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James Garner

James Garner

Birthday: 1928-04-07 | Place of Birth: Norman, Oklahoma, USA

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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Garner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Notebook

as    Duke

2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

as    Self (archive footage)

2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

as    Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)

2010
2009
Battle for Terra

as    Doron (voice)

2007
The Ultimate Gift

as    Howard 'Red' Stevens

2007
2005
Dust to Glory

as    Self

2002
First Monday

as    Chief Justice Thomas Brankin

2002
8 Simple Rules

as    Jim Egan

2002
Roughing It

as    Samuel Clemens

2002
2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

as    Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)

2000
God, the Devil and Bob

as    God (voice)

2000
The Last Debate

as    Mike Howley

2000
Space Cowboys

as    Tank Sullivan

1999
1999
One Special Night

as    Robert Woodward

1998
Legalese

as    Norman Keane

1998
Twilight

as    Raymond Hope

1998
Doris Day: It's Magic

as    Self

1997
Dead Silence

as    John Potter

1997
1996
My Fellow Americans

as    President Matt Douglas