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James Garner

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Actor

The Resume

    (April 7, 1928-July 19, 2014)
    Birth Name is James Scott Baumgarner
    Acted in 'Toward the Unknown (1956),' 'Alias Jesse James (1959),' 'The Thrill of It All (1963),' 'Action On the Beach (1964),' 'Hour of the Gun (1967),' 'Skin Game (1971),' 'One Little Indian (1973),' 'The Rockford Files (1974),' 'Tank (1984),' 'Sunset (1988),' 'Maverick (1994),' ' One Special Night (1999) ,' 'Clint Eastwood : Out of the Shadows (2000),' 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)' and 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He suffered from depression.
    He got married two weeks after meeting his wife (1948).
    He shortened his birth name for Hollywood.
    When he was a teenager, his nickname was 'Slick.'
    He dropped out of high school at age sixteen to become a merchant Marine.
    He worked in a variety of jobs.
    He had to go through quintuple bypass surgery (1988) and have both knees replaced (2000).
    He recorded an album with Waylon Jennings (1980).
    He did commercials for a long distance company, Polaroid and a few others.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He attended Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington.
    He received the purple heart when he was wounded during the Korean War.
    He was part Cherokee Indian.
    He drove the pace car Indianapolis 500 three times.
    He said one thing he can't stand about television is that they never let one live down their past.

Credit: Skunk Butt


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 43 Votes: 25.58% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 115 Votes: 46.96% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 55 Votes: 47.27% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 66 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 105 Votes: 50.48% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 379 Votes: 60.95% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 41.51% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 152 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 113 Votes: 49.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 130 Votes: 66.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 124 Votes: 36.29% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 73 Votes: 38.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 242 Votes: 43.80% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 337 Votes: 39.76% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 626 Votes: 42.49% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 639 Votes: 41.78% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 963 Votes: 42.16% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1169 Votes: 53.55% Annoying