![]() ![]() Then, during the Korean War, he went to Korea for 14 months as a rifleman in the 5th Regimental Combat Team, then part of the 24th Infantry Division. Garner enlisted in the California Army National Guard, serving his first 7 months in California. In a 1976 Good Housekeeping magazine interview, he admitted, "I was a terrible student and I never actually graduated from high school, but I got my diploma in the Army." Military service ![]() However, he dropped out in his senior year. There he played football and basketball at Norman High School and competed on the track and golf teams. It paid well ( $25 an hour) but, in his first interview for the Archives of American Television, he said he hated modeling. A high school gym teacher recommended him for a job modeling Jantzen bathing suits. Īfter World War II, Garner joined his father in Los Angeles and was enrolled at Hollywood High School, where he was voted the most popular student. He liked the work and his shipmates, but he had chronic seasickness. After working at several jobs he disliked, Garner joined the United States Merchant Marine at age 16 near the end of World War II. Shortly after Garner's father's marriage to Wilma broke up, his father moved to Los Angeles, leaving Garner and his brothers in Norman. Garner's last stepmother was Grace, whom he said he loved and called "Mama Grace", and he felt that she was more of a mother to him than anyone else had been. His brother Jack later commented, "She was a damn no-good woman". When he was 14 years old, he fought with her, knocking her down and choking her to keep her from retaliating against him physically. He said that his stepmother also punished him by forcing him to wear a dress in public. Garner had a volatile relationship with one of his stepmothers, Wilma, who beat all three boys. Garner was reunited with his family in 1934, when Weldon remarried. After their mother's death, Garner and his brothers were sent to live with relatives. His older brothers were Jack Garner, also an actor, and Charles Bumgarner, a school administrator. ![]() ![]() His parents were Weldon Warren Bumgarner, a widower, and Mildred Scott (Meek), who died five years after his birth. Garner was born James Scott Bumgarner in 1928 in Denver, Oklahoma (now under Lake Thunderbird near Norman). Fox and Cree Summer The Notebook (2004) with Gena Rowlands and Ryan Gosling and in his TV sitcom role as Jim Egan in 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005). Garner's career and popularity continued into the 21st century with films such as Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (voice work) with Michael J. He also starred in several television series, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the ABC 1950s Western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the NBC 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick Darby's Rangers (1958) with Stuart Whitman Roald Dahl's 36 Hours (1965) with Eva Marie Saint Raymond Chandler's Marlowe (1969) with Bruce Lee Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with Walter Brennan Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria (1982) with Julie Andrews and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner Ap– July 19, 2014) was an American actor. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation United States Army Presidential Unit Citation Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal ![]()
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