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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 7, 1928
Died
July 19, 2014
Place of Birth
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- James Scott Bumgarner
- 占士加納
- Джеймс Гарнер
- جیمز گارنر
James Garner
2.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
7.8
King Marchand (archive footage)
Disclosure
2020
7.2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trumbo
2015
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
7.3
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
7.0
Shazam (voice)
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
2010
7.1
Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
7.0
Self
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
2007
6.2
Doron (voice)
Battle for Terra
2007
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Brando
2007
7.6
Howard 'Red' Stevens
The Ultimate Gift
2007
Credits
Disclosure
as King Marchand (archive footage)
2020
7.8
Trumbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
7.2
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.2
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
7.3
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
as Shazam (voice)
2010
7.0
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
2010
7.1
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
as Self
2007
7.0
Battle for Terra
as Doron (voice)
2007
6.2
Brando
as Self (archive footage)
2007
6.8
The Ultimate Gift
as Howard 'Red' Stevens
2007
7.6
Legends
as Self
2006
5.0
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
as Self
2006
0.0
Dust to Glory
as Self
2005
6.4
The Notebook
as Duke
2004
7.9
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
as Pat (voice)
2003
6.3
8 Simple Rules
as Jim Egan
2002
6.8
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Shep Walker
2002
6.1
Roughing It
as Samuel Clemens
2002
4.7
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
as Self
2002
7.3
First Monday
as Thomas Brankin
2002
6.0
🎬
Century of Country
2002
0.0
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
2001
7.0
The Last Debate
as Mike Howley
2000
0.0
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
7.1
Space Cowboys
as Tank Sullivan
2000
6.4
God, the Devil and Bob
as God (voice)
2000
7.5
One Special Night
as Robert Woodward
1999
6.9
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
as Jim Rockford
1999
6.0
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
1998
0.0
Legalese
as Norman Keane
1998
4.9
The Hidden Dimension
as Grandpa
1998
5.5
Twilight
as Raymond Hope
1998
6.1
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Jim Rockford
1997
5.0
Dead Silence
as John Potter
1997
5.8
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self - Host
1997
5.0
My Fellow Americans
as President Matt Douglas
1996
6.0
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Jim Rockford
1996
5.8
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
as Jim Rockford
1996
6.5
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
as Jim Rockford
1996
6.8
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
as Jim Rockford
1996
7.0
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1995
6.0
Streets of Laredo
as Captain Woodrow Call
1995
6.3
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Jim Rockford
1995
6.2
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
8.0
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
as Jim Rockford
1994
5.8
Chicago Hope
as Hubert 'Hue' Miller
1994
7.2
Maverick
as Marshal Zane Cooper
1994
6.9
Breathing Lessons
as Ira Moran
1994
5.3
Return to 'The Great Escape'
as Self
1993
7.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Barbarians at the Gate
as F. Ross Johnson
1993
6.8
Fire in the Sky
as Frank Watters
1993
6.6
The Distinguished Gentleman
as Jeff Johnson
1992
6.0
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
Man of the People
as Jim Doyle
1991
6.0
Decoration Day
as Albert Sidney Finch
1990
6.9
My Name Is Bill W.
as Dr. Robert Smith
1989
6.3
Sunset
as Wyatt Earp
1988
5.7
Promise
as Bob Beuhler
1986
6.8
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.5
Murphy's Romance
as Murphy Jones
1985
6.1
Space
as Norman Grant
1985
6.5
The Glitter Dome
as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
1984
4.1
Heartsounds
as Harold Lear
1984
8.0
Tank
as Zack
1984
5.7
🎬
Harty
as Self
1983
6.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
Lily for President?
as Bret Maverick
1982
0.0
Victor/Victoria
as King Marchand
1982
7.3
The Long Summer of George Adams
as George Adams
1982
10.0
Bret Maverick
as Bret Maverick
1981
5.0
The Fan
as Jake Berman
1981
5.8
🎬
Sixty Years of Seduction
as Self - Host
1981
0.0
HealtH
as Harry Wolff
1980
5.2
The New Maverick
as Bret Maverick
1978
4.0
🎬
Laugh-In
as Guest Performer (uncredited)
1977
5.8
The Rockford Files
as Jim Rockford
1974
7.6
The Castaway Cowboy
as Lincoln Costain
1974
6.6
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jim Rockford
1974
10.0
One Little Indian
as Keyes
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Abel Marsh
1972
4.9
Skin Game
as Quincy Drew
1971
6.6
Nichols
as Sheriff Frank Nichols
1971
5.0
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Latigo
1971
6.6
Once Upon a Wheel
as Self
1971
6.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
A Man Called Sledge
as Luther Sledge
1970
6.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe
1969
6.0
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Jason McCullough
1969
7.0
The Racing Scene
as Self
1969
6.0
The Pink Jungle
as Ben Morris
1968
6.6
How Sweet It Is!
as Grif
1968
7.4
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Hour of the Gun
as Marshal Wyatt Earp
1967
6.5
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
Grand Prix
as Pete Aron
1966
7.2
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
as Self
1966
0.0
Mister Buddwing
as Mister Buddwing
1966
5.9
Duel at Diablo
as Jess Remsberg
1966
6.3
A Man Could Get Killed
as William Beddoes
1966
3.8
The Art of Love
as Casey Barnett
1965
5.3
36 Hours
as Major Jefferson F. Pike
1964
7.0
The Americanization of Emily
as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
1964
6.6
🎬
Action on the Beach
as Self
1964
0.0
Move Over, Darling
as Nicholas Arden
1963
6.7
The Wheeler Dealers
as Henry Tyroon
1963
6.2
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
as Self
1963
0.0
The Thrill of It All
as Gerald Boyer
1963
7.0
The Great Escape
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
1963
7.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Boys' Night Out
as Fred Williams
1962
5.7
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
7.0
The Children's Hour
as Joe Cardin
1961
7.7
Cash McCall
as Cash McCall
1960
6.2
Up Periscope
as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
1959
6.3
77 Sunset Strip
as Self
1958
6.7
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
1958
0.0
Darby's Rangers
as William Orlando Darby
1958
5.9
Sayonara
as Capt. Mike Bailey
1957
6.7
Maverick
as Bret Maverick
1957
6.9
Sugarfoot
as Bret Maverick (uncredited)
1957
4.8
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sgt. John Maitland
1957
5.8
The Girl He Left Behind
as Preston
1956
3.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lt. Jim Collins
1956
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Toward the Unknown
as Lt. Col. Joe Craven
1956
5.6
🎬
Conflict
1956
0.0
Cheyenne
as Lt. Brad Forsythe
1955
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Bob
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ira Moran
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Albert Sidney
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
1951
8.6
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2