Date of birth: 1928-04-07
Place of birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: James Scott Bumgarner , 占士加納, Джеймс Гарнер, جیمز گارنر

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).

1966-06-15
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the kill

2015-05-16
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings

1969-09-19
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing b

1961-12-19
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run

2001-06-02
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost

1966-12-21
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship.

1963-12-19
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas A

2004-06-25
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a

1971-09-30
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Norther

2000-08-04
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daeda

1984-03-16
After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargea

1963-07-03
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number

1963-07-17
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

1969-03-26
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get toug

1974-03-27
The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In

2005-04-01
An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the

1967-11-01
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs

2003-12-02
A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot d

1998-03-06
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly

1982-04-25
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her pe

2002-06-07
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother

1994-05-20
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k

1993-03-20
F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of

1985-12-25
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She

1962-06-21
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred i

1957-12-25
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial p

1964-10-27
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless an

1963-11-14
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot

1960-01-20
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them int

1964-11-26
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can

2010-11-16
Chosen the world’s protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man – pride, envy, greed, hatred, s

1993-03-12
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abd

1972-11-22
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by th

1989-04-30
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart a

1988-04-29
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

1973-06-20
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.

2007-09-06
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eye

1958-02-12
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British comma

1996-12-20
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents

1959-03-04
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been

1971-05-26
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he

1997-07-27
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

1974-08-01
A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless boy. He

1999-11-28
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi h

1970-11-14
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of g

1981-05-15
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with

1980-09-12
At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convent

1982-05-20
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the of

1998-10-04
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her agai

1990-12-02
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin hi

1965-06-30
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

1978-09-03
Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail

1998-10-18
When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her p

1956-09-27
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service

1984-11-18
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie m

1995-05-14
Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Ro

1994-11-27
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown c

1996-01-14
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an a

1994-02-06
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's

1966-07-15
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

1996-03-18
Jim Rockford tries to help his godson, son of Denis Becker, rise out of poverty and homelessness, bu

1957-05-04
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his hench

1966-03-25
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diam

1997-09-22
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.

1968-10-16
A famous fashion photographer is trapped in a remote South American country with a beautiful model a

1996-09-18
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case w

1968-08-21
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, fri

1984-09-30
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and i

2020-06-19
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t

1969-01-01
The story of James Garner's year with his racing team, from the time he bought the car, and assemble

1966-12-21
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix

1962-01-06
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.

1995-11-16
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews wit
1964-09-01
Behind the scenes look at the D-Day special effects created in filming The Americanization of Emily

2006-03-01

2000-09-27
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when s

2007-05-01
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.

1995-01-01
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.

1986-12-21
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earli

1956-10-26
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the exp

2000-11-05
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into the

1996-04-25
An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not l

1997-11-21
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving allege

1999-04-20
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.

1982-01-18
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.

2010-11-09
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended version

2002-03-16
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune

1993-12-31
A documentary about the making of the 1963 film THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as some of the historical

2014-09-20
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitio

2002-01-29
A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis.

1992-12-04
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just

1970-03-24
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w

2007-03-09
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to t

2007-09-11
Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs su
1981-05-04
Documentary about Hollywood's glamorous stars, with commentary from five actors.

1963-09-27
Hosted by Jack Benny and Bing Crosby, as Bob Hope was unable to perform due to an eye surgery to rem

1998-07-18
They're always there, you just have to know how to look for them. What are they? They're the fasci

1983-05-27
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.

1958-06-08
A 1958 TV special celebrating westerns featuring John Wayne, John Ford, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Gab

2015-10-27
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies