Rockfish RIP

[Noor]

James Garner died.

 

[Fierywhore]

James Gardner died.

Not to be rude think you mean ' James Garner' Rockford Files etc

 

[marshalt]

I thought he died years ago! WTF???

Mandela effect...

 

[Boxlicker101]

Not to be rude think you mean ' James Garner' Rockford Files etc

It is James Garner. To me, he will always be Bret Maverick.

 

[Que]

Oh man. Rockford was always my favorite PI...

 

[Not Normal]

And you think Rockford Files is cool
But there are some things
that you would change
if it were up to you
So think about your masterpiece
Watch the Rockford Files
Call to see if Paul can score some weed

-Ben Folds

 

[toubab]

I remember when Garner was Maverick. Not just one of the Maverick brothers. He was Maverick. And Clint Walker was Cheyenne. As I recall those two shows were on back-to-back, on ABC, and I looked forward to seeing them every week.

So many of these actors I remember so well from my childhood are gone now. Seems like more die almost every day.

 

[about_average]

That sucks. I always liked him. In Maverick, Rockford Files, Support Your Local Sheriff, My Fellow Americans, Tank...
He was is on the cover of one of the off-roading magazines I used to buy in the 70's and 80's.
He was an off-road racer and did most all of his own stunt driving in the Rockford Files.

http://offroadaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jamesgarner.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAZbhwNhSI
There's a part two also.

 

[cowslinger64]

RIP Rockfish...


I still watch old reruns of The Rockford Files on Netflix... IMO, more entertaining as any of the crap on tv nowadays.

I like the Support your Local movies too...and watch them every now and then as well.

 

[trysail]

He was one of a handful (Jimmy Stewart and Tom Hanks come to mind) who succeeded in that incubator of insanity and narcissism yet retain common sense. Hollywood has precious few who make it and still remain smart enough to realize that it's all no more than a job.


Mencken once defined a celebrity as:

A person who's known by a lot of people he's glad he doesn't know.
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[Noor]

Not to be rude think you mean ' James Garner' Rockford Files etc

Thanks! I am not quite myself these days. One of his nicknames on the Rockford files was "Rockfish."

I remember when I got my first laser printer that could print on card stock back in 1988. I was so excited to be able to print up a variety of business cards on it just like in the Rockford Files.

Oh and Maverick!

Garner was also in an assortment of great movies,

 

[patient1]

one of the best episodes ever

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688071/

Isaac Hayes was the guest star who called him "Rockfish"

 

[cleaver]

here is where rocky lived in the show....


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8mfW2Esitf4/TaTJg85a04I/AAAAAAAABBU/-71i4hu94ks/s1600/IMG_2867.JPG

the trailer was there for several years in the 90s as universal continued to make movies of the week

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_UKo4cdyBBc/U1B5QLeLOmI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/CCH7vP095TM/s1600/!!!!trCapture.jpg

sleep well jim....

http://knoji.com/images/user/rockfordfilesjunetwo(1).jpg

 

[snugglestruggle]

The Rockford Files was one of my All Time fav's and it still holds up today. He was in the mold of Steve McQueen both loving to race. He was a leading man that didn't go around thumping his chest.

The character that tagged him as "Rockfish"...Gandy played by Issac Hayes. I wish he appeared in more episodes.

Angel (played by Stewart Margolin...the low life fink that was always ready to sell him out for .50 cents."The guy you want is James Rockford R O C K F O R D."

I hope nobody tries to remake that show, it can't be duplicated.

 

[Comshaw]

I've enjoyed just about anything he's done.
Two of his later movies I enjoy and have copies of:

"Decoration Day"

and

"Murphy's Romance"

RIP Mr. Garner


Comshaw

 

[subtle_Dom]

The Rockford Files was one of my All Time fav's and it still holds up today. He was in the mold of Steve McQueen both loving to race. He was a leading man that didn't go around thumping his chest.

The character that tagged him as "Rockfish"...Gandy played by Issac Hayes. I wish he appeared in more episodes.

The great escape was always one of my favorite movies, had both McQueen and Garner although I don't recall them really sharing any screen time. Garner as the "scrounger" and McQueen as Hilts (sp?) the "Cooler King"

 

[Disgustipated]

He was a car junkie and had the best plate ever:

MAVROCK

 

[Dream59]

He was a legend. RIP.


Rob did you have this one?

 

[about_average]

Angel (played by Stewart Margolinl...the low life fink "that was always ready to sell him out for .50 cents."The guy you want is James Rockford R O C K F O R D." God I hope nobody tries to remake that show.

Margolini was also in Nichols with Garner.

The great escape was always one of my favorite movies, had both McQueen and Garner although I don't recall them really sharing any screen time. Garner as the "scrounger" and McQueen as Hilts (sp?) the "Cooler King"

Did you watch the interview I linked to?
He says that McQueen wanted to quit The Great Escape, but Garner and a couple of other actors talked him out of it.

 

[eyer]

Two legends of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Garner and The First Lady of Motorsports, Linda Vaughn.

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/0985ba9cbe54ef93ccc6fb8bed33cc12729feee7/c=0-0-1911-2548&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/Indianapolis/2014/07/20/lindavaughn09.jpeg

Garner drove the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 3 times: 1975, 1977, & 1985.

Former CEO President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony George:

He enjoyed being the pace car driver. Obviously, he loved motor sports, and he made movies about motor sports. His passion led him to do some competitive driving.

He certainly was one of the more notable fans of our sport.

Former driver and reigning Indy 500 champion car owner Michael Andretti "said he had dinner with Garner on several occasions":

He was a really good guy, and he always loved being at the 500.

http://www.indystar.com/story/sport...james-garner-man-loved-indianapolis/12909515/

 

[snugglestruggle]

The great escape was always one of my favorite movies, had both McQueen and Garner although I don't recall them really sharing any screen time. Garner as the "scrounger" and McQueen as Hilts (sp?) the "Cooler King"

That was a good movie with an all star cast. I don' think there has been another film with so many A list actors in it.

Garner...played Henley
Mc Queen played Hilts I believe.

 

[Lorilei]

I loved The Rockford Files, but Maverick, the Support Your Local whatever movies, and Murphy's Romance were my favorites. He had a kind of charm you really don't find anymore.

 

[Not Normal]

Like Maverick, Garner himself was a poker player. Here's a really cool story of him starting the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event.
http://www.nolandalla.com/james-garner-poker-story/

 

[gravyrug]

I loved The Rockford Files, but Maverick, the Support Your Local whatever movies, and Murphy's Romance were my favorites. He had a kind of charm you really don't find anymore.

The Support Your Local..." movies were hilarious, largely because of Garner's style. He could sell the most outrageous lines by doing them straight.

 

[The Heretic]

The character that tagged him as "Rockfish"...Gandy played by Issac Hayes. I wish he appeared in more episodes.

Yeah, and it always irritated Rockford to no end.