James Garner Overview:

Actor, James Garner, was born James Scott Bumgarner on Apr 7, 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma. Garner died at the age of 86 on Jul 19, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Garner was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1985Best ActorMurphy's Romance (1985)Murphy JonesNominated
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. In addition, Garner was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum .

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Up Periscope: Early

By Rick29 on Apr 2, 2020 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

The same night that he proposes marriage to a recent acquaintance, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden () is whisked away to conduct a secret mission in the Pacific. Once aboard the submarine Barracuda, Captain Paul Stevenson (Edmund O'Brien) explains that Braden will be dropped off in a lago... Read full article


THE BLOGATHON: Maverick Is The Name

on Feb 3, 2020 From Caftan Woman

Gill is hosting The Blogathon at her site Realweegiemidget Reviews. Take part in all the affection and admiration HERE. as Bret Maverick The television western Maverick (1957-1962) is the only series to be awarded the Emmy for Best Western Series. The year was 1... Read full article


and Sidney Poitier Host a Duel at Diablo

By Rick29 on Sep 2, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

as Jess. From the opening strains of Neal Hefti's guitar-driven theme, it's apparent that Duel at Diablo (1966) wants to break from the conventional Western movie mold. Its acting credits confirm that, with an eclectic cast headed by , Sidney Poitier (in his first Western),... Read full article


Stars in a Disney Duo

By Rick29 on Jan 2, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

After an immensely successful decade in the 1960s, Walt Disney Productions hit a rut in the 1970s. The quality and popularity of its films, as a whole, took a nose dive. Two of its better efforts during this period are now largely forgotten despite the presence of . Signed to a two-movie... Read full article


Warner Archive Blu-ray: and Lee Remick in The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

By KC on Jun 20, 2017 From Classic Movies

Movie sexism in the sixties is often a difficult terrain to travel, no matter how much the filmmakers think they have empowered their female lead, there is inevitably a man behind any happy ending. I found much of this nature cringe about in The Wheeler Dealers, but and Lee Remick are r... Read full article


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James Garner Quotes:

Izo Yamura: Right after the war, my house in Tokyo was used by an American general and his family. When it was returned to me, it had: flowered wallpaper, three new bathrooms, and four new closets. Americans, I think, are over-devoted to bathrooms and closets.
Pete Aron: Well, we accumulate things.
Izo Yamura: And then you lock them away in closets. And the bathrooms?
Pete Aron: No, no, you don't get me on that one.


Mayor Olly Perkins: [talking about Prudy] She's had some terrible shocks this year. She got wealthy almost overnight - I think maybe it unhinged her a little bit. Then she was always kind of big for her age and "pooberty" hit her hard - that'll do it you know.
Jason McCullough: I didn't know that.
Mayor Olly Perkins: Well, it will!
[after more conversation with the mayor, Jason is leaving the house and looks up the stairs to where Prudy ran off]
Jason McCullough: "Pooberty"


Lt. Christy French: Were you here when he got it?
Philip Marlowe: No.
Lt. Christy French: Who was?
Philip Marlowe: He was.


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Enjoyed great celebrity with his Polaroid commercial series with Mariette Hartley, which started in 1977. He and Mariette were so convincing as husband and wife that Mariette had a T-shirt made that proclaimed, "I am not James Garner's wife!" More than 300 commercials were produced.

James Garner adopted his wife's 9 year old daughter Kimberly after they were married. About a year later, James Garner's only biological daughter, Gigi Garner, was born in Santa Monica, California.

Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1986.

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