James Garner

Born: 1928-04-07

James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Garner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Notebook

as Duke
Released: 2004-06-25

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's....

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The Ultimate Gift

as Howard 'Red' Stevens
Released: 2007-03-09

When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes...

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as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Released: 1963-07-03

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small...

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire

as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
Released: 2001-06-02

The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo...

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Fire in the Sky

as Frank Watters
Released: 1993-03-12

A group of men who were clearing brush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that...

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Disclosure

as King Marchand (archive footage)
Released: 2020-06-19

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel...

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as Marshal Zane Cooper
Released: 1994-05-20

Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional...

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Space Cowboys

as Tank Sullivan
Released: 2000-08-04

Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project...

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The Children's Hour

as Joe Cardin
Released: 1961-12-19

A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young...

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A Man Called Sledge

as Luther Sledge
Released: 1970-11-14

James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash...

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The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

as Pat (voice)
Released: 2003-12-02

A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where...

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Grand Prix

as Pete Aron
Released: 1966-12-21

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One...

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Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam

as Shazam (voice)
Released: 2010-11-16

Chosen the world’s protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man – pride, envy, greed,...

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Hour of the Gun

as Wyatt Earp
Released: 1967-11-01

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's...

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Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Jason McCullough
Released: 1969-03-26

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get...

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Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

as Marlowe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2000-10-22

Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his...

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Victor/Victoria

as King Marchand
Released: 1982-04-25

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates...

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Twilight

as Raymond Hope
Released: 1998-03-06

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but...

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Sunset

as Wyatt Earp
Released: 1988-04-29

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

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Duel at Diablo

as Jess Remsberg
Released: 1966-06-15

While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg, rescues Ellen Grange from a pursuing...

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Battle for Terra

as Doron (voice)
Released: 2007-09-06

A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its...

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Sayonara

as Capt. Mike Bailey
Released: 1957-12-25

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is...

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

as Shep Walker
Released: 2002-06-07

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the...

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Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Latigo
Released: 1971-05-26

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies...

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36 Hours

as Major Jefferson F. Pike
Released: 1964-11-26

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they...

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They Only Kill Their Masters

as Abel Marsh
Released: 1972-11-22

An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation...

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The Americanization of Emily

as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
Released: 1964-10-27

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a...

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My Fellow Americans

as President Matt Douglas
Released: 1996-12-20

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former...

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The Distinguished Gentleman

as Jeff Johnson
Released: 1992-12-04

A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just...

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Marlowe

as Philip Marlowe
Released: 1969-09-19

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her...

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Move Over, Darling

as Nicholas Arden
Released: 1963-12-19

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles,...

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The Thrill of It All

as Dr. Gerald R. Boyer
Released: 1963-07-17

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

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My Name Is Bill W.

as Dr. Robert Smith
Released: 1989-04-30

Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls...

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Dead Silence

as John Potter
Released: 1997-09-22

Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.

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Up Periscope

as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
Released: 1959-03-04

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually...

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Barbarians at the Gate

as F. Ross Johnson
Released: 1993-03-20

A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged...

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The Fan

as Jake Berman
Released: 1981-05-15

A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced...

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Mister Buddwing

as Mister Buddwing
Released: 1966-07-15

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

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The Wheeler Dealers

as Henry Tyroon
Released: 1963-11-14

Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a...

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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2014-09-20

In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical...

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A Man Could Get Killed

as William Beddoes
Released: 1966-03-25

An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some...

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How Sweet It Is!

as Grif
Released: 1968-08-21

All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip,...

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Cash McCall

as Cash McCall
Released: 1960-01-20

Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them...

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Boys' Night Out

as Fred Williams
Released: 1962-06-21

Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only...

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Tank

as Zack
Released: 1984-03-16

After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town,...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...

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Murphy's Romance

as Murphy Jones
Released: 1985-12-25

Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona....

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Roughing It

as Samuel Clemens
Released: 2002-03-16

A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of...

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The Castaway Cowboy

as Lincoln Costain
Released: 1974-08-01

A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless...

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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

as John Maitland
Released: 1957-05-04

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his...

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Bombers B-52

as Anchor - Search and Rescue Operation
Released: 1957-11-22

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even...

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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

as Shazam (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
Released: 2010-11-09

An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended...

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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-05-16

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice...

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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

as Self
Released: 2000-09-27

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came...

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Darby's Rangers

as William Orlando Darby
Released: 1958-02-12

Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British...

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The Art of Love

as Casey Barnett
Released: 1965-06-30

Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1996-09-18

Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another...

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The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1997-11-21

After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving...

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Breathing Lessons

as Ira Moran
Released: 1994-02-06

A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a...

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Skin Game

as Quincy Drew
Released: 1971-09-30

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a...

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Legalese

as Norman Keane
Released: 1998-10-04

When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her...

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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

as Self
Released: 1962-01-06

A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.

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HealtH

as Harry Wolff
Released: 1980-09-12

Health is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political...

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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self - Host
Released: 1997-07-27

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1999-04-20

Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.

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The Pink Jungle

as Ben Morris
Released: 1968-10-16

A famous fashion photographer is trapped in a remote South American country with a beautiful...

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Lily for President?

as Bret Maverick
Released: 1982-05-20

Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for...

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Decoration Day

as Albert Sidney Finch
Released: 1990-12-02

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to...

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The Girl He Left Behind

as Preston
Released: 1956-10-26

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the...

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The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1995-05-14

Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial,"...

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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1995-11-16

The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews...

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The Last Debate

as Mike Howley
Released: 2000-11-05

A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into...

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One Little Indian

as Keyes
Released: 1973-06-20

An Army deserter (James Garner) flees by camel across the desert with a white boy (Clay O'Brien)...

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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1994-11-27

Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two...

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Toward the Unknown

as Lt. Col. Joe Craven
Released: 1956-09-27

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active...

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The Glitter Dome

as Sgt. Aloysius Mackey
Released: 1984-11-18

Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a...

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Promise

as Bob Beuhler
Released: 1986-12-21

Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years...

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Dust to Glory

as Self
Released: 2005-04-01

An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the...

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The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1996-04-25

An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead...

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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1996-01-14

Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having...

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One Special Night

as Robert Woodward
Released: 1999-11-28

Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a...

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Bruce Lee: In His Own Words

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1998-07-01

A collection of old interviews with Bruce Lee show us his beliefs, thoughts on fighting and what...

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The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

as Self
Released: 2002-01-29

A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis.

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The New Maverick

as Bret Maverick
Released: 1978-09-03

Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the...

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The Long Summer of George Adams

as George Adams
Released: 1982-01-18

A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.

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Heartsounds

as Harold Lear
Released: 1984-09-30

New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack...

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Return to 'The Great Escape'

as Self
Released: 1993-12-31

A documentary about the making of the 1963 film THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as some of the...

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The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1996-03-18

The fourth of eight "Rockford Files" reunion TV movies.

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The Rockford Files

as Jim Rockford
Released: 1974-03-24

The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie....

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Doris Day: It's Magic

as Self
Released: 1998-10-18

When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in...

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Pushing the Limit : The Making of Grand Prix

as uncredited
Released: 2006-03-01

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Doris Day: Virgin Territory

as Self
Released: 2007-09-11

Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career...

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The Racing Scene

as Himself
Released: 1969-01-01

The story of James Garner's year with his racing team, from the time he bought the car, and...

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The Rockford Files

as Jim Rockford
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter

as Jim Egan
First aired: 2002-09-17

8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Lt. Jim Collins
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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HBO First Look

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-06-12

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Self
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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God, the Devil and Bob

as God (voice)
First aired: 2000-03-09

God strikes a wager with the Devil: if just one person can convince him that the world is worth...

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Maverick

as Bret Maverick
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Cheyenne

as Lt. Brad Forsythe
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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American Masters

as Self
First aired: 1986-06-23

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...

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Sugarfoot

as Bret Maverick (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Streets of Laredo

as Captain Woodrow Call
First aired: 1995-11-12

Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Bob
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Albert Sidney
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ira Moran
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Nichols

as Sheriff Frank Nichols
First aired: 1971-09-16

Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...

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Legends

as Self
First aired: 2006-11-17

The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for...

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First Monday

as Chief Justice Thomas Brankin
First aired: 2002-01-15

A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench,...

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Bret Maverick

as Bret Maverick
First aired: 1981-12-01

Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role...

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Space

as Norman Grant
First aired: 1985-04-14

Space is a television mini-series. It is based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener...

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