On the strength of his performance as Marlon Brando’s buddy in “Sayonara,” he was signed to star in a TV series, “Maverick,” destined to become one of the highest rated programs on the air. The following year his career began to rocket. He began there with villainous roles in five “Cheyenne” episodes opposite Clint Walker, and a movie debut in “Toward the Unknown.” Steve Maryk vacated by the late John Kodiak, and his portrayal led to a Warner Brothers contract in 1955. I went in and he offered me a job in ‘The Caine Mutiny Court Martial’ and I took it and I’ve been an actor ever since.”Īfter 512 performances in New York and on tour, Garner graduated from minor parts to the role of Lt. I was a gas jockey when I knew him, and he was a soda jerk, but he had become a producer. "I had been down to Shell Oil Company, and as I was driving back there was an empty parking place in front of a building where a guy I used to know had an office. “I was looking for a better job,” he said. His father, meanwhile, had moved to Los Angeles and Jim eventually went there to work for his dad as a carpet layer. After his military discharge he resumed his education on the G.I. He completed high school during basic training, then fought in Korea as a non-commissioned officer and was awarded two Purple Hearts during his 14-month tour of duty. Eleven years later, while still in high school, he joined the Merchant Marines. He had two brothers: Jack, an actor and golf pro who lives in Los Angeles, and Charles, a schoolteacher who lives in Norman. Of mixed European ancestry with a dominant American Cherokee Indian strain, Garner was born in Norman, Oklahoma to Weldon and Mildred Bumgarner.
Emmy award-winning James Garner stars in “The Rockford Files,” a series that is a perfect blend of action, drama and Garner’s own special brand of wry humor.
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