James Garner (natural April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor.

Innate James Scott Bumgarner within Norman, Oklahoma to Weldon Warren Bumgarner and Mildred Meek. He has observed fame inside two moving-picture show & television. At Sixteen, he joined a Merchant Marine. He was late in the National Guard, before he was drafted. He received the Purple Heart in the Korean War.

When modeling Jantzen bathing costume inside print ads, around 1954 Garner had the non-walk-on role in the Broadway production of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. He moved in to television commercials, and then to television roles. His foremost film role was around 1956, in both motion-picture show A Girl He Left Behind & Toward a Unknown.

When quadruplet little feature film roles, swimming the military personnel, in the late 1950s he got his large break once he starred within the popular American series, Maverick, playing a role of Bret Maverick from either 1957 to 1960. More actors experienced large roles in the series too, however Granary was the large star of the indicate, making him a personal special. One of a producers for Maverick was Roy Huggins, a relationship that would once more pay dividends for Granary afterwards. Granary's popularity one of these days manufactured him a resole star of the series. Around 2004, Garner became one of a number one 3 honorees in the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame for this portrayal.

In the 1960s he starred in such films when The Thrill of It All, Move Over, Darling, ''Boys' Night Out, The Great Escape, The Americanization of Emily, Grand Prix (which gave him a auto racing bug; he was besides executive producer), & Support Your Local Sheriff!. In the 1970s Roy Huggins had an idea to run Maverick, however this period hump in the form of the modern day personal detective. Huggins teamed by having co-author & TV icon Stephen J. Cannell, and the pair tapped Garner to help re-kindle the success of Maverick. Starting sustaining a 1974 televisiin season, Granary wwhen back on television as private investigator Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files. For sextuplet firm seasons Rockford was arguably his better role, for which he received an Emmy Award for Best Actor around 1977. Granary pulled the plug in the indicate, despite uniform ratings, because it was ingesting overmuch of a physical toll on his immune system. Existence inside well-nigh each scene, & the practice of doing numerous of his have stunts – including 1 that hurt his back – was wearing him retired. Additionally the knee injury that he got received in the National Guard was coming back bother him. He was besides hospitalized using the bleeding ulceration within 1979. Between his knee, back, & ulceration, he was done.

Within 1986, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Murphy's Romance. Around 1994, Garner co-starred by owning Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, in the movie version of his original Maverick role, this time swimming Marshall Zane Cooper.

On the demise of John Ritter, Garner joined a cast of 8 Simple Rules'', as Grandpa Egan (Cate's father). Originally meant to exist as a 1-shot guest role, he received the leading role & stayed using the series until its prevent.

He recently starred when "Duke" within Nicholas Spark's The Notebook.

For his contribution to the film & television industry, James Garner received the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (6927 Hollywood Blvd). Within 1990, he was inducted into a Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 9 February 2005 he received the Screen Actor's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

Quote from either Jim: ''"Marriage is like the Army; everyone complains, but you'd be surprised at the large number of people who re-enlist."''