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
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Jan. 20, 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live (TV)  Nov. 11, 2004
View all James Garner Credits


HIGHLIGHTS
Fought in the Korean War and won two Purple Hearts.
First acting job was a non-speaking role in a Broadway production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, starring Henry Fonda.
Won a Clio Award for the popular Polaroid TV commercials he appeared in with Mariette Hartley in the late '70s.
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All Credits

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

Battle for Terra  2009 -Doron
Voice
Film


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


The Notebook  2004 -Noah Calhoun
Actor
Film


Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood  2002 -Shep Walker
Actor
Film


Atlantis: The Lost Empire  2001 -Commander Lyle T. Rourke
Voice
Film


Space Cowboys  2000 -Tank Sullivan
Actor
Film


The Distinguished Gentleman  1992 -Jeff Johnson
Actor
Film


Sunset  1988 -Wyatt Earp
Actor
Film


Murphy's Romance  1985 -Murphy Jones
Actor
Film


A Man Called Sledge  1970 -Sledge
Actor
Film


Support Your Local Sheriff  1969 -Jason McCullough
Actor
Film


Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam   -The Wizard
Voice
Film


8 Simple Rules  2003-2005 -Jim
Actor
TV
Expand


Barbarians at the Gate   -F. Ross Johnson
Actor
TV


Breathing Lessons   -Ira Moran
Actor
TV


Chicago Hope   -Hubert 'Hugh' Miller, Hugh Miller
Actor, Actor
TV


Decoration Day  
Actor
TV


God, the Devil and Bob  2003 -God
Voice
TV
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Heartsounds   -Harold Lear
Actor
TV


Legalese   -Norman Keane
Actor
TV


Man of the People   -Councilman Jim Doyle
Actor
TV


My Name Is Bill W.  
Actor
TV


Nichols   -Nichols
Actor
TV
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One Special Night   -Robert Woodward
Actor
TV


The Glitter Dome  
Actor
TV


The Last Debate   -Mike Howley
Actor
TV


The New Maverick  
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise   -Jim Rockford
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play   -Jim Rockford
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best   -Jim Rockford
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.   -James Rockford
Actor
TV


The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime   -Jim Rockford
Actor
TV


To Protect and Serve  
Actor
TV


The Last Debate  2000 -Mike Howley
Actor
Film


Twilight  1998 -Raymond Hope
Actor
Film


The Hidden Dimension  1997 -Narrator
Voice
Film


My Fellow Americans  1996 -Matt Douglas
Actor
Film


Maverick  1994 -Marshal Zane Cooper
Actor
Film


Victor/Victoria  1982 -King Marchan
Actor
Film


The Fan  1981 -Jake Berman
Actor
Film


H.E.A.L.T.H.  1980 -Harry Wolff
Actor
Film


One Little Indian  1973 -Keyes
Actor
Film


Skin Game  1971 -Quincy
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 Aron
Actor
Film


Mister Buddwing  1966 -Mister Buddwing
Actor
Film


The Art of Love  1965 -Casey
Actor
Film


The Americanization of Emily  1964 -Lt. Cmdr. Charles Madison
Actor
Film


Move Over, Darling  1963 -Nick 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 -Dr. Joe Cardin
Actor
Film


Cash McCall  1960 -Cash McCall
Actor
Film


Sayonara  1957 -Capt. Mike Bailey
Actor
Film


Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend  1957 -Maitland
Actor
Film


The Girl He Left Behind  1956 -Preston
Actor
Film


Toward the Unknown  1956 -Maj. Joe Craven
Actor
Film


Joan of Arc  1950
Actor
Film


Legalese   -Norman Keane
Actor
Film


Marlowe   -Philip Marlowe
Actor
Film


Heartsounds   -Harold Lear
Actor
Film


My Name Is Bill W.   -Dr. Bob
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


One Special Night  
Actor
Film


Promise  
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Roughing It  
Actor
Film


The Glitter Dome   -Al Mackey
Actor
Film


The Castaway Cowboy   -Lincoln Costain
Actor
Film


Streets of Laredo   -Captain Woodrow Call
Actor
Film


Support Your Local Gunfighter   -Latigo Smith
Actor
Film


Tank   -Zack
Actor
Film


Darby's Rangers   -Major William Darby
Actor
Film


Dead Silence   -John Potter
Actor
Film


Decoration Day   -Albert Sidney Finch
Actor
Film


Duel at Diablo   -Jess Remsberg
Actor
Film


Fire in the Sky   -Sheriff Watters
Actor
Film


Breathing Lessons   -Ira Moran
Actor
Film


Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace   -Bret Maverick
Actor
Film


A Man Could Get Killed   -William Beddoes
Actor
Film


Alias Jesse James   -Bret Maverick
Actor
Film


Barbarians at the Gate   -F. Ross Johnson
Actor
Film


36 Hours   -Maj. Jefferson Pike
Actor
Film


Up Periscope   -Ken Braden
Actor
Film


They Only Kill Their Masters   -Police Chief Abel Marsh
Actor
Film


The New Maverick   -Bret Maverick
Actor
Film


The Rockford Files   -Jim Rockford
Actor
Film


The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads   -Jim Rockford
Producer, Actor
Film


The Thrill of It All!   -Dr. Gerald Boyer
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Fought in the Korean War and won two Purple Hearts.
First acting job was a non-speaking role in a Broadway production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, starring Henry Fonda.
Won a Clio Award for the popular Polaroid TV commercials he appeared in with Mariette Hartley in the late '70s.
Maverick and The Rockford Files, his two best-known series, both ended in lawsuits, each of which Garner won.
"It took me three or four years to decide if I liked acting," he told TVGuide.com in 2002. "I gave myself until I was 30 to see if I could make a living out of it. [By then], I had starred in a TV ser


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