James Garner
Television Personality, Producer, and Actor
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Paul Farhi on pop culture: Nostalgia not what it used to be? Plus Lou Dobbs and Washington Blade....the rather sympathetic(!) German commander. Washington, D.C.: I'm sorry, but a correction must be made to this about James Garner: He had a likability quotient just about off the charts. That really should be He HAS a likability quotient... In this article: James Garner, The Prisoner, YouTube, Grace Kelly, Dragnet, All in the Family, and Ivy League |
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Observer.com - All Articles | 5 days ago
The Week in DVR: Edward Norton is a Rock Star! Plus, Project Runway Finale, Penelope Cruz and The Notebook
...(thank you!) and also strengthened some of our phobias about aging, nursing homes and dementia. But how awesome is it to think of James Garner as a grown up Gosling? And speaking of which, wither Gosling? We miss you! [Oxygen, 8 p.m.]
In this article: Penelope Cruz, Ryan Gosling, Dr. House, Hugh Laurie, Project Runway, Phobia, Bravo, The New York Observer, and Dementia
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | November 05, 2009
<i>$12.99 JACK BAUER Seasons!!<br>$12.99 SIMPSONS Season!! <br>$10.45 STARGATE Seasons!! <br>Updated HercVault!!<br></i>
<br>$10.45 STARGATE Seasons!! <br>Updated HercVault!! <br></i> "The Rockford Files" came to an abrupt end in 1980, but James Garner and Universal resolved their differences by 1994, when CBS launched a new series of Jim Rockford TV...
In this article: Lex Luthor, David Chase, Super Friends, The Rockford Files, Smallville, LexCorp, and Bruce Wayne
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | November 03, 2009
SUPERMAN!! ROCKFORD!! CHUCK!! DAMAGES!! IMPOSSIBLE!! WEEDS!! SIMPSONS!! SHIELD!! X-MEN!! SFU!! STAR WARS!! <I>HercVault!!</I>
WEEDS!! SIMPSONS!! SHIELD!! X-MEN!! SFU!! STAR WARS!! HercVault!! "The Rockford Files" came to an abrupt end in 1980, but James Garner and Universal resolved their differences by 1994, when CBS launched a new series of Jim Rockford TV...
In this article: Superman, Lex Luthor, David Chase, Super Friends, X-Men, The Rockford Files, Smallville, and LexCorp
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HitFix | November 03, 2009
DVD & Games Forecast: 'North By Northwest' and 'Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut' on BluRay
The same is true of "The Rockford Files: The Movie Collection, Vol. 1," which doesn't represent the very best of the long-running James Garner series, but which still features enough of the familiar charm of the show to be worth watching.
In this article: BluRay, DVD, Watchmen, Eddie Izzard, G.I. Joe, Wim Wenders, Lucasfilm, and The Ultimate
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Library of Congress: New Webcasts | November 03, 2009
Comedy Icon Carl Reiner
...producer Alan Brady. Also in 1961, Reiner wrote the screenplay for the movie "The Thrill of It All," starring Doris Day and James Garner. In 1966, Reiner starred in the film "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming." He also had...
In this article: Carl Reiner, Call Me Mister, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mark Harmon, Sid Caesar, Ocean's Eleven, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Your Show of Shows, and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Washington Times | November 03, 2009
Media Room: DVD & Blu-ray reviews
...NBC from 1974 to 1980, but syndication made the unconventional detective series something of a hit among a younger generation. So James Garner resurrected the talkative, never-trigger-happy private eye for eight TV movies that aired on CBS...
In this article: Claudette Colbert, Zorro, Disney, Fred MacMurray, The Egg and I, Universal, Lauren Graham, Self-help, and God
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Seattle Times | October 15, 2009
Obituaries in the news
...at the Gate," by journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, and later made into an Emmy award-winning television movie starring James Garner as RJR Nabisco CEO F. Ross Johnson. Forbes magazine estimates Wasserstein's net worth at $2...
In this article: Lou Albano, William Wayne Justice, Nan Robertson, Lawrence Oliver, Cyndi Lauper, Lazard Ltd., Texas, World War II, and RJR Nabisco
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds Business | October 14, 2009
Lazard CEO Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61
...the Gate," by journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, and later made into an Emmy award-winning television movie starring James Garner as RJR Nabisco CEO F. Ross Johnson. Wasserstein was CEO of Wasserstein Perella between 1988 and 2001...
In this article: Lazard Ltd., Bruce Wasserstein, Time Warner, RJR Nabisco, Carl Icahn, Wall Street, and New York City
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Chicago Sun-Times | October 13, 2009
Another 'Carol' crowds Goodman's
...of Christmas Past and Mrs. Cratchit, Wayne Knight as the Ghost of Christmas Present and George Wendt playing various characters. James Garner ("The Rockford Files") will assume the role of author Charles Dickens and serve as narrator in...
In this article: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Goodman Theatre, F. Murray Abraham, Chicago, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Past
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James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and Emmy-award winning television actor.
He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades. These included his roles as Bret Maverick, in the popular 1950s western-comedy series, Maverick; Jim Rockford, in the popular 1970s detective drama, The Rockford Files; and the father of Katey Sagal's character on 8 Simple Rules following the death of John Ritter. He has starred in dozens of movies, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria (1982), both with Julie Andrews; and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
- Name At Birth:
- James Scott Bumgarner
- Birth Date:
- April 07, 1928
- Birthplace:
- Norman, Oklahoma, USA
- Spouse:
- Lois Clarke (1956-present)
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