Bret Maverick
Television Show
Maverick (film)...an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The story, set in the American Old West, is a first-person account by a wisecracking gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson), of his misadventures on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. In this article: Bret Maverick, Danny Glover, William Goldman, James Garner, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and Maverick |
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Maverick (TV series)
...were never more than two current Mavericks in the series at any given time, and sometimes only one. Maverick presented James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957-1960), an adventurous gambler roaming the Old West , Jack Kelly as his equally...
In this article: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Maverick, Roger Moore, Roy Huggins, Robert Colbert, and Tv-movie
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Wikipedia | October 08, 2009
Ed Bruce
...and do commercials. One of his biggest acting roles was as the second lead on the television revival of 1957's Maverick '', called ''Bret Maverick. Starring James Garner as a legendary western gambler, the series ran on NBC-TV during the...
In this article: RCA Records, Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, Sam Phillips, Tanya Tucker, James Garner, Charlie Louvin, Ed Bruce, and Nights
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Wikipedia | October 06, 2009
The Alaskans
...James Garner decided to leave Maverick. Moore became, under protest, Garner's replacement, playing Bret Maverick 's cousin Beau in the fourth season of Maverick. Maverick and The Alaskans were also related through script, if not narrative.
In this article: The Alaskans, Roger Moore, Warner Bros., James Garner, Dorothy Provine, Cannibalizing, Dorothy Squires, Jeff York, and Hawaiian Eye
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Wikipedia | October 03, 2009
Duel at Sundown (Maverick)
...series ''Maverick '' starring 31-year-old James Garner and 29-year-old Clint Eastwood. A mean killer (Eastwood) becomes jealous when Bret Maverick (Garner) begins spending time with his girlfriend (Abby Dalton), the daughter of Bret's old...
In this article: Clint Eastwood, John Wesley Hardin, Howard Browne, Abby Dalton, Edgar Buchanan, and Arthur Lubin
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Wikipedia | May 15, 2009
Bret Maverick
...as '. As a tribute to the character featured on this television series, on April 21, 2006, a ten-foot bronze statue of James Garner as Bret Maverick was unveiled in Garner's hometown of Norman, Oklahoma, with Garner present at the ceremony.
In this article: James Garner, Tv-movie, Roger Moore, Jack Kelly, Maverick, The Rockford Files, The New Maverick, and Harvard
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Marketwatch - commentary | October 15, 2008
Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital: Has the maverick run out of luck?
...dump McCain as they begin to prepare for regrouping in the Republican exile from power. McCain at this point resembles the TV character Bret Maverick played by James Garner, as described in the series theme song: "Maverick is the name.
In this article: John McCain, Ideology, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Charlie Crist, and Lyndon Johnson
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Chicago Tribune | August 05, 2008
John McCain: 'The original maverick'
...of two wars and a recession? Good luck with that. Posted by: Aleks | August 5, 2008 6:38 PM Bret Maverick was NOT the "original Maverick" - he was a fictional character in a popular tv series. The ORIGINAL Maverick was Sam...
In this article: John McCain, Barack Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Wall Street, and Washington
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Huffington Post | June 15, 2008
Ellis Weiner: Maverick! The John McCain Theme Song
...old to remember the original, go here. Yes, that one, from the great (if memory serves) show starring the incomparable James Garner as Bret Maverick, a roaming professional gambler too sensible, or vain, or lazy, or something, to willingly...
In this article: John McCain, Jack Kelly, Huntington Beach, Reddit, American Heritage Dictionary, James Joyce, and James Garner
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Netflix New Releases This Week | May 18, 2008
The New Maverick DVD Rental, Rent The New Maverick Today at Netflix
...after the Emmy Award-winning original series wrapped, star James Garner returns for all-new adventures as Bret Maverick. In this pilot episode, Bret and brother Bart (Jack Kelly) become mentors to their nephew Ben (Charles Frank), making him...
In this article: DVD, Netflix, Jack Kelly, Emmy Award, Susan Blanchard, James Garner, and Charles Frank
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 13, 2008
James Garner hospitalized after minor stroke
...was faster still to run from trouble than to face it. The show aired from 1957 to 1962 but Garner, who was nominated for an Emmy as Bret Maverick, left in 1960 to pursue a film career. He has appeared in such films as "The Children's...
In this article: James Garner, Maverick, Stroke, Emmy, Katey Sagal, Oscar, Jim Rockford, and The Great Escape
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For a more comprehensive article about the character named Bret Maverick, created by Roy Huggins and portrayed by James Garner, see Maverick (TV series).
Bret Maverick is a 1981 television series featuring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. Although the ratings were respectable, the show was unexpectedly canceled by NBC at the end of the first season. Jack Kelly had been slated to return as Bret's brother Bart Maverick in the second season, and briefly appeared at the very end of the first and only season. A number of scripts for the following season had been written and presented to Kelly, according to subsequent interviews.
The 1978 TV-movie The New Maverick could be said to be the pilot for both this series and the 1979 failure Young Maverick, a short-lived series which had featured Charles Frank as preppie former Harvard student Ben Maverick, the son of Roger Moore's character Beau Maverick (although Moore only appeared in the original series).
The production of this series was linked to Garner's quitting midway through the sixth season of The Rockford Files in 1979/1980. Because he couldn't finish The Rockford Files, although he was contractually obligated, he made a deal that he would reprise his Maverick role in a new series.
- Name:
- Bret Maverick
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Genre:
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- Western
- Comedy
- Preceded By:
- Starring:
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- Darleen Carr
- Stuart Margolin
- David Knell
- Ramon Bieri
- Richard Hamilton
- Ed Bruce
- John Shearin
- James Garner
- Length:
- 60 mins.
- Picture Format:
- 1.33:1
- Language:
- English
- Audio Format:
- monaural
- Location:
- California
- Broadcast Channel:
- NBC
- Number of Seasons:
- 1
- Number of Episodes:
- 18
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