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Pretty classy guy compared to most Hollywood types, was married to the same woman until he passed.
He sued Universal Studios for Breach of Contract and won. He was awarded $16,5000.00.
I liked him in The Great Escape and Rockford Files. That number you have there makes no sense. Did you mean $16,500,000.00? Opps sorry correct $16,500,000.00, pretty nice haul back in the day, in today's terms more like $30,000,000.00!
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Liked his acting not his politics. Big lib. He sure was .... he was one of the first big male stars in Hollywood to-go woke. Robert Mitchum and he were both left wing zealots. Still, he was one lf my favorite actors back in the day. Hold up mister…. Robert Mitchum was woke?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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Ya know, he made quite a few western movies and I read several years ago that some of the western movie actors had a quick draw contest. I dont remember all that were in the contest, but IIRC, James Arness, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef, Ben Johnson, Richard Boone and several more competed. James Garner won. Little known, but Sammy Davis Jr was at the top of that last. Maybe a bigger surprise is Jerry Lewis probably beat all of those guys… Yep heard this also he was quick, quick on the draw...
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I was always impressed with Garner's quick draw demonstration to his new deputy (Jack Elam) in Support Your Local Sheriff.
He followed up by telling him, "and I don't have a particularly quick draw." Or something to that effect.
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I was always impressed with Garner's quick draw demonstration to his new deputy (Jack Elam) in Support Your Local Sheriff. I liked the shooting the hole through the washer part ... the red paint where the bars were supposed-to-be, finding Trudy in the tree, so-on and so-forth. One of the greatest comedy westerns of all-time and one of my favorite movies. Joan whatshername ... I always thought she was a beautiful woman. Hate the way she died.
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I was stationed at Fort Benning when they shot the film Tank, and got to see the man in person. We were told not to bother the man and ask for autographs and such.
When I saw him he was walking from the outdoor set and went straight to his trailer, avoiding eye contact with everyone. At first I thought he was a dick, but found out a few weeks later he was really suffering badly from arthritis.
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I was stationed at Fort Benning when they shot the film Tank, and got to see the man in person. We were told not to bother the man and ask for autographs and such.
When I saw him he was walking from the outdoor set and went straight to his trailer, avoiding eye contact with everyone. At first I thought he was a dick, but found out a few weeks later he was really suffering badly from arthritis. I remember the exact theater I saw that at on Long Island.
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I'd probably have to pick Duel at Diablo
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Liked his acting not his politics. Big lib. He sure was .... he was one of the first big male stars in Hollywood to-go woke. Robert Mitchum and he were both left wing zealots. Still, he was one lf my favorite actors back in the day. Hold up mister…. Robert Mitchum was woke?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Hate to say this, but the tall, broad shouldered, deep voiced Mitchum's bio just about made me sick. He found work as a machine operator during WWII & the noise of the machinery damaged his hearing. HE LATER HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN THAT HURT HIS EYESIGHT DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF HIS JOB. JFC, ya recon he didn't want to get drafted???????????????? Or was just the biggest pussy in the state? I've said it before...90+% of Hollywood actors are effed up as far as most of us live or think. They are totally out of reality of how most of America lives. They are in a dream world of playing fantasy, so their personal views should mean nothing to the average American. Entertainment purposes only.
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I’ll be….
One of my favorite weeeeeesterns is “Five Card stud”
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I’ll be….
One of my favorite weeeeeesterns is “Five Card stud” Good one with Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, and Yaphet Kotto. I remember going to see it with my uncle at the local Paramount theatre when I was 8 or 9.
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Liked his acting not his politics. Big lib. He sure was .... he was one of the first big male stars in Hollywood to-go woke. Robert Mitchum and he were both left wing zealots. Still, he was one lf my favorite actors back in the day. Hold up mister…. Robert Mitchum was woke?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ He once got arrested for smoking wacky weed. And he talked a lot of trash about John Wayne.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
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Yaphet kotto the black guy that got kilt in the flour?
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Yaphet kotto the black guy that got kilt in the flour? Yep. Played a bad guy in one of the old 007 flicks. And a cop in Homicide: Life on the Street.
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He played one of the central characters in “The Ultimate Gift”. If you haven’t seen it , you’re missing a gem. One of the best family movies ever.
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I went to Garner's wiki page, he really was a libtard. And a big pot smoker.
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LOL. No more Mannix reruns for you Mister ! 😜
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