James Garner, one of TV's great and iconic actors, has died age 86 - and before we get to the appreciation, please appreciate these series of clips that illustrate Garner's natural ability to convey sex appeal, intelligence, authority and, above all, charisma in dozens of TV roles, and many, many movie ones as well.
As his old pal (and co-star) Julie Andrews has written of Garner, 'he owns his place on the screen.' Indeed. And don't forget, as if you could, there was always that patina of edge and scrappiness - other elements that made Garner's appeal so special. He was famously - or I suppose infamously, if you happened to be on the receiving end of it - a scrapper who had his fair share of battles with major studios and producers. Garner never backed down from a fight.
Let's start with a few iconic film roles, then on to TV! Also head further south to watch the Emmy Legends recollections by Garner himself. (If you are accessing this blog post from a mobile device, the clips are not viewable here.)
Tags: James Garner , The Americanization of Emily , Murphy's Romance , Maverick , The Rockford Files
Entities 0 Name: Garner Count: 4 1 Name: James Garner Count: 2 2 Name: Murphy Count: 1 3 Name: Julie Andrews Count: 1 4 Name: Emily Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1mtHzvf Title: James Garner dies at 86; TV antihero of 'Maverick,' 'Rockford' Description: James Garner, a master of light comedy who shot to fame in the 1950s as the charming and dry-witted gambler on the hit TV western "Maverick" and later won an Emmy Award as the unconventional L.A. private eye on "The Rockford Files," has died. He was 86.
