James Garner

JAMES GARNER: THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

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James Garner was a real man’s man and he will be missed. The 6’2” actor was a classically handsome leading man in the fifties and sixties and he was funny enough to costar in comedies with Doris Day. James Garner’s characters always had something in common with the actor. There was a sly bit of con man or rascal there, but basically Garner played relaxed, decent, honest, and always unpretentious characters. (Maverick and Rockford Files especially) You had to love them. He was married to his wife Lois for 58 years.

“THE ROCKFORD FILES” WITHOUT JAMES GARNER? MAYBE…

First reaction to the idea of Universal recycling James Garner’s series The Rockford Files is not good. Do we really need to re-do ANOTHER old TV series? Garner was so perfect as the relaxed private eye fallen on hard times who lived in a mobile home in Malibu. A great character. It’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role. But Universal’s not so dumb. According to Deadline.com they’ve got Vince Vaughn to play Rockford – and that changes everything. Rockford was charming and able to talk his way out of trouble, much like Vaughn. Suddenly we’re looking forward to this!