James Garner
Birthday: 1928-04-07
Place of Birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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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Duel at Diablo
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the kill...
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings ...
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Marlowe
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing b...
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The Children's Hour
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run ...
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost ...
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Grand Prix
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship....
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Move Over, Darling
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas A...
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The Notebook
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a ...
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Skin Game
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Norther...
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Space Cowboys
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daeda...
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Tank
After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargea...
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The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number...
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The Thrill of It All
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life....
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Support Your Local Sheriff!
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get toug...
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The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In ...
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Dust to Glory
An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the ...
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Hour of the Gun
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs ...
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The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot d...
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Twilight
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly...
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Victor/Victoria
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her pe...
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother...
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Maverick
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k...
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Barbarians at the Gate
F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of ...
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Murphy's Romance
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She...
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Boys' Night Out
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred i...
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Sayonara
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial p...
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The Americanization of Emily
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless an...
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The Wheeler Dealers
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot ...
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Cash McCall
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them int...
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36 Hours
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can...
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
Chosen the world’s protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man – pride, envy, greed, hatred, s...
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Fire in the Sky
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abd...
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They Only Kill Their Masters
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by th...
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My Name Is Bill W.
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart a...
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Sunset
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood....
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One Little Indian
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians....
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Battle for Terra
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eye...
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Darby's Rangers
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British comma...
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My Fellow Americans
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents ...
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Up Periscope
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been ...
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he...
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western....
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The Castaway Cowboy
A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless boy. He...
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One Special Night
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi h...
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A Man Called Sledge
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of g...
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The Fan
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with ...
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HealtH
At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convent...
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Lily for President?
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the of...
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Legalese
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her agai...
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Decoration Day
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin hi...
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The Art of Love
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value....
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The New Maverick
Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail...
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Doris Day: It's Magic
When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her p...
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Toward the Unknown
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service ...
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The Glitter Dome
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie m...
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an a...
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The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Ro...
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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown c...
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Breathing Lessons
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's...
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Mister Buddwing
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is....
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The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
Jim Rockford tries to help his godson, son of Denis Becker, rise out of poverty and homelessness, bu...
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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his hench...
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A Man Could Get Killed
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diam...
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The Pink Jungle
A famous fashion photographer is trapped in a remote South American country with a beautiful model a...
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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case w...
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How Sweet It Is!
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, fri...
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Heartsounds
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and i...
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Disclosure
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...
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The Racing Scene
The story of James Garner's year with his racing team, from the time he bought the car, and assemble...
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Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix...
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches....
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Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews wit...
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Action on the Beach
Behind the scenes look at the D-Day special effects created in filming The Americanization of Emily ...
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when s...
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman....
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Promise
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earli...
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The Girl He Left Behind
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the exp...
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The Last Debate
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into the...
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The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving allege...
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The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not l...
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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation....
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The Long Summer of George Adams
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century....
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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended version...
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Roughing It
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune ...
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Return to 'The Great Escape'
A documentary about the making of the 1963 film THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as some of the historical ...
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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitio...
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The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis....
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The Distinguished Gentleman
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just ...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w...
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The Ultimate Gift
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to t...
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Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs su...
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Sixty Years of Seduction
Documentary about Hollywood's glamorous stars, with commentary from five actors....
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A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Hosted by Jack Benny and Bing Crosby, as Bob Hope was unable to perform due to an eye surgery to rem...
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The Hidden Dimension
They're always there, you just have to know how to look for them. What are they? They're the fasci...
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....
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The Western: A Lost TV Special
A 1958 TV special celebrating westerns featuring John Wayne, John Ford, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Gab...
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Trumbo
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies ...
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