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Aliases: James Scott Bumgarner , 占士加納 , Джеймс Гарнер

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA

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Movie Involvements: 82

TV Involvements: 25


Most Famous Work

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Garner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Rockford Files
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7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Jim Rockford
Cheyenne
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6

Cheyenne

(1955) Lt. Brad Forsythe
The Ultimate Gift
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8

The Ultimate Gift

(2007) Howard 'Red' Stevens
The Notebook
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8

The Notebook

(2004) Old Noah "Duke" Calhoun
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(1956) Lt. Jim Collins
Nichols
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5

Nichols

(1971) Sheriff Frank Nichols
The Great Escape
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8

The Great Escape

(1963) Hendley 'The Scrounger'
What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 King Marchand (archive footage)
2015 Self (archive footage)
2014 Self - Actor (archive footage)
2010 Shazam (voice)
Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
2007 Self
Doron (voice)
Howard 'Red' Stevens
2006 Self
2005 Self
2004 Old Noah "Duke" Calhoun
2003 Pat (voice)
2002 Jim Egan
Shep Walker
Samuel Clemens
Self
Chief Justice Thomas Brankin
N/A
2001 Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
2000 Mike Howley
Self
Tank Sullivan
God (voice)
1999 Robert Woodward
Jim Rockford
1998 Self
Norman Keane
Self (archive footage)
Raymond Hope
1997 Jim Rockford
John Potter
Self
Self - Host
1996 President Matt Douglas
Jim Rockford
Jim Rockford
Jim Rockford
Jim Rockford
1995 Captain Woodrow Call
Jim Rockford
1994 Jim Rockford
N/A
Marshal Zane Cooper
Ira Moran
1993 Self
Self - Guest
F. Ross Johnson
Frank Watters
1992 Jeff Johnson
N/A
1991 N/A
1990 Albert Sidney Finch
1989 Dr. Robert Smith
1988 Wyatt Earp
1986 Bob Beuhler
Self
1985 Murphy Jones
Norman Grant
1984 Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
Harold Lear
Zack
1983 Self
1982 Bret Maverick
King Marchand
George Adams
1981 Bret Maverick
Jake Berman
Self - Host
1980 Harry Wolff
1978 Bret Maverick
1977 Guest Performer
1974 Jim Rockford
Lincoln Costain
Jim Rockford
1973 Keyes
Self
1972 Abel Marsh
1971 Quincy Drew
Sheriff Frank Nichols
Latigo
Self
1970 Luther Sledge
1969 Self (archive footage)
Philip Marlowe
Jason McCullough
Himself
1968 Ben Morris
Grif
Self - Guest
1967 Wyatt Earp
Self - Guest
Self
1966 Pete Aron
Self
Mister Buddwing
Jess Remsberg
William Beddoes
1965 Casey Barnett
1964 Major Jefferson F. Pike
Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
1963 Nicholas Arden
Henry Tyroon
Dr. Gerald R. Boyer
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
1962 Self
Self
Fred Williams
Self
1961 Joe Cardin
1960 Cash McCall
1959 Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
1958 Self
William Orlando Darby
1957 Capt. Mike Bailey
Anchor - Search and Rescue Operation
Bret Maverick
Bret Maverick (uncredited)
John Maitland
1956 Preston
Lt. Jim Collins
Self
Lt. Col. Joe Craven
N/A
1955 Lt. Brad Forsythe
1953 Self
1952 Self
1951 Bob
Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
Albert Sidney
Ira Moran
1950 Self
Self - Mystery Guest
1948 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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