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Acting

James Garner

Career: Active from 1956 to 2010, busiest in 2002 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 74
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Great Escape
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Garner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.0, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Social Commentary 7
Witty Dialogue 7
Classic Hollywood 6
Lighthearted 6
Family-Friendly 4
Western Comedy 3
Emotional Journey 3
Mystery 3
Psychological Drama 3
Political Intrigue 3
Private Investigator 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 82

Disclosure

82

as King Marchand (archive footage)

2010s

2 titles · average score 69

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

72

as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)

Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam

66

as Shazam (voice)

2000s

14 titles · average score 60

The Ultimate Gift

58

as Howard 'Red' Stevens

Battle for Terra

54

as Doron (voice)

The Notebook

66

as Older Noah 'Duke'

8 Simple Rules

60

TV show · as Jim Egan

First Monday

45

TV show · as Thomas Brankin

Roughing It

62

as Samuel Clemens

Roughing It

70

TV show · as Samuel Clemens

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

52

as Shep Walker

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

59

as Rourke (voice)

God, the Devil and Bob

53

TV show · as God (voice)

Space Cowboys

68

as Tank Sullivan

The Last Debate

74

as Mike Howley

1990s

24 titles · average score 64

One Special Night

74

as Robert Woodward

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

71

as Jim Rockford

Dead Silence

51

as John Potter

My Fellow Americans

56

as President Matt Douglas

Streets of Laredo

67

TV show · as Captain Woodrow Call

The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

69

as Jim Rockford

Maverick

67

as Marshal Zane Cooper

The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.

69

as Jim Rockford

Breathing Lessons

60

as Ira Moran

Barbarians at the Gate

71

as F. Ross Johnson

Man of the People

TV show · as Jim Doyle

Decoration Day

70

as Albert Sidney Finch

1980s

15 titles · average score 60

My Name Is Bill W.

71

as Dr. Robert Smith

Sunset

34

as Wyatt Earp

Promise

67

as Bob Beuhler

Murphy's Romance

70

as Murphy Jones

Space

75

TV show · as Norman Grant

Tank

40

as Zack

The Glitter Dome

45

as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey

Heartsounds

76

as Harold Lear

Victor/Victoria

80

as King Marchand

The Long Summer of George Adams

as George Adams

Bret Maverick

68

TV show · as Bret Maverick

The Fan

45

as Jake Berman

1970s

12 titles · average score 59

The New Maverick

57

as Bret Maverick

Scott Free

Executive Producer

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Jim Rockford

The Castaway Cowboy

49

as Lincoln Costain

The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter

as Jim Rockford

Sidekicks

Executive Producer

One Little Indian

53

as Keyes

They Only Kill Their Masters

48

as Abel Marsh

Nichols

70

TV show · as Sheriff Frank Nichols

Support Your Local Gunfighter

63

as Latigo

Skin Game

61

as Quincy Drew

A Man Called Sledge

56

as Luther Sledge

1960s

20 titles · average score 62

Support Your Local Sheriff!

71

as Jason McCullough

Marlowe

66

as Philip Marlowe

Hour of the Gun

63

as Marshal Wyatt Earp

Grand Prix

80

as Pete Aron

Duel at Diablo

62

as Jess Remsberg

The Americanization of Emily

68

as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison

36 Hours

54

as Major Jefferson F. Pike

The Great Escape

87

as Hendley 'The Scrounger'

The Thrill of It All

64

as Gerald Boyer

Move Over, Darling

70

as Nicholas Arden

Boys' Night Out

42

as Fred Williams

The Children's Hour

72

as Joe Cardin

1950s

13 titles · average score 64

Up Periscope

52

as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden

Whicker's World

TV show

Darby's Rangers

55

as William Orlando Darby

Maverick

75

TV show · as Bret Maverick

Sayonara

76

as Capt. Mike Bailey

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

63

as Sgt. John Maitland

Sugarfoot

62

TV show · as Bret Maverick (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Lt. Jim Collins

Toward the Unknown

59

as Lt. Col. Joe Craven

TV show

Cheyenne

71

TV show · as Lt. Brad Forsythe

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Bob / Ira Moran