 In 2016 he was Major Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale in the smash hit Grey Gardens.
 He followed this playing Arvide in Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.He has had his own very successful television series in Ireland "It's Billy Boyle" as well as leading roles in "Trail of Guilt", the award-winning "The Grass Arena", "The Bretts", as well as many guest appearances in EastEnders, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Father Ted etc.
 In the late 1970s, Boyle was cast as 'Ronald McDonald' in the European TV commercials and in all print media for the fast food chain McDonald's.
 He was the last 'straight man' to Basil Brush on BBC1's "The Basil Brush Show" and later presented a programme, Dance Crazy for ITV, on the history of dance with Lesley Judd.
 Lately he has been seen in Dirk Gently, for BBC Four and Lead Balloon.
 His many films include Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", "Groupie Girl", "Side by Side", "Shergar", "Wild Geese II", "The Scarlet and the Black", "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and A United Kingdom.
Yasser al-Azma (Arabic: ياسر العظمة‎ ‎ ; born 16 May 1942) is a prominent Syrian writer and actor of television, film, and stage.
 al-Azma was born in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
 The Syrian actor started his career acting on stage.
 al-Azma later acted in his first films.
 al-Azma achieved stardom when he started work on the "Maraya" (Arabic for "Mirrors"), one of the longest-running Arabic television comedy series, in the mid-1980s.
 al-Azma played leading roles in "Maraya" and took part in the writing of the series.
 al-Azma has often satirized Arab societies and governments with their anti-American attitudes in the series.
 Although al-Azma has had several other television roles, he is best remembered for his roles in "Maraya".
 al-Azma won three awards in three different occasions in the Cairo International Film Festival for his roles in "Maraya", in addition to an honorary award from the Arab Actor's Guild.
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979), is an Indian film actor known for his work in Bollywood and Telugu cinema.
 Arjan initially started off with Telugu films, breaking the usual norm of being the first North Indian actor to have played leading roles in 8 films of which 5 were successful.
 He then made his debut in Bollywood with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film, "Guru", playing the antagonist opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.
 Subsequently, he played the male lead in Madhur Bhandarkar’s "Fashion" with Priyanka Chopra.
 The film won him the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance while "Fashion" won several awards such as Filmfare, IIFA, Star Screen and Stardust Awards along with two National Awards.
 Bajwa also starred in the Telugu movie "King" along with Nagarjuna Akkineni and Trisha.
 He then appeared in another Telugu film "Arundhati" starring Anushka Shetty and Sonu Sood, which became the highest grossing Telugu film at its time of release.
Nirupa Roy (born Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara; Gujarati: નિરુપા રોય ; 4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films.
 Roy was mostly known for portraying character roles of the Indian mother.
 She played leading roles in her early films and started playing mother roles during the 1970s and 1980s.
 Her acting career spanned more than 50 years, and she acted in more than 275 films.
 She was referred to as the "Queen of Misery" in Hindi film circles.
Erik Schumann (15 February 1925 – 9 February 2007) was a German actor.
 He appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1942 and 1997.
 He was most successful during the 1950s and 1960s, when he played leading roles in several German films.
 He starred in the 1964 film "Time of the Innocent", which was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Question: Which novel was a 1997 thriller based on that starred an actor who played leading roles in over 50 films?
Answer: A Maiden's Grave