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LEGENDARY ACTOR JAMES GARNER DEAD AT 86
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| july 19, 2014
Posted on 07/20/2014 12:04:12 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
Awww, dangit!
RIP. Loved Garner in everything he did - Maverick, Rockford Files, Great Escape, Murphy’s Romance, etc. Heck, he was even good in that silly little movie with C. Thomas Howell and Shirley Jones “Tank”.
RIP to an acting legend.
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posted on
07/20/2014 12:53:01 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.)
To: Stanwood_Dave
All I could find was “settled out of court”. And neither side is allowed to disclose what they settled for
To: lowbridge
James Garner was similar to Dean Martin, in that they did great performances for their directors, made it seem easy. Both actors looked as though they were having fun most of the time while filming. I recall people on the Dean Martin Show saying he never even rehearsed with the rest of the cast. Both men were quick study’s and quite versatile in acting range. Neither seemed to take himself that seriously. Of course, the nonchalance and appearance of being indifferent could also have been an act, the way a trapeze artist must be a true expert before he can dance on the tightropes.
To: lowbridge
I will always be a big fan of Mr. Garner. Garner did a movie where he drove his car into the pool. That scene always cracks me up. The movie was The Thrill of It All (1963) with Doris Day.
"This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message. I'll get back to you. [Beep]"
wikipedia.org/James Garner
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:03:37 AM PDT
by
Daaave
('Was blind, but now I see.')
To: Merrittk
I believe he was a decorated Korean War Veteran with two Purple Hearts. Yes. He got his High School diploma in the Army and in Korea, he was the Company "scrounger", a role he was right at home with once again in The Great Escape.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:12:01 AM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: jobim
One of their best episodes was the parody of Gunsmoke. Way ahead of its time.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:20:00 AM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
To: lowbridge
Married to the same woman since 1956:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garner
“Garner was married to Lois Clarke, whom he met at an “Adlai Stevenson for President” rally in 1956. They married 14 days later on August 17, 1956. “We went to dinner every night for 14 nights. I was just absolutely nuts about her. I spent $77 on our honeymoon, and it about broke me.””
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:24:54 AM PDT
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:28:27 AM PDT
by
Jemian
(Kidney infection, malaria and dengue all in the same week)
To: Stanwood_Dave
Somewhere between 6 and 16 million.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:38:57 AM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
To: Jonty30
Declaring old age as a cause of death is a euphemism
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:39:49 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
To: Daaave
from what i remember he did all his own driving stunts.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:49:41 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: lowbridge
Legend. I just keep reading and hearing bad news all week. RIP.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:56:18 AM PDT
by
My Favorite Headache
(In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Surprisingly nobody has mentioned Support Your Local Sheriff. Loved hom in that.
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:00:53 AM PDT
by
My Favorite Headache
(In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
To: lowbridge
I liked his acting but alas.....major libtard.
RIP for the memories anyhow.....the old Mavericks in black and white
And Grand Prix
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:07:55 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
To: My Favorite Headache
Joe Danby: You expect me to sit here in this lousy cell on that...
[notices the red paint drippings on the floor]
Joe Danby: What is that red stuff all over the floor there?
Jason McCullough: Oh, uh...
[waves his boot over the paint]
Jason McCullough: ...that’s the poor fella that crossed the line earlier today.
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:08:44 AM PDT
by
abb
To: lowbridge
Darby's Rangers - hugely underrated film...
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:09:48 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: BBell
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:10:24 AM PDT
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions, led by a deer.)
To: skinkinthegrass
My Dad loved the old Maverick show. Garner had great comedic timing.
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:10:39 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Secret Agent Man
He was also a race car driver.
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:19:30 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Joe 6-pack
One of my personal favorites was the 1964 film "The Americanization of Emily" It's anti-war, but in a sardonic way, and features Julie Andrews completely out-of-type, as well as a haunting title song...
Here's the trailer
Great scene ( "I need a girl")
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:21:20 AM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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