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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 20, 2014 - 07:36am PT
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James Garner found dead in his home. . .
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Jul 20, 2014 - 07:58am PT
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Bummer.
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snyd
Sport climber
Lexington, KY
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Jul 20, 2014 - 08:18am PT
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Rockfish
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jul 20, 2014 - 08:29am PT
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Damn that sucks. I loved Rockford files.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jul 20, 2014 - 08:45am PT
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Aw sh#t, sad news. Love the Rockford Files reruns, watch em before I go to sleep many nights.. He will be missed. Class act.
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 20, 2014 - 08:48am PT
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Like Gregory Peck, one of the few real men--and never afraid to show it.
RIP.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Jul 20, 2014 - 08:49am PT
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Too young to remember the Maverick, but I grew up on Jim Rockford.
Rest in peace, James. America lost another icon...
The theme song is forever emblazoned into my memory banks.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:00am PT
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Garner was one of my favorites. He didn't play the Hollywood games, just learned his lines and showed up on time.
His fictional characters always managed to reflect the real man. You always had the sense you were getting something genuine from James Garner.
RIP
Condolences to all his fans.
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:22am PT
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James Garner was not only a very good actor but genuinely nice person.
In 1964 or 65 he made a move called 36 hours. A lot of it was shot in Yosemite, some of it in the Wawona area.
He was fun to watch between takes as he was kidding around with the crew and very friendly with the employees that wanted to talk to him.
He will be missed, but he left us with many great memories in his long career..
Thank you Maverick!
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:46am PT
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"Jimmy!"
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:52am PT
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bummer.
well, he outlived waylon
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:52am PT
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I got his autograph when he was filming a scene in front of the Dragnet building.
He was very gracious.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jul 20, 2014 - 10:06am PT
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And the Great Escape, a Classic................
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Jul 20, 2014 - 12:51pm PT
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Grand Prix
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jul 20, 2014 - 01:36pm PT
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Later, he joined the National Guard serving seven months in the United States. He then went to Korea for 14 months in the Regular Army, serving in the 5th Regimental Combat Team in the Korean War. He was wounded twice, first in the face and hand from shrapnel fire from a mortar round, and second on April 23, 1951 in the buttocks from friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dove headfirst into a foxhole. Garner was awarded the Purple Heart in Korea for the first injury. For the second wound, he received a second Purple Heart (eligibility requirement: “As the result of friendly fire while actively engaging the enemy”), although Garner received the medal in 1983, 32 years after his injury. Garner was a self-described “scrounger” for his company in Korea, a role he later played in The Great Escape and The Americanization of Emily.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 20, 2014 - 01:39pm PT
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Man, I really liked James Garner. That's really a bummer.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 20, 2014 - 03:46pm PT
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I think I'll watch My Fellow Americans again tonight.
Remember, he who dies having had the most fun wins. Garner was a winner.
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go-B
climber
Cling to what is good!
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Jul 20, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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RIP!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 20, 2014 - 09:15pm PT
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He was the best of TV private eyes because it was fun.
Noah Beery was a good co-star in Rockford Files, as well.
And the car chases and the J-Turn or Rockford Maneuver were cool.
Rockford's car chases clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pruex3pgX1g
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 20, 2014 - 10:14pm PT
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He was wounded twice, first in the face and hand from shrapnel fire from a mortar round, and second on April 23, 1951 in the buttocks from friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dove headfirst into a foxhole.
Yeah , on the Rockford Files you can see the noticeable limp and stagger whenever Garner had to run or walk real fast.
He was probably in pain but he's the kinda dude that rarely complained.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 21, 2014 - 01:53am PT
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hey there, say... always enjoyed him in maverick, :) and a few other things...
my daddy enjoyed seeing him, in that, too...
:)
condolences to his family and loved ones, and thank you to him,
for his sharing of his acting... nice to know, too, that folks said he
was a good guy, too...
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Jul 21, 2014 - 07:40am PT
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My brother-in-law worked in the film industry as a cameraman and told me Jim Garner was one of the nicest guys he ever met up with.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jul 21, 2014 - 08:31am PT
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RIP, James Garner; you were always one of my "faves." Anyone else remember him in "Space Cowboys?"
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 21, 2014 - 08:55am PT
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It just occurred to me that my old boss at the barrel factory was a real sick gambler (never bet with your heart, Brian).
He named his two boys Bart and Bret.
My old old boss at Curry liked his booze.
Two girls: Sherry and Brandy.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 21, 2014 - 02:34pm PT
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“It was a couple years after I was in Korea that I started [acting]. And I really got serious when I was 27 because ... I had a wife and an 8-year-old daughter who had just gotten out of the hospital with polio. And so I took on that responsibility.”
“I said, 'Well, I'll give myself five years to see if I can make a living at it.' And after five years I was 30 and I said, 'Yeah, I can go another five years on just the reputation I have now' and then I went another five, and another five, and another five, and finally -- at 50 years old -- I said 'You know, I think I have a career,' ”
--Both James Garner quotes
My wife loved the western movies, but hated the indifferent movie with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster. She felt that she would have made a much better co-star than 'that little tramp ho.' I wisely threw in my hand on that discussion and she was happy.
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Stewart
Trad climber
Courtenay, B.C.
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Jul 21, 2014 - 05:05pm PT
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Rest in Peace, James. You were a truly great American.
As the Scots say: Will ye no' come back?
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Jul 23, 2014 - 12:50pm PT
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RIP.
I always thought that of the all TV Westerns Maverick was the best (when James Garner featured). The Rockford Files was one of the best PI TV series.
But his films: some of my favorites. Just to name a few (the ones I have on DVD)
Shootout at Medicine Bend, Sayonara, Darby's Rangers, Up Periscope, of course The Great Escape as well as the two fun Support Yor Local…, The Americanization of Emily, 36 Hours, Grand Prix, A Man Could Get Killed (one of my favorites), Hour of the Gun, an off-beat Marlowe, A Man Called Sledge, Skin Game, Victor Victoria, Sunset, My Name is Bill W., Decoration Day, Murphy's Romance, Barbarians at the Gate, IMO he was the best thing in the Maverick movie, (not that Gibson and Foster were that bad, and James Coburn was good as well), My Fellow Americans (another top favorite, I watch it about once a month, Jack Lemmon and Garner had great chemistry), Twilight, Space Cowboys (another top favorite, but then I am a Clint Eastwood fan as well, and I like Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland), and a very special film, The Notebook. I have only watched it once (and that's all, not again), it is both sad and uplifting, a lot of Gena Rowlands dementia reminds me of my partner Jennie's dementia.
I know there are other fine moveis by Garner, but the above list are the ones I have.
As a failed actor (me), it was my dream to not only meet him someday, but to act at least once with him. Neither happened.
RIP Mr Garner.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 23, 2014 - 04:17pm PT
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Yes, I always loved the guy.
Skin Game, The Great Escape, Maverick (the series.....
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