James Garner
Biography
James Scott Garner (né 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).
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Movies (42)
Disclosure
as King Marchand (archive footage)
2020
Trumbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
as Shazam (voice)
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
2010
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
as Self
2007
Battle for Terra
as Doron (voice)
2007
Brando
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Ultimate Gift
as Howard 'Red' Stevens
2007
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
as Self
2006
Dust to Glory
as Self
2005
The Notebook
as Duke
2004
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
as Pat (voice)
2003
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Shep Walker
2002
Roughing It
as Samuel Clemens
2002
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
as Self
2002
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
2001
The Last Debate
as Mike Howley
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
Space Cowboys
as Tank Sullivan
2000
One Special Night
as Robert Woodward
1999
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
as Jim Rockford
1999
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
1998
Legalese
as Norman Keane
1998
The Hidden Dimension
as Grandpa
1998
Twilight
as Raymond Hope
1998
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Jim Rockford
1997
Dead Silence
as John Potter
1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self - Host
1997
My Fellow Americans
as President Matt Douglas
1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Jim Rockford
1996
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
as Jim Rockford
1996
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
as Jim Rockford
1996
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
as Jim Rockford
1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Jim Rockford
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
as Jim Rockford
1994
Maverick
as Marshal Zane Cooper
1994
Breathing Lessons
as Ira Moran
1994
Return to 'The Great Escape'
as Self
1993
