If all famous lives come down in the end to the lead sentence in an obituary, James Garner was put on Earth to play Jim Rockford, the life-sized private eye hero of “The Rockford Files.” ...

So yes, he may have been the sweet old man in The Notebook, but in real life Garner was so much more than that. His presence in the film and television industry will be missed by many. James ...

“I am NOT Mrs. James Garner.” Among his later works, in addition to playing the older version of Ryan Gosling in the 2004 tearjerker “The Notebook,” Garner played the grandfather on the ...

Directed by Nick Cassavetes, the movie is based on the 1996 Nicholas Sparks book of the same name and follows an elderly man, played by James Garner, reading aloud from a notebook to a woman in a ...

A light touch was always part of James Garner’s appeal ... during a lunch pegged to his co-starring role in “The Notebook,” Garner gave a Jim Rockford-like half-smile, readily agreeing.

Hollywood is endlessly filled with feuds and rivalries, but Garner was always regarded as ... of Ryan Gosling in the perennial weepie The Notebook. However, off-screen, he didn't mince words ...

Their story is recounted years later by an elderly man played by James Garner to Rowlands ... Cassavetes “speaks for the family.” The Notebook, based on Nicholas Sparks’ debut 1996 novel ...

With nearly 100 acting credits to his name, James Garner was thriving during Hollywood's Golden Age. In addition to his work in the entertainment industry, the Golden Globe winner was a military ...