I was hospitalized when the actor James Garner died, so I was unable to post anything about his life and death.
I've been a Garner fan since I was a kid watching Garner as Bret Maverick on television. I also loved Garner as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files.
Garner also starred in a number of good films, including The Americanization of Emily, The Great Escape, Support Your Local Sheriff, Up Periscope, Darby's Rangers and The Hour of the Gun.
My favorite Garner film is the one where he portrayed one of my favorite characters, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe.
Garner portrayed the wise-cracking, tough private detective in 1969's Marlowe.
I've written here before that I believe Garner is the actor who comes closest to Chandler's Philip Marlowe character.
Had the film been set in the proper period, the 1940s, instead of a contemporary setting, the film would have been near-perfect.
I read James Garner's interesting memoir The Garner Files a while back and I recomend the book to his many fans.
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