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Rockford has left the building.

Two great shows IMO.

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Too many stars to list in this one--and Suzanne Pleshette was smoking hot.....

Damn.

He's one of those guys who seemed like he'd be around forever.. Used to watch Rockford Files every day after school.

One of my favs.

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RIP.

My sister bought a new Firebird just like Rockford's in 77.

I got to meet James when they filmed a Rockford Files at the place I used to work. We talked quite a bit about the movie Grand Prix. Nice classy guy.
RIP

Dang...one of the "coolest" imo. RIP...

Did almost all his own driving stunts. They would hire stunt drivers for the Rockford files, and after several bad takes Jimmy G. would hop in and nail the stunt on the first take. Every time.

I thought he was indestructible...

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RIP the Rockford Files was one of the shows I watched growing up.

Used to hang with him on the TV show "Eight Simple Rules" pleasant guy, old then.

Always seemed to present as a gentleman, not the typical Hollywood ego.

James Garner The Lonely Racetrack Grand Prix…: James Garner The Lonely Racetrack Grand Prix 1967 - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Hugh R (Post 8172889)

Used to hang with him on the TV show "Eight Simple Rules" pleasant guy, old then.

What did he prefer to be called? "James" always seemed just a bit to formal to me for some reason....I'm betting it was Jim or Jimmy.

I think I enjoyed his role as 'the scrounger' in "The Great Escape" the most.

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Mr. Garner was an Army veteran serving in Korea and receiving 2 Purple Hearts.

His big break into show business came with the Maverick series (1957-1960).

The first film I remember seeing him in was in 1963 when we visited NYC - he starred with Doris Day in "The Thrill of it All" at Radio City Music Hall. They were both wonderful.

The list of film work and television roles goes on and on - including as mentioned "The Rockford Files" - which was intended to be a modern day Maverick role for Mr. Garner.

Mr. Garner married Lois Clark in 1956 only 14 days after meeting her at an Adlai Stevenson for President rally and they had one daughter together plus one from her previous marriage.

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In his lifetime aside from acting Mr. Garner was involved in racing, golf, and politics.

I also enjoyed the TV commercials he made for Polaroid....

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On November 1, 2011, Simon & Schuster published Garner's autobiography "The Garner Files: A Memoir." In addition to recounting his career, the memoir co-written with non-fiction writer Jon Winokur, detailed the childhood abuses Garner suffered at the hands of his stepmother. It also offered frank, unflattering assessments of some of Garner's co-stars like Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson.

In addition to recalling the genesis of most of Garner's hit movies and television shows, the book also featured a section where the star provided individual critiques for every one of his acting projects accompanied by a star rating for each.

Garner's three-time co-star Julie Andrews wrote the book's foreword. Lauren Bacall, Diahann Carroll, Doris Day, Tom Selleck and Stephen J. Cannell and many other Garner associates, friends and relatives provided their memories of the star in the book's coda.

RIP James Garner.

That man brought me so many hours of enjoyment from his work. His contracts banned him from car racing, so he ran a truck in the Baja 1000 if I recall correctly.

He will be fortunate if his memorial service is as good as the one I went to yesterday for my best friend's mother. She was even more awesome than I thought she was, and that is saying something.

I had the pleasure to work with him a few times and he was always very approachable and just an all around great guy. Godspeed Jimmy, thanks for the laughs!

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While I was a Marshall at the 1969 Crosby Pro-Am at Pebble Beach. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Garner at one of the practice ranges on a somewhat wet day. Instead of using the covered tee mats, he dumped his bucket of balls out in the mud to practice saying. "I might as well practice like it's going to be, out on the course today". Very friendly, down to earth guy. Those were the days!

That hurts.
Man, he was one of the best.