How about Mickey Mantle?
Roy Clark?
Walter Cronkite? (well maybe not that douche bag)
Leon Russell?
Bob Wills?
Waylon Jennings
Merle Haggard?
Gary Buesy?
Tony Randall?
Brad Pitt?
Johnny Bench?
Paul Harvey?
Dan Rowan?
Jim Thorpe?
Dale Robertson?
Daniel Patrick Moynihan?
Gordon Cooper?
Clint Walker?
Anita Bryant?
Lon Chaney Jr?
Sam Walton?
Patti Page?
Bill Moyers? (another douche bag)
Ben Johnson?
- TheDaliLama
- 07-22-2014, 03:44 PM
- cptjohnstone
- 07-22-2014, 03:52 PM
Dale Robertson
my mom went to school with him
and yes the list is long, I have seen it before but when you google it all you get is James Garner
my mom went to school with him
and yes the list is long, I have seen it before but when you google it all you get is James Garner
- Algeria_Lace
- 07-22-2014, 08:08 PM
He was a great actor! R.I.P
- IIFFOFRDB
- 07-22-2014, 08:22 PM
YUP! James (Jimmy) was the Man... Rockford Files back in the late 70's and early 80's. Watched the reruns for years. He was one sneaky dude. He took a ass whooping but he would get you back. Eating those tacos at that shack on the beach, the pier and don't forget his old man, Rocky! That silly ass side kick Angel, always in trouble? His chicks Beth and many others. That was good TV!
Damn a lot of the Rockford File episodes are free on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...rockford+files
Damn a lot of the Rockford File episodes are free on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...rockford+files
- eccienewbie
- 08-02-2014, 02:45 PM
Forgive me for bumping an old thread, but....
I was away on vacation until last week, and I didn't even learn of Mr. Garner's passing until I returned. It was a genuine "get away from it all" type of vacation, and televisions and computers were not welcome.
Some of my earliest memories are of watching syndicated re-runs of Maverick, and then later The Rockford Files. What great fun those characters were. Then, as I got older, I was able to rediscover Mr. Garner through Murphy's Romance, and that led me to truly discover him for the first time as a film actor, as I began looking for his other movies. I was surprised at the time to learn what an accomplished and varied screen actor he was. His art translated equally well both on the tube and the screen. And I, like another poster, completely adored his work in The Americanization of Emily. This is my favorite clip http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/5...dious-Lot.html
I've never been much for hero worship or the idolization of celebrities, but Mr. Garner was a bit of an exception to that personal rule. He came off as intelligent, compassionate, and strong, and I'm unaware of anybody who ever had anything negative to say about the man. I admired him, and that's my highest compliment.
Again, pardon the late bumping of the thread, and thanks for allowing me to share a few of my thoughts on somebody I really, REALLY liked, even though we never met.
I was away on vacation until last week, and I didn't even learn of Mr. Garner's passing until I returned. It was a genuine "get away from it all" type of vacation, and televisions and computers were not welcome.
Some of my earliest memories are of watching syndicated re-runs of Maverick, and then later The Rockford Files. What great fun those characters were. Then, as I got older, I was able to rediscover Mr. Garner through Murphy's Romance, and that led me to truly discover him for the first time as a film actor, as I began looking for his other movies. I was surprised at the time to learn what an accomplished and varied screen actor he was. His art translated equally well both on the tube and the screen. And I, like another poster, completely adored his work in The Americanization of Emily. This is my favorite clip http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/5...dious-Lot.html
I've never been much for hero worship or the idolization of celebrities, but Mr. Garner was a bit of an exception to that personal rule. He came off as intelligent, compassionate, and strong, and I'm unaware of anybody who ever had anything negative to say about the man. I admired him, and that's my highest compliment.
Again, pardon the late bumping of the thread, and thanks for allowing me to share a few of my thoughts on somebody I really, REALLY liked, even though we never met.