We’re All in Rockford’s Files Now

Townhall.com ^ | April 7, 2022 | Connor Martin

[Regulator]

Forgot about that!

Another semi-seedy character, but very different from Angel.

Margolin was a real talent across a lot of disciplines, surprising in his breadth.

[Regulator]

Last time they were vaguely affordable!

[wally_bert]

Very much so.

[MayflowerMadam]

Garner was a bat-s**t crazy liberal.

But we watch Rockford Files reruns every day and love it. Maverick was great, too.

[wally_bert]

Angel made a good episode even better.

[Drawsing]

One of my favorite parts of that show would be when Rockford would get fed up with somebody who was following him in his car. He would skid around in a u-turn blocking the guy - get out, walk over and yank the guy out of his car.

[Albion Wilde]

A&E’s best times were back in the ‘90s

And now it's owned by Disney, so...

[mowowie]

I was talking to dad a few days ago and he had to get off the phone because McMillan and Wife was about to come on..

[Kevmo]

That’s hilarious.

The actor in that Rockford scene also played the Colonel Spetznaz lecturer in 1982 “Red Dawn”
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0810342/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl12

[mikey_hates_everything]

I think it’s on every night at 8 Eastern on getTV which is carried on our FIOS cable. Last night or the night before had Larry Hagman as a guest bad guy.

[VTenigma]

We used to call the sliding K-turn he used to do a “Rockford” as in pulling a Rockford. I perfected it in my youth and can still do it pretty well today. It makes my adult kids scream at me when I do it.

[Secret Agent Man]

Watched it as a kid. Probably the first acting I saw Garner in.

[mowowie]

I once had a mint sweet silver 78 Z-28.
It wasn’t a trans am but the chicks didn’t care..

if i still had it in that condition i could almost retire..

[mowowie]

Beth...

[schurmann]

“The Rockford Files was created by Roy Huggins...” [Sans-Culotte, post 13]

Primary creator was Stephen J Cannell.

He also created The A-Team (original TV version) and The Greatest American Hero.

[dfwgator]

I thought it was a Quinn Martin, Barton, Larton, Harton and Fargo Production.

(with apologies to Benny Hill)

[HandyDandy]

857 OKG

[7thson]

I do not know the actor’s name, but the guy that played the sidekick was one of the soldiers in “Kelly’s Heroes.”

[x]

And, prior to his life on the screen, he served in both the U.S. Merchant Marine and the U.S. Army National Guard – that latter stint in uniform included combat in the Korean War where he was wounded twice in action, and received two Purple Hearts and the Army’s Combat Infantryman Badge for his service.

No way. I thought he was the biggest coward in the military.

[gundog]

Stuart Margolin. I remember Harry Dean Stanton, too.