James Garner filmography  The following is the filmography for American actor James Garner. Garner was known for prominent roles in films such as "Sayonara" (1957) with Marlon Brando, "Cash McCall" (1960) with Natalie Wood, "The Children's Hour" (1961) with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, "Boys' Night Out" (1962) with Kim Novak and Tony Randall, "The Great Escape" (1963) with Steve McQueen, "The Thrill of It All" (1963) with Doris Day, "Move Over, Darling" (1963) with Doris Day, "The Wheeler Dealers" (1963) with Lee Remick (four films in 1963), Paddy Chayevsky's "The Americanization of Emily" (1964) with Julie Andrews, Roald Dahl's "36 Hours" (1965) with Eva Marie Saint, "The Art of Love" (1965) with Dick Van Dyke and Elke Sommer, as Wyatt Earp in "Hour of the Gun" (1967) with Jason Robards as Doc Holliday, with Debbie Reynolds in "How Sweet It Is" (1968), "Marlowe" (1969) with Bruce Lee, "Support Your Local Sheriff!" (1969) with Walter Brennan, "Murphy's Romance" (1985) with Sally Field, as Wyatt Earp again in "Sunset" (1988) with Bruce Willis as Tom Mix, "Maverick" (1994) with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (2002) with Sandra Bullock, and "The Notebook" (2004) with Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands. His television series credits include portraying Bret Maverick in "Maverick" (1957–1962), "The New Maverick" (1978 TV-movie), and "Bret Maverick" (1981–1982), Jim Rockford in "The Rockford Files" (1974–1980) and eight subsequent "Rockford Files" TV-movies (1994-1999), and Jim Egan in "8 Simple Rules" (2003–2005).