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James Garner: Rockford Files
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Synopsis: Based on Mark Twain's 1872 autobiographical novel, this made-for-cable film is presented in flashback form, as aged humorist Mark Twain (James Garner) is invited to be keynote speaker at the Bryn Mawr graduation ceremonies of 1891. At first worried that his reputation as a verbal japester willRead More
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James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor. He has 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 has acted in many movies, including The Great Escape (1963) and Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964).
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James Garner has played amiable but crafty good guys in dozens of films and TV shows since the mid-1950s. His greatest fame comes from two popular TV series: The Rockford Files (1974-80), in which he played a plucky, good-humored private eye; and Maverick (1957-60), a sly western with Garner as an adventurous card sharp. The latter was remade as a 1994 movie with Mel Gibson in the title role and Garner and Jodie Foster co-starring. Garner's other films include The Great Escape (1963, with Steve McQueen, The Americanization of Emily (1964, with Juile Andrews), Victor/Victoria (1982, again with Andrews), Murphy's Romance (1985, with Sally Field), Space Cowboys (2000, with Clint Eastwood) and The Notebook (2004, with Ryan Gosling). Garner was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Synopsis: James Garner first assumed the bethumped mantle of Private Investigator Jim Rockford on March 27, 1974. The original Rockford Files TV movie, like the long running series that followed, starred Garner as an ex-con who only takes cases that the people have been unable to solve. Future Bionic Woman Lindsay WagnerRead More
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Born James Scott Bumgarner, the son of an Oklahoma carpet layer, Garner dropped out of high school at 16 to join the merchant marines. He worked in a variety of jobs and received the Purple Heart when he was wounded during the Korean War. He had his first chance to act when a friend got him a non speaking role in the Broadway stage play "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954)". That led to small television roles, television commercials and a contract with Warner Brothers. Director David Butler saw something in him and gave him all the attention he needed when he appeared in 1956’s The Girl He Left Behind. After co-starring in a handful of films during 1956-57, Warner Brothers gave Garner a co-starring role in the 1957 television series "Maverick" Originally cast as an alternating series between Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) and Brett Maverick (Garner), the show quickly turned into the Brett Maverick Show.
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For his contribution to the film and television industry, James Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (6927 Hollywood Blvd). In 1990, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On 9 February 2005 he received the Screen Actor's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.
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