Jack is a compelling stubbled presence with rich side hobbies, and something about a scene when he gets beat up and then peed on by gunless Aussie thugs seemed particularly evocative of The Rockford Files. But Jack does have his morose drinking bouts, another investigator with demons. His troubled late father, it seems, was no Rocky. So he beats on, casting into the surf until the next stranger pulls up, pauses a skeptical beat before his trailer door, and knocks with a new case.
There are definite worsts, but far too many great episodes to select a simple best list. So I have a sampler of some favorites as well as a strongest season Season 3. Also, since s L. Mariette Hartley, who was already selling Polaroid cameras in a series of charming TV ads with Garner, guests as his court-appointed creditor who becomes gradually interested in the intrigue off the books.
James Garner. Unsuccessful as both a squealer and small-time con man, each week Angel could overplay his hand in a different scheme that collapses. Garner himself later confessed he had no idea why the two characters were still friends, but it amused the rest of us. It hit the news this past winter that some websites were advertising murders for hire but keeping the Bitcoin without following through on the killing part. A show based on Angel and his imploding cons would find an easy home today.
According to Ed Robertson, the gag was the idea of Stuart Margolin, who had won two Emmys playing Angel and knew him better than anyone.
I loved the original Spenser for Hire , but have always wanted to see a crime show where the white guy is the strong-arm sidekick, the Hawk role. This episode has a lot to recommend it, but is famous for a scene where the pair blunders into a meeting of Neo-Nazis in a Los Angeles bar; polka music plays as members shoot pool and swig beer in full uniform. At a time when black actors on crime dramas often played pimps, streetwalkers, drug dealers, or addict-informants, this attempt at a spinoff series with two black detectives was ambitious.
No network program like it followed. It turns out that there are still quite a number of us who, anticipating a situation where we might feel a little imposterish, reach for the dark sports jacket as Jim would do. Here are some ways to celebrate, discuss, and even learn more about The Rockford Files. Podcasts: Tribute books are nice, but if you really want to disappear down an entertaining rabbit hole filled with pieces of the world of 29 Cove Rd.
Run by two young gamers who found the show decades after its network reign, in some ways their project resembles paleontologists studying the lost age when long, high-powered vehicles roamed the Earth in California car chases. Creators Nathan D. Pick your favorite episode under discussion and see if you agree. Three cast members from Magnum, P. Mosley, and Larry Manetti , did guest spots on this show. An unconnected episode of Magnum, P. One of Rockford's favorite food was tacos, as demonstrated by his frequent consumption of tacos.
Noah Beery Jr. When Rockford pretends to be someone else in order to get information, his phony name is almost always "Jim Taggert". When he is working a con, he usually uses his other favorite alias, Jimmy Joe Meeker. Even though Tom Atkins' character is "Alex Diel" early in the series, later episodes have him working out of an office that has "lieutenant Thomas Diehl" stenciled on the door.
James Garner's name on this show was James Scott Rockford. Garner's full name in real life was James Scott [Bum]Garner. In France, the show was called "Deux cent dollars plus le frais", referring to Rockford's " Dollars a day plus expenses" rate. There have been at least two attempts to make a feature film or to remake the series. The most recent feature film attempt was to star Vince Vaughn, but has been "in development" with Universal Pictures since As of July , those attempts have been unsuccessful, in large part, because of the difficulty in casting the particularly personalized roles of Jim, Rocky, and Becker.
Jim Rockford's trademark move, the J-turn, or reverse later named a "Rockford", as in "pulling a Rockford" in his honor , did not appear in the first season, nor was it used in the sixth and final season. When the show was being developed, Robert Blake was considered for the lead. He was cast instead in Baretta , also created by Stephen J. In an early first season episode, when Jim calls the police station and asks for Dennis, he refers to him as "Lieutenant Becker".
He was Sergeant Becker for the first four seasons, until Dennis was promoted to Lieutenant during season five. Jim was a Korean War veteran, to which was referred various times throughout the series. There was a late season one episode which dealt with Rockford's service in more detail, and included a clip from a supposed "home movie" taken while he was in the service, along with his squad mate, portrayed by Hector Elizondo, but unfortunately it is very clear that for the creation of the "look back" footage, that the make-up artists were unable to make Garner look like he would have in In every episode, during the opening theme, is a shot of Jim Rockford, taken through what appeared to be store shelves.
Behind him, on a pegged-board wall, is either a child's toy, or forty-five rpm single record, and pictured on its cover are a very young Kim Richards and Trent Lehman, who played the children on another NBC series, Nanny and the Professor The placement must have been coincidental, as Nanny and the Professor ran three seasons, ending during the season. In , the theme song peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Hot list of the top songs based on radio airplay frequency, and record sales. Rockford, in most episodes, gets involved with a co-star character or she is an old flame from his past for example in roles by Corrine Camacho and Linda Evans.
In addition, early in Season 1, his attorney Beth Davenport is established as an ex as well. In most cases, the woman is at least 15 years younger 21 years in the case of Lindsay Wagner, who appeared twice in Season 1, including the two-hour pilot. These stats courtesy of the coronavirus quarantine of Rob Reiner guest-starred in an episode as a washed-up football quarterback.
To separate himself from his All in the Family character, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, Reiner played this part without his hairpiece.
Besides detectives Richie Brockelman, Private Eye - who was to become the main character of a short-lived spin-off series two episodes, one of which was a two-parter and Lance White two episodes , other significant recurring characters on the show were bail bondsman Solly Marshall three episodes plus five other episodes as different characters, all portrayed by Joe E.
Tata ; Becker's wife Peggy six episodes, portrayed by Pat Finley ; reformed prostitute Rita Capkovic hree episodes, portrayed by Rita Moreno ; client-turned-girlfriend Dr. Megan Dougherty two episodes, one being1 was a two-parter, portrayed by Kathryn Harrold ; private investigator Vern St. Cloud three episodes, portrayed by Simon Oakland ; mechanic turned bumbling private investigator Freddy Beamer two episodes, portrayed by James Whitmore Jr.
Sara showed up again late in season one, and was portrayed by Lindsay Wagner each time. But perhaps the most frequently recurring character was Beth Davenport portrayed by Gretchen Corbett , appearing in 33 episodes. What was supposed to be the backdoor pilot ended up being slightly re-edited, and was broadcast as The Rockford Files: Just Another Polish Wedding Besides Rockford's signature Pontiac Firebird Esprit, some major characters had signature cars as well. Elizabeth 'Beth' Davenport Gretchen Corbett , Jim's lawyer and sometime girlfriend, drove a Porsche during the first season, and a Mercedes-Benz SL R for the second through fourth seasons.
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