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James Garner
Known for: ActingJames 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).
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The Rockford Files
as Jim Rockford 
The Notebook
as Older Noah 'Duke' 
8 Simple Rules
as Jim Egan 
The Great Escape
as Hendley 'The Scrounger' 
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Rourke (voice) 
God, the Devil and Bob
as God (voice) 
Space Cowboys
as Tank Sullivan 
Fire in the Sky
as Frank Watters 
Maverick
as Marshal Zane Cooper 
Bret Maverick
as Bret Maverick 
The Ultimate Gift
as Howard 'Red' Stevens 
Battle for Terra
as Doron (voice) 
Streets of Laredo
as Captain Woodrow Call 
Grand Prix
as Pete Aron 
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
as Pat (voice) 
The Children's Hour
as Joe Cardin 
Victor/Victoria
as King Marchand 
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Jason McCullough 
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
as Shazam (voice) 
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe 
A Man Called Sledge
as Luther Sledge 
Hour of the Gun
as Marshal Wyatt Earp 
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Latigo 
Boys' Night Out
as Fred Williams 
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Shep Walker 
My Fellow Americans
as President Matt Douglas 
Duel at Diablo
as Jess Remsberg 
The Thrill of It All
as Gerald Boyer 
Twilight
as Raymond Hope 
Breathing Lessons
as Ira Moran 
Roughing It
as Samuel Clemens 
Tank
as Zack 
Sayonara
as Capt. Mike Bailey 
Heartsounds
as Harold Lear 
The Americanization of Emily
as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison 
Move Over, Darling
as Nicholas Arden 
36 Hours
as Major Jefferson F. Pike 
Murphy's Romance
as Murphy Jones 
My Name Is Bill W.
as Dr. Robert Smith 
The Art of Love
as Casey Barnett 
The Castaway Cowboy
as Lincoln Costain 
Up Periscope
as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden 
Sunset
as Wyatt Earp 
One Little Indian
as Keyes 
Skin Game
as Quincy Drew 
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Jim Rockford 
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Abel Marsh 
Dead Silence
as John Potter 
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jim Rockford 
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
as Jim Rockford 
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage) 
The Wheeler Dealers
as Henry Tyroon 
The Fan
as Jake Berman 
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Jim Rockford 
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
as Jim Rockford 
How Sweet It Is!
as Grif 
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage) 
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
as Jim Rockford 
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
as Sgt. John Maitland 
The Girl He Left Behind
as Preston 
One Special Night
as Robert Woodward 
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
as Jim Rockford 
Toward the Unknown
as Lt. Col. Joe Craven 
Cash McCall
as Cash McCall 
Darby's Rangers
as William Orlando Darby 
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self 
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Jim Rockford 
Mister Buddwing
as Mister Buddwing 
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
as Jim Rockford 
Decoration Day
as Albert Sidney Finch