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this is James Garner one of the most loved and respected actors in Hollywood not only for his acting ability but also for his personal

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born James Scott Bum

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on April 7, 19 and 28 in Norman Oklahoma James had two older brothers Jack and Charles, this is a photograph taken in 1931 of James, his mother, Mildred, and his two brothers, standing in front of the gas pumps at his dad's hardware store and supermarket. Weldon James' dad, who they called, billed Bum

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. His store was located in the Denver community. just outside of Norman, now his store location no longer exists because it is underwater under Lake Thunderbird.

James Garner's family has deep roots in the founding of Oklahoma. In reality, his mother Mildred was half Cherokee and years later, Garner would call her film production company Cherokee. productions honoring his mother's Cherokee heritage, just a few days after James' fifth birthday, his mother died suddenly of heart disease on April 17, 1933. It was a tremendous shock to everyone. Mildred Scott Bumgarner is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Shawnee, Oklahoma. only 26 years after their mother's death the children were separated living with relatives until the following year in 1934 when they died bill married Wilma Reese anger his nickname was red according to the children the next nine years they suffered under the strong hand of their stepmother including severe beatings and verbal abuse, children said she was especially mean to young James at 19 and 43 when James was 14, had a heated argument with Wilma, she left never to return after Wilma left her dead , moved to Los Angeles and the children stayed. in Norman with his family James went to work doing odd jobs and trying to get by on his own with the help of his family when Gardner was 16 he joined the Merchant Navy it was 1944 towards the end of World War II James was discharged After a few months due to severe chronic seasickness after leaving the Merchant Marine, Garner went to California where his deceased was.

He entered Hollywood High School and while attending school one of his teachers suggested that he try modeling. He did it, but it didn't last long and he hated it. He said each son dropped out of school and returned to Oklahoma. He attended Norman High School, where he played sports and was popular, but not the best student, until he told a story months ago about being in front of the Woolworths and Norman with some of his friends. He was bragging and said he could leave with that peanut machine and they dared him to do it, so he picked it up and walked down Main Street.

He said then he didn't know what to do with it, so he took it back. He said after that everyone started calling him sneaky in the 12th grade. Jim left school and joined the Oklahoma National Guard and was quickly deployed to Korea for the next 14 months. James Garner saw action, his unit was on the front lines when the Chinese crossed the 38th Parallel his unit suffered 60% casualties Jim was wounded twice and received two Purple Hearts one with a cluster of oak leaves now this is a photo of James Garner and a Korean named Joe Cole whom Gardner took care of while in Korea in 1952 were discharged from the Army and eventually returned to Los Angeles and went to work with their dead laying rugs.

Laying rugs was bad for his knees and painful because of his war wounds, it would affect him and he would grow. worse for the rest of his

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, in the end he had to have both knees replaced. Garden once said that he smoked marijuana for pain and thought it should be legalized and that alcohol should be illegal, luckily, while on his way to an interview for another job trying to escape the carpet lien, he saw us and announced the agency Gregory's talent pool and wondered if he could be the same Paul Gregory he was friends with when he attended Hollywood High School, he said he never would have stopped doing it. to see, except a woman pulled out of the parking lot right in front of the agency.

He also stated that he would not have been an actor today if it had not been for that woman who came out. Gregory told Garner he could get him a spot in a play called Court Martial Caine Mutiny starring Lloyd Nolan, just standing there and not saying anything was better than laying down rugs, he said he had no desire to be a movie star , he just wanted a way to make a living. but Caine Mutiny landed him a $150-a-week contract with Warner Brothers, which led to his first on-camera appearance at 19:55 on Warner Brothers' weekly television show, Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker and that in August 1956 James Garner meets Lois.

Clark and aspiring TV actors Lois said Gemma always said they admitted in an ad that Lee Stevens was up for president, but it wasn't true, it was at a Sunday afternoon barbecue at a mutual friend's house. in Studio City, after meeting each other they went to dinner every night. for two weeks straight and then married at the Beverly Hills courthouse, spending their honeymoon for two days at the Lodge Olien hotel in San Diego. Garter said he had $77 and took it all. Now this was a true Hollywood romance that lasted almost 58 years until his death he was James Garner's only wizard and Lois had a 7 year old daughter named Kimberly from her previous page Laura said she was devastated when she met Jim Garner his daughter Kimberly was in the hospital and at that time he had polio within a year, Jim adopted Louise Stouter Kimberly and two things happened to James Garner the following year in 1957, first he was a star with Marlon Brando in the movie Sayonara and while it was being filmed he He learned that he had been chosen by Warner's brother. he will star in a new television western called Maverick on September 22, 1957.

Maverick made his debut. Jim said Maverick made him a star, but not rich, although the show was a huge success. His star alone made 500 a week while he played Bret Maverick James. and loys had a girl, greta scott garner, they called her GG and that same year she also played her first leading role in a film Darby's Rangers James Garner was one of the few actors who managed to successfully cross between television and film in 1960. After three seasons on Maverick, the star asked for a raise and thought he would be given a raise after the show was making so much money, he said surely they couldn't be crazy enough to turn him down, when the studio started to change. cast and hired a co-star, Jack Kinney, when the Hollywood writers' strike hit, Gardner was fired without pay on the grounds that there was no script.

In court, the studio admitted that Gardner was right, the court also released him from his contract, and from 1961 to 1970 he starred in some twenty-odd films, including the one he liked best: the Americanization of Emily with Julie Andrews. He then supported his local team. sheriff with Joan Hackett and in 1963 he co-starred in Great Escape with his friend Steve McQueen and others. Garter said that the role he played as a freeloader came easily to him, since that was what he was when he was in Korea. Also in 1963 he starred with Darcy Day in the film Move Over Darling.

In 1974, Garner returned to television on Rockford Files while his show was a success. Garner developed health problems. He did his own stunts and in the process broke bones, strained muscles and had five knee surgeries once in both. knees at the same time, although he suffered depression from the pain and said he was sick and tired of it all, ironically he won an Emmy for Rockford in 1977 and in 1979 he separated from his wife Lois for 18 months before they reconciled in 19 and 81 when asked about this years later Jim said 99% of it was Rockford pressure, it wasn't us it was me who needed to escape and get my head back and in 1980 the Rockford Files stopped, suddenly Jim's doctors ordered rest for his Bleeding Ulcers, although Garner owned 37 and a half percent of Rockford Files, he suspected that the studio was swindling him out of profits from syndication and foreign sales.

Jib said that right is right and that he always stood up for the cast or anyone who was being bullied, whether it was Universal Studios or an abusive stepmother. He never attacked anyone. He said he didn't deserve it. Jim filed a lawsuit against Universal and it took until 1989 to reach a settlement. He said he was not allowed to reveal the amount he was paid, but. that his wife Lois had to remind him to wipe the smile off his face after Rockford in 1981 starred in a series of commercials for Polaroid with actress Mariette Hartley and in 1984 Jim's brother Charles died within a year.

Following in 1985, James stars with Sally Fields in Murphy's romance for this role, he was nominated for an Oscar now, after James' death in 2014. Sally Field said I'm heartbroken, there are some people on this planet who the ones I have adored as much as I adored James Carter. A year after Murphy's affair, Jim's death, Bill Bumgardner dies in March 1986, he was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California, he was 85 years old at 19 and 88. James Garner was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai hospital with chest pains where he had The quintuplet underwent heart bypass surgery two years after his heart surgery.

Garner had knee replacement surgery and in 1994 he started with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster in the new Maverick. In 2004, at the age of 76, Garden gave one of his best performances in the film Notebook with Gina. Rollins Carter was asked about his own love story with his wife Lois, one of the longest marriages in Hollywood. He said that when there are problems and your young love will overcome them, when you are older mature attitudes will prevail. I just let her get away with it. When she was asked about the women in her life that she had worked with, she said: I've worked with a lot of pretty actresses and I made it a point not to dislike any of them.

I also made a point not to fall in love with any of them. neither of them and in May 2008, when Jim was 80 years old, he suffered a severe stroke, his family took care of him at home and on September 13, 2011, Jim's brother, Jack Garner, also an actor, died at the age 84, two years later, in July. on 19, 2014 around 8 p.m. Medics were called to 33 Oakmont Drive in Brentwood, the home where James Alloys Gardner had lived for 58 years. He was pronounced dead of a massive heart attack at his request. There was no memorial service and his body was cremated.

James Garner's star is in Hollywood. Walk of Fame located at 69 27 Hollywood Boulevard now this is a ten foot statue in Norman Oklahoma raised for James Garner, a true Oklahoman who often returned to his hometown where many of his relatives still live after James' death Garner, said Gigi, one of his daughters. my father was the only man who truly lived his life by the golden rule he spent his life discreetly doing random acts of kindness my father spent his entire career in hollywood without a single scandal or blemish

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garter was 86 years old you