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You realize that James Garner is not in that 1st photo?
I wondered 'bout that m'sel'. 'Reckon ol' Beauregard Moore'n them other fellas is three Mavericks too many fer that there town.
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He Is Now Department:
Thanks for the correction, gang. One'a the merry munchkins who does our research musta overdosed on that vanilla bubble gum sasparilla ... 
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Jun 3, 2008 - 4:15 AM
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Olivier
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Let me see which of his movies I have seen...
The Great Escape
It's one of those movies I watched a lot as a kid-- not just for garner, as there are several great characters/actors, but "Scrounger" Hendley was one of those I preferred.
Duel at Diablo
I have it on DVD, but have not watched it yet.
Support Your Local Sheriff!
I watched the DVD a few weeks ago. Garner makes the movie; it's a relatively good little comedy western, but more in the "okay" than "great" category.
The red line in the jail (with a red blotch!) has to be one of the very best moments, if not the best one.
Victor Victoria
An excellent comedy! Hilarious. Great songs, too.
Maverick (1994)
I saw it on TV several years ago and wish they would release a SE DVD; I don't remember that much, but it was pretty funny.
Space Cowboys
Another good one.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Darnit, I didn't even know he did one of the voices; I'll have to watch it again soon.
Roughing It
I have not watched the DVD yet, but I love Broughton's score; it's easily one of my top favorite scores of his.
I have never seen any episode of The Rockford Files. 
That's a lot of comedies I have featuring him: how representative is it?
Garner is a great one for comedy, indeed (comedy with a certain deadpan class in his attitude, that is); even as Scrounger he is not too serious; he always has this slightly detached and amused attitude, a twinkle in the eye.
A very likeable actor.
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Jun 3, 2008 - 6:40 AM
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MusicMad
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A superb actor ... one of my favourites (defined as being: I'll watch a film because of the actor) and I can't think of a performance which left me thinking I wish another actor had taken the role.
I think he was wonderful in films like Move Over, Darling, Duel At Diablo, The Americanisation Of Emily, Hour Of The Gun, Grand Prix and Support Your Local Sheriff! but the list carries on.
I recently watched him, as a much older man, in One Special Night ... his re-teaming with the lovely Julie Andrews was wonderful.
And his lead role in Decoration Day with Bill Cobbs resulted in one of the best TV movies ever.
He was great with Bruce Willis in Sunset and his smaller roles in films like Maverick help an entertaining film become memorable.
Perhaps he never quite got the A-list roles taken by the likes of Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood and Sean Connery but I'm usually much happier (some exceptions, of course) watching a film starring James Garner than any of those big stars.
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Lovely supposition - now THAT would've been something worth seeing! ... 
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