James Garner does his best Jack Nicholson impersonation.

RECENT CREDITS
Battle for Terra (FILM)  May. 1, 2009
The Ultimate Gift (FILM)  Mar. 9, 2007
8 Simple Rules (TV)  Apr. 15, 2005
Dust to Glory (FILM)  Apr. 1, 2005
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HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Lent his voice to the computer animated sci-fi film, "Battle for Terra"
2007 Played the mysterious Red Stevens in "The Ultimate Gift"
2004 Co-starred with Gene Rowlands as husband and wife in Nick Cassavetes' "The Notebook"; earned a SAG nomination for Supporting Actor
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Magic Shoe   -Grandfather
Actor
Film


Battle for Terra  2009 -Voice of Doron
Actor
Film


The Ultimate Gift  2007 -Howard 'Red' Stevens
Actor
Film


Dust to Glory  2005 -Himself
Actor
Film


The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards  2005 -Live Achievement Award
Actor
TV


The Notebook  2004 -Duke
Actor
Film


TV Land Moguls  2004 -Interviewee
Actor
TV
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Intimate Portrait: Suzanne Pleshette  2002 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


8 Simple Rules  2003-2005 -Jim
Actor
TV
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood  2002 -Shep Walker
Actor
Film


Mark Twain's Roughing It  2002 -Sam Clemens/Mark Twain
Actor
TV


First Monday  2002 -Chief Justice Thomas Brankin
Actor
TV
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Private Screenings: James Garner  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Atlantis: the Lost Empire  2001 -of Captain Lyle T Rourke
Voice
Film


The Last Debate  2000 -Mike Howley
Actor
TV


Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows  2000 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Space Cowboys  2000 -Tank Sullivan
Actor
Film


God, the Devil and Bob  2000 -of God
Voice
TV


One Special Night  1999 -Robert Woodward
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads  1999 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


A Century of Country  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


Doris Day: It's Magic  1998 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Legalese  1998 -Norman Keane
Actor
TV


50th Emmy Awards  1998 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Twilight  1998 -Raymond Hope
Actor
Film


The Rockford Files: Murder and Misdemeanors  1997 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


4 Million Houseguests  1997 -of Homeowner
Voice
Film


Dead Silence  1997 -John Potter
Actor
TV


My Fellow Americans  1996 -Matt Douglas
Actor
Film


The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime  1996 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play  1996 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best  1996 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits  1996 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo  1995 -Captain Woodrow F Call
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise  1995 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.  1994 -Jim Rockford
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


100 Years of the Hollywood Western  1994 -Host
Actor
TV


Maverick  1994 -Zane Cooper
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Breathing Lessons  1994 -Ira Moran
Actor
TV


Barbarians At the Gate  1993 -F Ross Johnson
Actor
TV


Fire in the Sky  1993 -Lieutenant Frank Watters
Actor
Film


The Distinguished Gentleman  1992 -Jeff Johnson
Actor
Film


The Year of the Generals  1992 -of General Dwight Eisenhower
Voice
TV


Man of the People  1991 -Jim Doyle
Actor
TV


Decoration Day  1990 -Judge Albert Sidney Finch
Actor
TV


Take Me to Your Leaders  1990 -Host
Actor
TV


Dinah Comes Home Again  1990
Actor
TV


A Conversation With Dinah  1989
Actor
TV


My Name Is Bill W.  1989 -Dr Robert Smith
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Sunset  1988 -Wyatt Earp
Actor
Film


Promise  1986 -Bob Beuhler
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Murphy's Romance  1985 -Murphy Jones
Actor
Film


James A. Michener's "Space"  1985 -Norman Grant
Actor
TV


The Glitter Dome  1984 -Al Mackey
Actor
TV


Heartsounds  1984 -Dr Harold Lear
Actor
TV


Tank  1984 -Sergeant Major Zack Carey
Actor
Film


Lily For President  1982 -Bret Maverick
Actor
TV


The Long Summer of George Adams  1982 -George Adams
Actor
TV


Victor/Victoria  1982 -King Marchan
Actor
Film


Bret Maverick  1981 -Bret Maverick
Actor
TV


The Fan  1981 -Jake Berman
Actor
Film


60 Years of Seduction  1981 -Host
Actor
TV


Health  1980
Actor
Film


The New Maverick  1978 -Bret Maverick
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files  1974 -Jim Rockford
Director, Actor
TV


The Rockford Files  1974 -Jim Rockford
Actor
TV


One Little Indian  1973 -Clint Keyes
Actor
Film


They Only Kill Their Masters  1972 -Police Chief March
Actor
Film


Nichols  1971 -Jim Nichols
Actor
TV


Skin Game  1971 -Quincy
Actor
Film


Support Your Local Gunfighter  1971 -Latigo Smith
Actor
Film


Support Your Local Sheriff  1969 -Jason McCullough
Actor
Film


The Pink Jungle  1968 -Ben Morris
Actor
Film


How Sweet It Is  1968 -Grif
Actor
Film


Hour of the Gun  1967 -Wyatt Earp
Actor
Film


Grand Prix  1966 -Pete Aaron
Actor
Film


Mister Buddwing  1966 -Sam Buddwing
Actor
Film


The Art of Love  1965 -Casey Barnett
Actor
Film


The Americanization of Emily  1964 -Lieutenant Commander Charles E Madison
Actor
Film


Move Over, Darling  1963 -Nicholas Arden
Actor
Film


The Great Escape  1963 -"The Scrounger" Hendley
Actor
Film


The Wheeler Dealers  1963 -Henry Tyroon
Actor
Film


Boys' Night Out  1962 -Fred Williams
Actor
Film


The Children's Hour  1961 -Doctor Joe Cardin
Actor
Film


Cash McCall  1960 -Cash McCall
Actor
Film


Sayonara  1957 -Bailey
Actor
Film


Maverick  1957 -Beauregard "Pappy" Maverick, Bret Maverick
Director, Actor, Actor
TV


Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend  1957 -Maitland
Actor
Film


The Girl He Left Behind  1956 -Preston
Actor
Film


Toward the Unknown  1956 -Major Joe Craven
Actor
Film


Up Periscope   -Lieutenant Ken Braden
Actor
Film


The Thrill of It All   -Dr Gerald Boyer
Actor
Film


The Castaway Cowboy   -Lincoln Costain
Actor
Film


Darby's Rangers   -Major William Darby
Actor
Film


A Man Called Sledge   -Luther Sledge
Actor
Film


A Man Could Get Killed   -William Beddoes
Actor
Film


Alias Jesse James   -Bret Maverick
Actor
Film


Duel at Diablo   -Jess Remsberg
Actor
Film


Chicago Hope   -Hubert Miller
Actor
TV


36 Hours   -Major Jefferson Pike
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Lent his voice to the computer animated sci-fi film, "Battle for Terra"
2007 Played the mysterious Red Stevens in "The Ultimate Gift"
2004 Co-starred with Gene Rowlands as husband and wife in Nick Cassavetes' "The Notebook"; earned a SAG nomination for Supporting Actor
2003 Played the father of Sandra Bullock in the film adaptation of "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"
2003 - 2005 Joined the cast of the ABC sitcom, "8 Simple Rules" after the death of John Ritter
2002 Played a US Supreme Court Justice in the short-lived CBS series, "First Monday"
2000 Co-starred with Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland in "Space Cowboys"; also produced and directed by Eastwood
2000 Had a recurring role on season six of the CBS drama, "Chicago Hope"
1996 Teamed with Jack Lemmon playing two former presidents in "My Fellow Americans"
1995 Played Captain Call in the CBS miniseries "Streets of Laredo," a sequel to Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove"
1994 Played Zane Cooper in the modern day film version of "Maverick"; starred Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick
1994 - 1999 Reprised role of Jim Rockford in a eight highly-rated CBS TV-movies
1991 Returned to TV as a con man who fills his late ex-wife's city council seat on the short-lived series, "Man of the People" (NBC)
1989 Co-starred with James Woods (who played the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) in the CBS TV-movie, "My Name Is Bill W."
1986 Debuted as a producer with the 'Hallmark Hall of Fame' presentation, "Promise" (CBS)
1985 Played the leading role in the CBS miniseries, "Space"
1985 Played as a small town pharmacist romancing Sally Field in "Murphy's Romance"; earned Best Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations
1982 Re-teamed with Julie Andrews for Blake Edwards' "Victor/Victoria"
1981 - 1982 Reprised role of professional gambler for the revival series, "Bret Maverick" (NBC)
1974 - 1980 Played private investigator Jim Rockford on the popular NBC drama, "The Rockford Files"; also directed several episodes
1971 - 1972 Played the title role in the TV Western, "Nichols" (NBC) as an army deserter reluctantly turned sheriff
1969 Starred in the comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff" from director Burt Kennedy
1967 Starred as a most impressive Wyatt Earp in John Sturges' "Hour of the Gun"
1966 Cast in John Frankenheimer's racing drama, "Grand Prix"
1964 Cast opposite Julie Andrews in Arthur Hiller's "The Americanization of Emily"
1963 Cast opposite Doris Day in both "The Thrill of It All" and "Move Over, Darling"
1963 Joined Steve McQueen in the WWII film, "The Great Escape"
1958 First leading role in a feature film, "Darby's Rangers"
1957 Appeared with Marlon Brando in "Sayonara"
1957 - 1962 Starred as Bret Maverick on the popular ABC Western, "Maverick"; also directed several episodes
1956 Cast opposite Natalie Wood and Tab Hunter in "The Girl He Left Behind"
1956 Made feature acting debut in "Toward the Unknown"
1955 - 1957 TV debut was a small role in the ABC series, "Cheyenne"
1954 Persuaded by high school friend Paul Gregory to take a non-speaking role in the Broadway production of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial"
1945 Joined his father in Los Angeles to attend high school
1944 Signed up for the Merchant Marines at age 16
Served in the Army and fought in the Korea War; awarded the Purple Heart after being injured


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