James Garner
Year Title Role Notes
1955 Cheyenne Lt. Brad Forsythe Еpisode : Mountain Fortress
1956 Zane Grey Theater Lt. Jim Collins Episode : Star Over Texas
1956 Cheyenne Lt. Lee Rogers Еpisode : Decision
1956 Cheyenne Bret Еpisode : The Last Train West
1956-1957 Conflict Red / Jim Curtis 3 episodes : The People Against McQuade , Man from 1997 , and Girl on the Subway
1957 Sugarfoot Bret Maverick Episode : Misfire
1957 Cheyenne Willis Peake Еpisode : War Party
1957-1962 Maverick Bret Maverick / Beau 'Pappy ' Maverick 60 episodes
1958 Wide Wide World Himself Episode : The Western
1958 This Is Your Life Himself Episode : James Garner
1959 77 Sunset Strip Himself Episode : Downbeat
1960-1964 The Bob Hope Show Himself Episodes : 4-20-1960 , and 12-18-1964
1961-1962 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Himself Episodes : 2-26-61 , 4-16-61 and 11-11-62
1971-1972 Nichols Sheriff Frank Nichols 24 episodes
1974 Backlash of the Hunter Jim Rockford TV movie , Pilot for The Rockford Files
1974-1980 The Rockford Files Jim Rockford 122 episodes ; director of episode : The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
1978 The New Maverick Bret Maverick TV movie
1979 Young Maverick Bret Maverick Episode : Clancy
1981-1982 Bret Maverick Bret Maverick 18 episodes
1982 The Long Summer of George Adams George Adams TV film
Filmography -- Television
James Garner (born James Scott 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 popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files. He 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) with Julie Andrews, Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria (1982), and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Garner's career and popularity continued through another decade in movies like Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004) with Gena Rowlands.