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James Garner and Audrey Hepburn have fun staging a mock wedding during production of the United Artists/William Wyler psychological drama The Children's Hour, photo by Bob Willoughby, 1961. Garner and Hepburn became fast-friends on the set and endeavored to keep things light while making what was an otherwise very heavy movie with (then daring) strong lgbtq+ subject matter.
James Garner and his "impertinent, baroque ass" (per Gore Vidal in his 1968 novel Myra Breckinridge) in the Warner Bros./Joseph Pevney romantic drama Cash McCall, 1960. James, whose real last name was "Bumgarner" (how apropos!), later stated that he wouldn't mind at all if he was remembered only for Vidal's colorful literary description of his posterior, saying he had to pull out a dictionary to understand what it meant, the bottom line being that "it sticks out and it's got dimples".
Unpublished photographs of James Garner with his step-daughter Kim at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, December 12th, 1957.
“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 ‘𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬’ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫.’ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.”
𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.
“𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭.”
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?” 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤.
“𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰,” 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨, “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬.”
-James Garner during an interview with Robert Ward conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for GQ magazine, March 1984 issue. (Fun Fact: Garner's real last name was Bumgarner.)
Photos of James signing autographs for fans on the set of the ABC western television series Maverick taken by John Brenneis, 1958. Hollywood writer Edward "Marion" Hargrove is seen looking on at the far left in photo one; Hargrove was close friends with Garner and wrote episodes of Maverick, the 1960 movie Cash McCall starring Garner and Natalie Wood, and Jim's later western TV series Nichols in 1972 and the Maverick revival entitled Brett Maverick in 1981.
James Garner and the delightfully "dingy" Goldie Hawn on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, originally broadcast by NBC on March 3rd, 1969. Remembering screen and television legend James Garner... April 7th, 1928 – July 19th, 2014 ❤
“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲?” 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰.
“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭?”
“𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲… 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?”
“𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐧𝐨, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 ‘𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬’ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫.’ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.”
𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.
“𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭.”
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?” 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤.
“𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰,” 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨, “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬.”
-James Garner during an interview with Robert Ward conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for GQ magazine, March 1984 issue. (Fun Fact: Garner's real last name was Bumgarner.)
Close-up photos of James by Leo Fuchs, 1962, and the photo on the boat from 1960.
James Garner on the Warner Brothers lot in 1957. After starting out as a model as a lark, Garner landed a non-speaking role in the Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (starring Henry Fonda) in 1954. Appearing in commercials and small television roles after that, James landed a long-term contract with Warners in 1956, appearing in seven films for the studio and becoming a star as Bret Maverick in the hit Warner Bros. Television/ABC western series Maverick from 1957 to 1960. A contract dispute with the studio abruptly ended his role on the show and he was replaced by Roger Moore as Beau Maverick, introduced as a British cousin of Bret Maverick's. When ratings declined, Warners contract player Robert Colbert (who strongly resembled Jim Garner) was brought on as Brent Maverick, a brother of Bret's, an unsuccessful move which resulted in the show being canceled in 1962. Unhappy with his deal with the studio and wanting better pay and quality film roles (most importantly the freedom to accept film offers from other studios while also fulfilling his obligations to Warners), Garner clashed with studio head Jack Warner and ended up filing a lawsuit to get out of his contract. "They really stuck it to me," he later stated. "I was young and dumb. I said a couple things about being under contract that they didn't like, like that I felt like a ham in a smokehouse. They were waiting to get back at me by laying me off. We went to court and got out of my contract. I didn't want somebody in an office guiding my career. If I had a failure, I wanted it to be my failure. If I had a success, I wanted it to be my success." Though Garner went on to greater success in films and television after he left Maverick, most notably in the films The Children's Hour with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine in 1961, The Great Escape in 1963, The Thrill of It All and Move Over Darling (both with Doris Day) in 1963, Grand Prix in 1966, Marlowe opposite Rita Moreno and Bruce Lee in 1969, Support Your Local Sheriff! in 1969, Support Your Local Gunfighter in 1971, and on the popular television series The Rockford Files (NBC, 1974-1980), he eventually revisited the character of Bret later in his career. Fond of Maverick despite his earlier dispute with Warner Bros., Garner starred in the TV movie The New Maverick in 1978, made a cameo appearance in the pilot for the series Young Maverick in 1979, starred in the one season NBC series Bret Maverick in 1981 and 1982, and made a second TV movie featuring the character The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw in 1991. He also returned to Warner Bros. to star in the feature film adaptation of Maverick in 1994, featuring Mel Gibson as the character Garner originated, Jodie Foster, and James as Marshal Zane Cooper, revealed in the movie to be Bret Maverick's father.
