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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

James Garner was best known for The Rockford Files, a series which aired on TV between 1974 to 1980. He later starred in The Great Escape (1963), Space Cowboys (2000), and notably, The Notebook ...