Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/7/1928
Place of Birth
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
James Scott Bumgarner 占士加納Джеймс Гарнер
James Garner
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 A...
Known For
The Notebook
as Duke
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
The Great Escape
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
A Man Could Get Killed
as William Beddoes
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Jim Rockford
Maverick
as Marshal Zane Cooper
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
as Pat (voice)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Shep Walker
The Ultimate Gift
as Howard 'Red' Stevens
Space Cowboys
as Tank Sullivan
Cash McCall
as Cash McCall
Disclosure
as King Marchand (archive footage)
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe
Sayonara
as Capt. Mike Bailey
Skin Game
as Quincy Drew
Decoration Day
as Albert Sidney Finch
Tank
as Zack
Mister Buddwing
as Mister Buddwing
How Sweet It Is!
as Grif
Legalese
as Norman Keane