who played the lead in maverick
James Garner, the wry and handsome leading man who slid seamlessly between television and the movies but was best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western âMaverickâ and the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s series âThe Rockford Files,â died on Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.