RIP James Garner

[Basil]

Jim Rockford has died.

 

[Guest]

Oh no, but I thought he was already dead?

 

[Basil]

Oh no, but I thought he was already dead?

Apparently he didn't think so.

 

[DNK]

My favorite

 

[Gliderman8]

The Great Escape.... One of my favorite James Garner films.

 

[Basil]

My favorite

That's weird. When I reply to your post I see the image, but I don't see it in the original post - just a "?"

 

[HealeyRick]

 

[waltesefalcon]

He was one of my favorite actors.

 

[3798j]

He was one of my favorite actors.

Mine too. He could play "COOL" with the best of them plus he had that self deprecating humor to go with it.

 

[waltesefalcon]

"He could play "COOL" with the best of them plus he had that self deprecating humor to go with it."

He always came across as one of the most relaxed likeable and cool guys on the screen.

 

[Bayless]

Walt I'm sure that was his Oklahoma breeding.

 

[waltesefalcon]

 

[Basil]

Mr Garner was a Korean war vet with two Purple Hearts.

 

[PAUL161]

Shame he's gone, he was one of the coolest actors on screen. Murphy's Romance, with Sally Field, loved that movie! Loved it when she asked him how many candles to put on his birthday cake and he said, "just set the whole da_m thing on fire"!:highly_amused: PJ

 

[aeronca65t]

He also did not have the "racing restriction" in his contact

(as Newman and others did.......in the early days, Newman would sneak into a Datsun 510 racer wearing Fitzgerald's Nomex and helmet).

I think Steve McQueen had a contact restriction too.

Anyway, Garner was a great racer (in a number of different types of racing venues) and an excellent actor. Will be missed.

There is a great obit for him ~HERE~.

 

[mikephillips]

And, unlike so many in the acting profession, married to the same lady since the 50s.

 

[Guest]

Apparently he didn't think so.

Well, somebody better tell him he's dead....