on his birthday, James Garner (Born: April 7, 1928; Died: July 19, 2014; at age 86).
James Garner was best known for his roles as Bret Maverick on the western TV show "Maverick (1957-1962)" and as Jim Rockford on the TV show "The Rockford Files (1974-1980)".
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Reply by manfromatlantis
on August 26, 2019 at 11:36 PM
I grew up with Rockford in syndication.i like support your local gunfighter.
Reply by HarrisonHanksHackman
on August 27, 2019 at 11:16 AM
I loved him as The Scrounger in The Great Escape, also as one of the geezers in Space Cowboys, and the movie Maverick with Mel Gibson. Seemed like a good guy.
Reply by genplant29
on August 27, 2019 at 11:27 PM
Maverick (in reruns) and The Rockford Files (when current) were faves during my pre-20s years. I very much enjoyed each series.
Ah, the The Rockford Files theme music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1Cx26-928. I mentally associate it with summertime (it was a radio hit in Summer 1975) and remember being at the beach and repeatedly hearing it (radio stations kept it in heavy rotation) on a transistor radio.
Reply by VinTinKin
on August 31, 2019 at 9:11 PM
Sure James is great on television, but he's also great with wife Mariette Heartstone on those Polorock commercials, and he's the best thing (along with Fay Bainter) in The Children's Hour, a totally horrid remake of the 1936 classic These Three.
Surprised Miriam associates herself with the horrid remake because its playwright has to be the most disappointed individual in Hollyrock after how they ruined the original classic, also starring Miriam.
Reply by QuitePleasant
on September 5, 2019 at 10:04 PM
Not sure, but think that Mariette distances herself from James after they broke up.
She even wore this Tee-Shirt to tell everyone before anyone could ask
Reply by manfromatlantis
on September 6, 2019 at 1:57 AM
Democrats in California tried to get Garner to run for governor.he said no