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).
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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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0001258
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108510
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Filmography (Movies)
Disclosure
Character:King Marchand (archive footage)
Release Date:19/06/2020
Trumbo
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2014
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
Character:Shazam (voice)
Release Date:16/11/2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Character:Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2010
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2007
Battle for Terra
Character:Doron (voice)
Release Date:06/09/2007
Brando
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2007
The Ultimate Gift
Character:Howard 'Red' Stevens
Release Date:09/03/2007
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Character:Self
Release Date:01/03/2006
Dust to Glory
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2005
The Notebook
Character:Duke
Release Date:25/06/2004
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Character:Pat (voice)
Release Date:02/12/2003
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Character:Shep Walker
Release Date:07/06/2002
Roughing It
Character:Samuel Clemens
Release Date:16/03/2002
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
Character:Self
Release Date:29/01/2002
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Character:Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
Release Date:02/06/2001
The Last Debate
Character:Mike Howley
Release Date:05/11/2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/2000
Space Cowboys
Character:Tank Sullivan
Release Date:04/08/2000
One Special Night
Character:Robert Woodward
Release Date:28/11/1999
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:20/04/1999
Doris Day: It's Magic
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/1998
Legalese
Character:Norman Keane
Release Date:04/10/1998
The Hidden Dimension
Character:Grandpa
Release Date:18/07/1998
Twilight
Character:Raymond Hope
Release Date:06/03/1998
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:21/11/1997
Dead Silence
Character:John Potter
Release Date:22/09/1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:27/07/1997
My Fellow Americans
Character:President Matt Douglas
Release Date:20/12/1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:18/09/1996
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:25/04/1996
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:18/03/1996
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:14/01/1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:14/05/1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:27/11/1994
Maverick
Character:Marshal Zane Cooper
Release Date:20/05/1994
Breathing Lessons
Character:Ira Moran
Release Date:06/02/1994
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Character:F. Ross Johnson
Release Date:20/03/1993
Fire in the Sky
Character:Frank Watters
Release Date:12/03/1993
The Distinguished Gentleman
Character:Jeff Johnson
Release Date:04/12/1992
Decoration Day
Character:Albert Sidney Finch
Release Date:02/12/1990
My Name Is Bill W.
Character:Dr. Robert Smith
Release Date:30/04/1989
Sunset
Character:Wyatt Earp
Release Date:29/04/1988
Promise
Character:Bob Beuhler
Release Date:21/12/1986
Murphy's Romance
Character:Murphy Jones
Release Date:25/12/1985
The Glitter Dome
Character:Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
Release Date:18/11/1984
Heartsounds
Character:Harold Lear
Release Date:30/09/1984
Tank
Character:Zack
Release Date:16/03/1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Lily for President?
Character:Bret Maverick
Release Date:20/05/1982
Victor/Victoria
Character:King Marchand
Release Date:25/04/1982
The Long Summer of George Adams
Character:George Adams
Release Date:18/01/1982
The Fan
Character:Jake Berman
Release Date:15/05/1981
Sixty Years of Seduction
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:04/05/1981
HealtH
Character:Harry Wolff
Release Date:12/09/1980
The New Maverick
Character:Bret Maverick
Release Date:03/09/1978
The Castaway Cowboy
Character:Lincoln Costain
Release Date:01/08/1974
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Character:Jim Rockford
Release Date:27/03/1974
One Little Indian
Character:Keyes
Release Date:20/06/1973
They Only Kill Their Masters
Character:Abel Marsh
Release Date:22/11/1972
Skin Game
Character:Quincy Drew
Release Date:30/09/1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Character:Latigo
Release Date:26/05/1971
A Man Called Sledge
Character:Luther Sledge
Release Date:14/11/1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
Marlowe
Character:Philip Marlowe
Release Date:19/09/1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Character:Jason McCullough
Release Date:26/03/1969
The Racing Scene
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Pink Jungle
Character:Ben Morris
Release Date:16/10/1968
How Sweet It Is!
Character:Grif
Release Date:21/08/1968
Hour of the Gun
Character:Marshal Wyatt Earp
Release Date:01/11/1967
Grand Prix
Character:Pete Aron
Release Date:21/12/1966
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/1966
Mister Buddwing
Character:Mister Buddwing
Release Date:15/07/1966
Duel at Diablo
Character:Jess Remsberg
Release Date:15/06/1966
A Man Could Get Killed
Character:William Beddoes
Release Date:25/03/1966
The Art of Love
Character:Casey Barnett
Release Date:30/06/1965
36 Hours
Character:Major Jefferson F. Pike
Release Date:26/11/1964
The Americanization of Emily
Character:Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
Release Date:27/10/1964
Action on the Beach
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1964
Move Over, Darling
Character:Nicholas Arden
Release Date:19/12/1963
The Wheeler Dealers
Character:Henry Tyroon
Release Date:14/11/1963
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/1963
The Thrill of It All
Character:Gerald Boyer
Release Date:17/07/1963
The Great Escape
Character:Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Release Date:03/07/1963
Boys' Night Out
Character:Fred Williams
Release Date:21/06/1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Character:Self
Release Date:06/01/1962
The Children's Hour
Character:Joe Cardin
Release Date:19/12/1961
Cash McCall
Character:Cash McCall
Release Date:20/01/1960
Up Periscope
Character:Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
Release Date:04/03/1959
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/1958
Darby's Rangers
Character:William Orlando Darby
Release Date:12/02/1958
Sayonara
Character:Capt. Mike Bailey
Release Date:25/12/1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Character:Sgt. John Maitland
Release Date:04/05/1957
The Girl He Left Behind
Character:Preston
Release Date:26/10/1956
Toward the Unknown
Character:Lt. Col. Joe Craven
Release Date:27/09/1956
Television Appearances
Legends
Character:Self
8 Simple Rules
Character:Jim Egan
First Monday
Character:Thomas Brankin
Century of Country
Character:
God, the Devil and Bob
Character:God (voice)
The View
Character:Self
Streets of Laredo
Character:Captain Woodrow Call
Chicago Hope
Character:Hubert 'Hue' Miller
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
HBO First Look
Character:
Man of the People
Character:Jim Doyle
American Masters
Character:Self
Space
Character:Norman Grant
Harty
Character:Self
Bret Maverick
Character:Bret Maverick
Laugh-In
Character:Guest Performer (uncredited)
The Rockford Files
Character:Jim Rockford
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
Nichols
Character:Sheriff Frank Nichols
Once Upon a Wheel
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Self
Maverick
Character:Bret Maverick
Sugarfoot
Character:Bret Maverick (uncredited)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Lt. Jim Collins
Conflict
Character:
Cheyenne
Character:Lt. Brad Forsythe
The Oscars
Character:Self
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Bob
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Ira Moran
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Albert Sidney
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
Bambi
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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