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).

Filmography

• 2020Disclosure — King Marchand (archive footage)
• 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection — Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
• 2010Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam — Shazam (voice)
• 2007Battle for Terra — Doron (voice)
• 2007The Ultimate Gift — Howard 'Red' Stevens
• 2004The Notebook — Older Noah 'Duke'
• 2003The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration — Pat (voice)
• 8 Simple Rules — Jim Egan
• Century of Country
• 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood — Shep Walker
• First Monday — Thomas Brankin
• 2002Roughing It — Samuel Clemens
• Roughing It — Samuel Clemens
• 2001Atlantis: The Lost Empire — Rourke (voice)
• 2001The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
• God, the Devil and Bob — God (voice)
• 2000Space Cowboys — Tank Sullivan
• 2000The Last Debate — Mike Howley
• 1999One Special Night — Robert Woodward
• 1999The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads — Jim Rockford
• 1998Legalese — Norman Keane
• 1998The Hidden Dimension — Grandpa
• 1998Twilight — Raymond Hope
• 1997Dead Silence — John Potter
• 1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda — Jim Rockford
• 1996My Fellow Americans — President Matt Douglas
• 1996The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play — Jim Rockford
• 1996The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best — Jim Rockford
• 1996The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... — Jim Rockford
• 1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime — Jim Rockford
• Streets of Laredo — Captain Woodrow Call
• 1995The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise — Jim Rockford
• 1994Breathing Lessons — Ira Moran
• Chicago Hope — Hubert 'Hue' Miller
• 1994Maverick — Marshal Zane Cooper
• 1994The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. — Jim Rockford
• 1993Barbarians at the Gate — F. Ross Johnson
• 1993Fire in the Sky — Frank Watters
• HBO First Look
• 1992The Distinguished Gentleman — Jeff Johnson
• Man of the People — Jim Doyle
• 1990Decoration Day — Albert Sidney Finch
• 1989My Name Is Bill W. — Dr. Robert Smith, Executive Producer
• 1988Sunset — Wyatt Earp
• 1986Promise — Bob Beuhler, Executive Producer
• 1985Murphy's Romance — Murphy Jones
• Space — Norman Grant
• 1984Heartsounds — Harold Lear
• 1984Tank — Zack
• 1984The Glitter Dome — Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
• 1982Lily for President? — Bret Maverick
• 1982The Long Summer of George Adams — George Adams
• 1982Victor/Victoria — King Marchand
• Bret Maverick — Bret Maverick
• 1981The Fan — Jake Berman
• 1980HealtH — Harry Wolff
• 1980Off the Minnesota Strip — Executive Producer
• 1978The New Maverick — Bret Maverick
• Laugh-In — Guest Performer (uncredited)
• 1976Scott Free — Executive Producer
• 1974Sidekicks — Executive Producer
• 1974The Castaway Cowboy — Lincoln Costain
• The Rockford Files — Jim Rockford, Director
• 1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter — Jim Rockford
• 1973One Little Indian — Keyes
• 1972They Only Kill Their Masters — Abel Marsh
• Nichols — Sheriff Frank Nichols
• 1971Skin Game — Quincy Drew, Executive Producer
• 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter — Latigo, Executive Producer
• 1970A Man Called Sledge — Luther Sledge
• 1969Marlowe — Philip Marlowe, Executive Producer
• 1969Support Your Local Sheriff! — Jason McCullough, Executive Producer
• 1969The Racing Scene — Self, Producer
• 1968How Sweet It Is! — Grif, Executive Producer
• 1968The Pink Jungle — Ben Morris, Executive Producer
• 1967Hour of the Gun — Marshal Wyatt Earp
• 1966A Man Could Get Killed — William Beddoes, Executive Producer
• 1966Duel at Diablo — Jess Remsberg, Producer
• 1966Grand Prix — Pete Aron, Executive Producer
• 1966Mister Buddwing — Mister Buddwing, Executive Producer
• 1965The Art of Love — Casey Barnett, Producer
• 196436 Hours — Major Jefferson F. Pike, Executive Producer
• 1964The Americanization of Emily — Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
• 1963Move Over, Darling — Nicholas Arden
• 1963The Great Escape — Hendley 'The Scrounger'
• 1963The Thrill of It All — Gerald Boyer
• 1963The Wheeler Dealers — Henry Tyroon
• 1962Boys' Night Out — Fred Williams
• 1961The Children's Hour — Joe Cardin
• 1960Cash McCall — Cash McCall
• 1959Up Periscope — Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
• Whicker's World
• 1958Darby's Rangers — William Orlando Darby
• Maverick — Bret Maverick
• 1957Sayonara — Capt. Mike Bailey
• 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend — Sgt. John Maitland
• Sugarfoot — Bret Maverick (uncredited)
• Conflict
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Lt. Jim Collins
• 1956The Girl He Left Behind — Preston
• 1956Toward the Unknown — Lt. Col. Joe Craven
• Cheyenne — Lt. Brad Forsythe
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Bob, Ira Moran, Albert Sidney, Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob

Appearances as themselves (45)

• 2015Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2008Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon — Self (archive)
• 2007Brando — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Doris Day: Virgin Territory — Self
• Legends — Self
• 2006Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix — Self
• 2005Dust to Glory — Self
• 2002The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' — Self
• 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows — Self
• 1998Doris Day: It's Magic — Self
• 1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western — Self - Host
• The View — Self
• 1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1993Return to 'The Great Escape' — Self
• 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self (archive footage)
• American Masters — Self
• Harty — Self
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1981Sixty Years of Seduction — Self - Host
• 1977Superstunt — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• Once Upon a Wheel — Self
• 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest
• 1966Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions — Self
• 1964Action on the Beach — Self
• 1963A Bob Hope Comedy Special — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• 77 Sunset Strip — Self
• 1958The Western: A Lost TV Special — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• This Is Your Life — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• Bambi — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter