Amiable film and television actor James Garner, who starred in popular television series “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files,” died Saturday at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los ...

James Garner as Jim Rockford | Fred Sabine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank Though The Rockford Files was influential, it was by no means the first detective show on television.

Actor James Garner holds out his arms at the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in this February 5, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files ...

He was 86. Born James Scott Baumgarner in Norman, Okla., in 1928, the actor recounted his childhood, including abuse at the hands of his stepmother, in the memoir " The Garner Files." ...

Actor James Garner died Sunday at age 86. Actor James Garner, whose wise-cracking but affable character made hits out of the TV shows Maverick and The Rockford Files, has died. He was 86.

There was something about his handsomeness, as with his persona, that profited from a little creasing, from being worn in, that can make the younger actor look a little callow by comparison. He was ...

RATH: James Garner earned an Emmy for his portrayal of private eye Jim Rockford in "The Rockford Files." And when that show wrapped in the '80s, Garner went back to the cinema and earned even more ...

Actor James Garner, best known for his prime-time television roles as the wisecracking frontier gambler on “Maverick” and as an ex-con turned private eye on “The Rockford Files,” has died ...

James Garner left an impressive legacy on TV and film. He got his start, however, in a nonspeaking role on the Broadway stage. Here, Garner sits for a portrait session in 2005. (Getty Images ...

James Garner, a ruggedly handsome and disarming leading man of film and television who was best known for his series “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files” and who delivered compelling ...

He was 86. Garner was best known for his television roles on Maverick and The Rockford Files, as well as for playing the older version of Ryan Gosling 's character in 2004's The Notebook.