Born on this day – James Garner:

 

Actor

Producer

April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 1995 VH1 Honors (1995); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 36 Hours (1964); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005); A Century of Westerns (2003); A Conversation with Dinah (1991); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Man Could Get Killed (1966); Action on the Beach (1964); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); Al Roach: Private Insectigator (2004); American Masters (2000–2012); Amy Grant: Building the House of Love (1994); Angel (1961); Arena (2000); Arsenio Hall in The Arsenio Hall Show (1994); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Barbarians at the Gate (1993); Battle for Terra (2007); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (1998–2000); Boys' Night Out (1962); Bravo Profiles (2001); Breathing Lessons (1994); Bret Maverick (1981–1982); Byron Nelson: The Legend Series, a Texas Gentleman (1999); Cash McCall (1960); CBS Early Morning News (1984); Celebrity Billiards (1968); Celebrity Golf (1961); Century of Country (1999); Changing Scene (1970); Cheyenne (1955–1957); Chicago Hope (2000); Conflict (1956–1957); Cops (1973); Cowboy Jubilee: Celebrating the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1995); Darby's Rangers (1958); DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010); Dead Silence (1997); Decoration Day (1990); Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Donahue (1989); Duel at Diablo (1966); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2003); Fire in the Sky (1993); First Annual All-Star Celebrity Softball Game (1967); First Monday (2002); First Night (2007); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Golf: The Greatest Game (1994); Good Morning America (1989); Grand Prix (1966); Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966); Great Performances (1995); Harty (1983); HBO First Look (1994–2002); HealtH (1980); Heartsounds (1984); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Greats (2006); Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute (1999); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Intimate Portrait (2002); I've Got a Secret (1962–1963); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); James Garner on-Camera Interview: Rockford Files Season 1 DVD (2005); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004); Juke Box Jury (1964); Just to Prove It (1972); Larry King Live (2004); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Legalese (1998); Legends (2007); Legends of Baja (2018); Lily for President? (1982); Man of the People (1991–1992); Marlowe (1969); Maverick (1957–1962); Maverick (1994); Mister Buddwing (1966); Move Over, Darling (1963); Murphy's Romance (1985); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Fellow Americans: Bloopers (1997); My Name Is Bill W. (1989); Nichols (1971–1972); Not Necessarily the News (1987); Nulle part ailleurs: midi (2000); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); On Location: James Garner at the Ontario 500 Raceway (1973); Once Upon a Wheel (1971); One Little Indian (1973); One Special Night (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Private Screenings (2001); Promise (1986); Pushing the Limit: The Making of 'Grand Prix' (2006); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); Roughing It (2002); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); SAG Foundation Conversations (1997); Sayonara (1957); Scott Free (1976); Searchers for a Special City (1965); Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sidekicks (1974); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Skin Game (1971); Space (1985); Space Cowboys (2000); Spirit of American (1998); Streets of Laredo (1995); Sugarfoot (1957); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset (1988); Superman / Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010); Superstunt (1977); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Take Me to Your Leaders (1990); Tank (1984); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 24th Annual Bing Crosby Golf Tournament (1965); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1970); The Art of Love (1965); The Bing Crosby Special (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1960–1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Children's Hour (1961); The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1986); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961–1962); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Fan (1981); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Great Escape (1963); The Hidden Dimension (1997); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003); The Last Debate (2000); The Lee Phillip Show (1963); The Long Summer of George Adams (1982); The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (2002); The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (2000); The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968); The Maverick Choir: Amazing Grace (1994); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1976); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The New Maverick (1978); The New Steve Allen Show (1963); The Notebook (2004); The Pink Jungle (1968); The Racing Scene (1969); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998–2002); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1991); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2005); The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006); The TV Academy Annual Tribute: A Salute to Angela Lansbury (1990); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); This Is Your Life (1958); Today (1993); Toward the Unknown (1956); TV Land Moguls (2009); Twilight (1998); Up Periscope (1959); Victor / Victoria (1982); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Waylon (1980); What's My Line? (1964); Whicker's World (1966); Wide Wide World (1958); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Young Maverick (1979); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

On this day in movie history - Fire in the Sky (1993)

Fire in the Sky

directed by Robert Lieberman,

written by Tracy Tormé,

based on the book The Walton Experience by Travis Walton,

was released in the United States on March 12, 1993.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, Henry Thomas, Bradley Gregg, Noble Willingham, Kathleen Wilhoite, James Garner, Georgia Emelin, Scott MacDonald, Wayne Grace, Kenneth White, Robert Covarrubias, Bruce Wright, Robert Biheller, Tom McGranahan Sr., Julie Ariola, Peter Vasquez, Gordon Scott, Mical Shannon Lewis, Courtney Esler, Holly Hoffman, Marcia MacLaine, Glen Lee, Vernon Barkhurst, Jerry Basham, Teresa Fox, Travis Walton, Susan Castillo, Jane Ferguson, Nancy Neifert, Charley Lang, Lynn Marie Sager, Mari Padron, John Breedlove, Frank Chavez, Louis A. Lotorto, Ronald Lee Marriott, Shinichi Mine, Scott M. Seekins, Eric Wilsey, Dana Walton, Natasha Henry.

On this day in movie history - Move Over, Darling (1963)

Move Over, Darling

directed by Michael Gordon,

written by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey, Hal Kanter and Jack Sher,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1963.

Music by Lionel Newman.

Cast:

Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors, Edgar Buchanan, John Astin, Elliott Reid, Pat Harrington Jr., Alan Sues, Max Showalter, Eddie Quillan, Jack Orrison, Pami Lee, Leslie Farrell.

On this day in movie history - Grand Prix (1966)

Grand Prix

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by Robert Alan Aurthur,

was released in the United States on December 21, 1966.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Françoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Geneviève Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien, Jean Michaud, Albert Rémy, Rachel Kempson, Ralph Michael, Alan Fordney, Anthony Marsh, Tommy Franklin, Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Bernard Cahier, Masaaki Asukai, Lorenzo Bandini, Raymond Baxter, Roy Beck, Salvatore Billa, Bob Bondurant, Joakim Bonnier, Jack Brabham, John Bryson, Jim Clark, Eugenio Dragoni, Evans Evans, Tiziano Feroldi, Paul Frees, Alain Gerard, Richie Ginther, Noël Godin, Dan Gurney, Arthur Howard, Gilberto Mazzi, Bruce McLaren, Jochen Rindt, Jo Siffert.

On this day in movie history - Space Cowboys (2000)

Space Cowboys

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner,

was released in the United States on August 4, 2000.

Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Barbara Babcock, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly, Toby Stephens, Eli Craig, John Asher, Matt McColm, Billie Worley, Chris Wylde, Anne Stedman, James MacDonald, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Mark Thomason, Georgia Emelin, Rick Scarry, Paul Pender, Tim Halligan, Manning Mpinduzi-Mott, Steve Monroe, Jean-Michel Henry, Steven West, Cooper Huckabee, Hayden Tank, Jock MacDonald, Gerald Emerick, Renee Olstead, Don Michaelson, Artur Cybulski, Gordy Owens, Steve Stapenhorst, Lauren Cohn, Michael Louden, Deborah Hope, Jon Hamm, Lamont Lofton, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Erica Grant, Chip Chinery, Paul Grace, Craig Hosking, Tone Loc, Lisa Malone, Denise Marek-Plumb, Jeannette Papineau, Kristin Quick, Heather Ryon, Michael Satterfield.

On this day in movie history - The Thrill of It All (1963)

The Thrill of It All

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Carl Reiner,

based on a story by Larry Gelbart,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1963.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, ZaSu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Brian Nash, Lucy Landau, Paul Hartman, Burt Mustin, Carl Reiner.