James Garner

James Garner as Duke in New Line's The Notebook - 2004

Biography

Born 04/07/1928

An enormously likable and well-respected star since the early 1950s, James Garner was an Oscar-nominated American actor with a knack for playing lovable rogues in scores of films and television series. Though his rugged good looks made him a capable leading man in features like “The Great...
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Awards

  • In 2005, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Life Achievement
  • In 1994, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
  • In 1991, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Highlights

  • In 2009, Lent his voice to the computer animated sci-fi film, "Battle for Terra"
  • In 2007, Played the mysterious Red Stevens in "The Ultimate Gift"
  • In 2004, Co-starred with Gene Rowlands as husband and wife in Nick Cassavetes' "The Notebook"; earned a SAG nomination for Supporting Actor

Family & Companions

  • Mildred Bumgarner: mother (Died when James was four years old)
  • Weldon Bumgarner: father (Re-married after his wife's death to a woman who physically and mentally abused James and his brothers)
  • Kimberly Garner: daughter (Daughter from Clarke's first marriage, whom Garner adopted when she was nine)

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