James Garner

Acting

Born 1928-04-07 Died 2014-07-19 Norman, Oklahoma, USA 148 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 TCA Career Achievement Award 1 Purple Heart 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 United Nations Medal 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

1986 Best Actor Nominated Murphy's Romance

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won · 11 nominated

1994 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Hallmark Hall of Fame
1993 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Barbarians at the Gate
1991 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Hallmark Hall of Fame
1989 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Hallmark Hall of Fame
1987 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Hallmark Hall of Fame
1985 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Heartsounds
1982 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Bret Maverick
1980 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The Rockford Files
1979 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The Rockford Files
1978 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The Rockford Files
1977 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won The Rockford Files
1976 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The Rockford Files

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

1985 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated Murphy's Romance
1963 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated The Wheeler Dealers
1957 New Star of the Year – Actor Won Sayonara

Screen Actors Guild Awards 4 nominated

2005 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated The Notebook
1999 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated Legalese
1996 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated
1995 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated

TCA Career Achievement Award 1 won · 1 nominated

2010 TCA Career Achievement Award Won
2008 TCA Career Achievement Award Nominated

Purple Heart 1 won

— Purple Heart Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

United Nations Medal 1 won

— United Nations Medal Won

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James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004).