1928 - 2014
James Scott Garner (born Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood; The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick; Darby's Rangers (1958) with Stuart Whitman; Roald Dahl's 36 Hours (1965) with Eva Marie Saint; as a Formula 1 racing star in Grand Prix (1966); Raymond Chandler's Marlowe (1969) with Bruce Lee; Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with Walter Brennan; Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria (1982) with Julie Andrews; and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He also starred in several television series, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the ABC 1950s Western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the NBC 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files.Garner's career and popularity continued into the 21st century with films such as Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood; the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (voice work) with Michael J. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Garner has received more than 12,660,171 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). James Garner is the 691st most popular actor (down from 682nd in 2019), the 1,285th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,247th in 2019) and the 341st most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, James Garner ranks 691 out of 9,996. Before him are Anthony Mann, Michael Nyqvist, Takashi Shimura, André Antoine, Cléo de Mérode, and John Payne. After him are Annette Bening, Brendan Gleeson, Shelley Duvall, Dean Reed, Lale Andersen, and Bernard Hill.
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 685
1960 - 2017
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 686
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 687
1858 - 1943
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 688
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 689
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 690
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 691
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 692
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 693
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 694
1938 - 1986
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 695
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 696
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 697
Among people born in 1928, James Garner ranks 69. Before him are Reynaldo Bignone, Manfred Rommel, Alan J. Pakula, Jim Lovell, János Kornai, and Zhu Rongji. After him are James Randi, Tony Richardson, Carl Woese, Erik Bruhn, Borisav Jović, and Eugene Merle Shoemaker. Among people deceased in 2014, James Garner ranks 47. Before him are Maurice Duverger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pete Seeger, Dobrica Ćosić, Stephanie Kwolek, and Udo Jürgens. After him are Ernesto Laclau, Gyula Grosics, Hans Hollein, Gerald Edelman, Dale T. Mortensen, and Oscar de la Renta.
1928 - 2018
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 63
1928 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 64
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 65
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 66
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 67
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 68
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 69
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 70
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 71
1928 - 2012
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 72
1928 - 1986
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 73
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 74
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 75
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 41
1967 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 42
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 43
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 44
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 45
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 46
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 48
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 49
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 51
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 52
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, James Garner ranks 1,285 out of 18,182. Before him are Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Mike Shinoda (1977), Julius Axelrod (1912), John Payne (1912), and Yonatan Netanyahu (1946). After him are Henry Gantt (1861), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Annette Bening (1958), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Grandma Moses (1860), and Edith Wharton (1862).
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,279
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,280
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,281
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,282
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,283
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,284
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,285
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,286
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,287
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,288
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,289
1860 - 1961
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,290
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,291
Among actors born in United States, James Garner ranks 341. Before him are Dwight Schultz (1947), Alyson Hannigan (1974), Lisa Kudrow (1963), John Forsythe (1918), Anthony Mann (1906), and John Payne (1912). After him are Annette Bening (1958), Shelley Duvall (1949), Dean Reed (1938), Kelly McGillis (1957), Max Wright (1943), and Mark Harmon (1951).
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 335
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 336
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 337
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 338
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 339
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 340
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 341
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 342
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 343
1938 - 1986
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 344
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 345
1943 - 2019
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 346
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 347