James Garner

**James Garner** (born **James Scott Bumgarner**; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American movie and television actor. He acted in several television series in a career of more than fifty years, including his roles as _Bret Maverick_ in the popular 1950s western-comedy series, _Maverick_ and _Jim Rockford_ in the popular 1970s detective drama, _The Rockford Files_. He also acted in many movies, including _The Great Escape_ (1963) and Paddy Chayefsky's _The Americanization of Emily_ (1964).

Garner died from a massive heart attack at his Los Angeles, California home, aged 86.

## Movies

- _Toward the Unknown_ (1956)
- _The Girl He Left Behind_ (1956)
- _Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend_ (1957)
- _Sayonara_ (1957)
- _Darby's Rangers_ (1958)
- _Up Periscope_ (1959)
- _Alias Jesse James_ (1959) (Cameo)
- _Cash McCall_ (1960)
- _The Children's Hour_ (1961)
- _Boys' Night Out_ (1962)
- _The Great Escape_ (1963)
- _The Thrill of It All_ (1963)
- _The Wheeler Dealers_ (1963)
- _Move Over, Darling_ (1963)
- _Action on the Beach_ (1964) (short subject)
- _The Americanization of Emily_ (1964)
- _36 Hours_ (1965)
- _The Art of Love_ (1965)
- _Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions_ (1966) (short subject)
- _A Man Could Get Killed_ (1966)
- _Duel at Diablo_ (1966)
- _Mister Buddwing_ (1966)
- _Grand Prix_ (1966)
- _Hour of the Gun_ (1967)
- _Once Upon a Wheel_ (1968) (documentary)
- _The Man Who Makes the Difference_ (1968) (short subject)
- _How Sweet It Is!_ (1968)
- _The Pink Jungle_ (1968)
- _The Racing Scene_ (1969) (documentary)
- _Support Your Local Sheriff!_ (1969)
- _Marlowe_ (1969)
- _A Man Called Sledge_ (1970)
- _Support Your Local Gunfighter!_ (1971)
- _Skin Game_ (1971)
- _They Only Kill Their Masters_ (1972)
- _One Little Indian_ (1973)
- _The Castaway Cowboy_ (1974)
- _HealtH_ (1980)
- _The Fan_ (1981)
- _Victor/Victoria_ (1982)
- _Tank_ (1984)
- _Murphy's Romance_ (1985)
- _Sunset_ (1988)
- _The Distinguished Gentleman_ (1992)
- _Fire in the Sky_ (1993)
- _Maverick_ (1994)
- _Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick_ (1996) (documentary)
- _My Fellow Americans_ (1996)
- _The Hidden Dimension_ (1997) (documentary) (narrator)
- _Twilight_ (1998)
- _Space Cowboys_ (2000)
- _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ (2001) (voice)
- _Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood_ (2002)
- _The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration_ (2003) (voice) (direct-to-DVD)
- _The Notebook_ (2004)
- _Al Roach: Private Investigator_ (2004) (short subject) (voice)
- _The Ultimate Gift_ (2007)
- _The Magic Shoe_ (2007)
- _Terra_ (2008) (voice)

## Other websites

- Jim's bio @ the Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Archive of American Television Interview with James Garner March 17, 1999 on Google Video
- Rockford Files site

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: James Garner
- **image**: James Garner.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **birth name**: James Scott Bumgarner
- **birth place**: Norman, Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **credits**: * "Bret Maverick" in _Maverick (TV series), Maverick_
* "Jim Rockford" in _The Rockford Files_
* "Lt. Comm. Charles E. Madison" in _The Americanization of Emily_
- **spouse**: Lois Clarke (m. 1956-2014; his death)
- **children**: Daughter
- **relatives**: Jack Garner (brother, dead)
- **awards**: **Emmy Awards**
* Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series
:1977 _The Rockford Files_
*Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
:1987 _Promise_
**Golden Globe Awards**
* Most Promising Newcomer - Male (1958)
* Best Actor - Miniseries
:1991 _Decoration Day_
:1994 _Barbarians at the Gate_
**SAG Awards**
* Life Achievement Award (2005)