James Garner rose to fame as gambler Bret Maverick ... Roy Huggins had been the creative mind behind such hit TV series as "Maverick," "77 Sunset Strip" and "The Fugitive," and he conceived ...

James Garner had a way of widening his eyes while ... But he was best known for his low-key, wisecracking style, especially on his hit TV series, "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files." ...

The show — and his iconic character — proved so popular that eight Rockford Files TV movies followed. Garner, born James Scott Baumgarner ... he starred in a series of popular Polaroid ...

The series reunited Garner with Roy Huggins, the creator of a western television series (“Maverick”) that starred Garner. Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell created “The Rockford Files,” a ...

Emmy-winning actor James Garner always did ... shootouts were all the rage, Garner brought a touch of light comedy to “Maverick” and redefined what a TV Western could be.

With nearly 100 acting credits to his name, James Garner was thriving during ... the lead role of Bret Maverick in the western TV series Maverick. He appeared in 63 episodes of the show until ...

If James Garner were still alive ... man good looks and charm earned him starring roles in the 1950s Western TV series Maverick and the 1970s detective series The Rockford Files, among many ...

By Neil Genzlinger Stuart Margolin, a character actor best known for playing the sidekick to James Garner’s private detective on the hit series ... was all over television from the early ...

The Friday unveiling of the Garner collection, including his costume from the television series “Maverick” and photos from his life and career, came at an open-to-the-public preview event at ...

His older brother, Arnold, also got into television, working as an executive producer and writer on “Love, American Style,” an anthology comedy series ... foil — of James Garner’s ...