James Garner
Birthplace: Norman
Born: 1928-04-07
Died: 2014-07-19
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film producer; military personnel; soldier; television actor; television producer
Biography from Wikipedia
James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor and producer of film and television. He was an Academy Award nominee, and won three Golden Globe Awards (out of 12 total nominations) and two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 15 total nominations).
Garner achieved television stardom as the titular gambler Bret Maverick on the television Western Maverick (1957–62), which he later reprised in the sequel series Bret Maverick (1981–82). In the 1970s, he starred as private investigator Jim Rockford on the series The Rockford Files (1974–80).
He also played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), Victor/Victoria (1982), and Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Castaway Cowboy (1974) — Lincoln Costain
- One Little Indian (1973) — Corporal Clint Keyes
- They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) — Police Chief Abel Marsh
- Skin Game (1971) — Quincy Drew
- Support your Local Gunfighter (1971) — Latigo Smith
- A Man Called Sledge (1970) — Luther Sledge
- Marlowe (1969) — Philip Marlowe
- Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) — Jason McCullough
- The Racing Scene (1969)
- How Sweet It Is! (1968)
- The Pink Jungle (1968)
- Hour of the Gun (1967) — Wyatt Earp
- A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
- Duel at Diablo (1966) — Jess Remsberg
- Grand Prix (1966) — Pete Aron
- Mister Buddwing (1966) — Mister Buddwing
- The Art of Love (1965) — Casey Barnett
- 36 Hours (1964) — Major Jefferson F. Pike
- The Americanization of Emily (1964) — Lt. Cmdr. Charles Edward Madison
- Move Over, Darling (1963) — Nicholas Arden
- The Great Escape (1963) — Flight Lt. Hendley
- The Thrill of it All (1963) — Dr. Gerald Boyer
- The Wheeler Dealers (1963) — Henry Tyroon
- Boy's Night Out (1962) — Fred Williams
- The Children's Hour (1961) — Dr. Joe Cardin
- Cash McCall (1960) — Cash McCall
- Up Periscope (1959) — Lt. J.G. Kenneth M. Braden
- Darby's Rangers (1958) — William Orlando Darby
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
- Sayonara (1957) — Captain Bailey
- The Girl He Left Behind (1956) — Preston
- Toward the Unknown (1956)
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