Person Details
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Aliases: James Scott Bumgarner , 占士加納 , Джеймс Гарнер , جیمز گارنر
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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Movie Involvements: 90
TV Involvements: 22
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
The Rockford Files
(1974) Jim RockfordDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Lt. Jim CollinsThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) SelfBAMBI Awards
(1948) SelfCheyenne
(1955) Lt. Brad Forsythe77 Sunset Strip
(1958) SelfAmerican Masters
(1986) SelfThis Is Your Life
(1952) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | King Marchand (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2014 | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Shazam (voice) | |
| Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Doron (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Howard 'Red' Stevens | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2004 | Duke | |
| 2003 | Pat (voice) | |
| 2002 | Jim Egan | |
| Shep Walker | ||
| Samuel Clemens | ||
| Self | ||
| Chief Justice Thomas Brankin | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2001 | Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice) | |
| 2000 | Mike Howley | |
| Marlowe (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Tank Sullivan | ||
| God (voice) | ||
| 1999 | Robert Woodward | |
| Jim Rockford | ||
| 1998 | Self | |
| Norman Keane | ||
| Grandpa | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Raymond Hope | ||
| 1997 | Jim Rockford | |
| John Potter | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1996 | President Matt Douglas | |
| Jim Rockford | ||
| Jim Rockford | ||
| Jim Rockford | ||
| Jim Rockford | ||
| 1995 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Captain Woodrow Call | ||
| Jim Rockford | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Jim Rockford | |
| N/A | ||
| Marshal Zane Cooper | ||
| Ira Moran | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| F. Ross Johnson | ||
| Frank Watters | ||
| 1992 | Jeff Johnson | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Jim Doyle | |
| 1990 | Albert Sidney Finch | |
| 1989 | Dr. Robert Smith | |
| 1988 | Wyatt Earp | |
| 1986 | Bob Beuhler | |
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Murphy Jones | |
| Norman Grant | ||
| 1984 | Sgt. Aloysius Mackey | |
| Harold Lear | ||
| Zack | ||
| 1983 | Self | |
| 1982 | Bret Maverick | |
| King Marchand | ||
| George Adams | ||
| 1981 | Bret Maverick | |
| Jake Berman | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1980 | Harry Wolff | |
| 1978 | Bret Maverick | |
| 1977 | Guest Performer (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Jim Rockford | |
| Lincoln Costain | ||
| Jim Rockford | ||
| 1973 | Keyes | |
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Abel Marsh | |
| 1971 | Quincy Drew | |
| Sheriff Frank Nichols | ||
| Latigo | ||
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Luther Sledge | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1969 | Philip Marlowe | |
| Jason McCullough | ||
| Self | ||
| 1968 | Ben Morris | |
| Grif | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Marshal Wyatt Earp | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1966 | Pete Aron | |
| Self | ||
| Mister Buddwing | ||
| Jess Remsberg | ||
| William Beddoes | ||
| 1965 | Casey Barnett | |
| 1964 | Major Jefferson F. Pike | |
| Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison | ||
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Nicholas Arden | |
| Henry Tyroon | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Gerald R. Boyer | ||
| Hendley 'The Scrounger' | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Fred Williams | ||
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Joe Cardin | |
| 1960 | Cash McCall | |
| 1959 | Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden | |
| 1958 | Self | |
| William Orlando Darby | ||
| 1957 | Capt. Mike Bailey | |
| Bret Maverick | ||
| Bret Maverick (uncredited) | ||
| John Maitland | ||
| 1956 | Preston | |
| Self | ||
| Lt. Jim Collins | ||
| Lt. Col. Joe Craven | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Lt. Brad Forsythe | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1952 | Self | |
| 1951 | Bob | |
| Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob | ||
| Ira Moran | ||
| Albert Sidney | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| 1944 | Self - Nominee | |
| Self - Winner | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Executive Producer | |
| 1986 | Executive Producer | |
| 1980 | Executive Producer | |
| 1976 | Executive Producer | |
| 1974 | Executive Producer | |
| 1971 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1969 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 1968 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1966 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1965 | Producer | |
| 1964 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |