RIP, James Garner

[3_Octave_Fart]

Great voice, he always worked from the lower shelf.

 

[Batman]

. . . and one of the biggest Raider fans on Planet Earth.

I can totally see him getting dressed up as "Maverick Raider," complete with silver and black cowboy hat and face paint, and kicking around with the neanderthals in the Black Hole for a Week 13 game against the Jaguars.

 

[mpcincal]

I'd nearly forgotten about these ads:

One of his most memorable roles was as a perpetually flummoxed pitchman for Polaroid cameras in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in droll commercials in which he played a vexed husband and Mariette Hartley played his needling wife. They were so persuasive that Ms. Hartley had a shirt printed with the declaration “I am NOT Mrs. James Garner.”

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Yes, I remember those well because I was one of those who thought they really were married.

I remember once when I was a kid one of the tabloids had a bogus cover story about Garner getting ready to divorce his wife, with a picture of the two, and when my dad saw it, he was totally shocked it wasn't Hartley with him.

 

[mpcincal]

Get ahold a copy of "My Fellow Americans" with him and Jack Lemmon. Very funny film.

I agree. It didn't get a lot of love from the critics or do big box office, but it was entertaining. Seeing Garner and Lemmon playing off each other is worth the viewing time by itself.

 

[Della9250]

Get ahold a copy of "My Fellow Americans" with him and Jack Lemmon. Very funny film.

I agree. It didn't get a lot of love from the critics or do big box office, but it was entertaining. Seeing Garner and Lemmon playing off each other is worth the viewing time by itself.

Thirded. Their back-and-forth is awesome.

 

[Rainman]

R.I.P. Mr. Garner. Two of my favorite shows of all time was Maverick and The Rockford Files. He was a true legend.

 

[steveu]

Get ahold a copy of "My Fellow Americans" with him and Jack Lemmon. Very funny film.

I agree. It didn't get a lot of love from the critics or do big box office, but it was entertaining. Seeing Garner and Lemmon playing off each other is worth the viewing time by itself.

My fellow Americans!

You son of a...

Classic. RIP.

 

[expendable]

Get ahold a copy of "My Fellow Americans" with him and Jack Lemmon. Very funny film.

I agree. It didn't get a lot of love from the critics or do big box office, but it was entertaining. Seeing Garner and Lemmon playing off each other is worth the viewing time by itself.

My fellow Americans!

You son of a...

Classic. RIP.

He could deliver a great throwaway line.

 

[DanOregon]

Barbarians at the Gate (language)

 

[NDJournalist]

I only knew him from 8 Simple Rules, but he was a magnificent actor on that show. May he rest in peace.

 

[KJIM]

I'd nearly forgotten about these ads:

Perhaps the fact I mentioned them in the fourth post jogged your memory.

 

[Football_Bat]

Native Oklahoman.

 

[Joe Williams]

Native Oklahoman.

Hence the license plate on his Rockford Firebirds, 853 OKG. The OKG was said to stand for OKlahoma Garner. (*For some reason, this photo has 835 OKG but most later versions went with 853 OKG. No idea why the change.)

A witty, charming and self-effacing actor, successful in both films and TV. Rockford Files was as good as it gets, and Maverick had writers suited to Garner's portrayal. Big fan of his film work in Tank, Murphy's Romance and Victor/Victoria. Oh, and can't overlook the Support Your Local... films (Sheriff, then Gunfighter). Hilarious.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Native Oklahoman.

Hence the license plate on his Rockford Firebirds, 853 OKG. The OKG was said to stand for OKlahoma Garner. (*For some reason, this photo has 835 OKG but most later versions went with 853 OKG. No idea why the change.)

A witty, charming and self-effacing actor, successful in both films and TV. Rockford Files was as good as it gets, and Maverick had writers suited to Garner's portrayal. Big fan of his film work in Tank, Murphy's Romance and Victor/Victoria. Oh, and can't overlook the Support Your Local... films (Sheriff, then Gunfighter). Hilarious.

Don't forget "The Notebook". I went to that film because he was one of my favorite actors. Turned in a fine performance.

And if you are a fan his autobiography is worth the price.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Get ahold a copy of "My Fellow Americans" with him and Jack Lemmon. Very funny film.

I agree. It didn't get a lot of love from the critics or do big box office, but it was entertaining. Seeing Garner and Lemmon playing off each other is worth the viewing time by itself.

My fellow Americans!

You son of a...

Classic. RIP.

He could deliver a great throwaway line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cLOqkmNuI4k

 

[Bubbler]

Garner was beloved among race fans for his portrayal of Pete Aron in Grand Prix.

Did all of his own driving in the movie -- no mean feat considering that mid-to-late 60s F1 was about as dangerous as it got.

"The Scrounger", Pete Aron, Maverick and Jim Rockford? Play any one of those the way he did and you'd be remembered. To do all four? Wow.

RIP to one of the coolest.

 

[DanOregon]

One question - I know Rockford was falsely convicted and later pardoned, but what was he falsely convicted of?

 

[Riptide]

One question - I know Rockford was falsely convicted and later pardoned, but what was he falsely convicted of?

http://bit.ly/1yOX0qO

 

[ifilus]

One question - I know Rockford was falsely convicted and later pardoned, but what was he falsely convicted of?

http://bit.ly/1yOX0qO

So...what was it he falsely convicted of?

 

[DanOregon]

I finally found it after digging around some more (wasn't in the wikipedia entry) - it was armed robbery.