A lot of people don’t have the privilege. But I do realize that I’m very lucky that I do get to see him any time I want to because he’s immortalized on film and TV. We also hear about James’ love of animals which pushed. “I look at him as, ‘Oh, it’s my dad.’ Just like you would look at your dad. Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gigi Garner daughter of James Garner, star of films like Grand Prix, The Americanization of Emily & Victor/Victoria, as well as Television icons Bret Maverick & Jim Rockford in classic shows like Maverick and The Rockford Files.
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“I don’t look at my dad as some TV star or movie star,” she said. Gigi is hoping to continue keeping Garner’s legacy alive by letting fans know what he was like in real life. He also sued over ‘Rockford.’ My dad was very convinced in his beliefs and if he believed he was in the right, he was going to stand up for that.” Gigi Wants To Keep His Memory Alive He sued a major studio while being threatened, ‘You’ll never work in this town again.’ Over ‘Maverick,’ of course. He marched on Washington with Martin Luther King when it was not a popular thing to do. “He had a core sense of moral values… He was truly an exemplary human being. “He had a very different mindset and went about things, even in the industry, much differently than other people did,” said Gigi. He was determined to create a better life for himself and his family. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.Īfter a difficult childhood and a career in the military, Garner never took his success in Hollywood for granted.
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Garner shot to fame while playing Bret Maverick on the iconic 1950s television series “ Maverick.”īy opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. I want people to get to know my dad as the considerate, loving, kind, generous person that he was and not just some figure from television or film.” “And I try to give them a taste of who he really was as a person on my social media platforms, such as Twitter and the official James Garner Facebook page. “It is a challenge, but fans are helping me,” the 62-year-old film producer added. “And having a resurgence of television shows like ‘Maverick,’ ‘Brett Maverick,’ ‘The Rockford Files,’ and movies like ‘The Great Escape’ and ‘The Notebook’ - those things keep his name relevant and seem to be procuring more fans now.” “I hear from his fans on a regular basis, and that helps,” Gigi told Closer Weekly.
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Now, his daughter Gigi Garner is keeping his memory alive by connecting with his fans who remain devoted to him to this day. James Garner spent decades entertaining fans as a Hollywood star before he died of natural causes in 2014 at the age of 86.