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The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the ___MASK60___ network between September 13 , 1974 , and January 10 , 1980 , and has remained in syndication to the present day . Garner portrays Los Angeles - based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery , Jr ., in the supporting role of his father , a retired truck driver nicknamed " Rocky ". Support Your Local Sheriff ! ( The Sheriff ) is a 1969 American Technicolor comedy western film distributed by ___MASK40___ , directed by Burt Kennedy , produced by William Bowers ( who also wrote the screenplay ) and Bill Finnegan . The film stars James Garner , Joan Hackett , Walter Brennan , Harry Morgan , Jack Elam and Bruce Dern . Spaghetti Western , also known as Italian Western or Macaroni Western ( primarily in ___MASK27___ ), is a broad subgenre of Western films that emerged in the mid - 1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone ' s film - making style and international box - office success . The term was used by American critics and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians . Joan Ann Hackett ( March 1 , 1934  October 8 , 1983 ) was an American actress of film , stage and television . She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for the 1966 film " The Group ", and starred in the 1967 western " Will Penny ". She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1981 film " Only When I Laugh ". She also starred as Christine Mannon in the 1978 ___MASK83___ miniseries version of " Mourning Becomes Electra ". James Garner ( born James Scott Bumgarner ; April 7 , 1928  July 19 , 2014 ) was an American actor , producer , and voice artist . He starred in several television series over more than five decades , including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series " Maverick " and Jim Rockford in " The Rockford Files ", and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films , including " The Great Escape " ( 1963 ) with Steve McQueen , Paddy Chayefsky ' s " The Americanization of Emily " ( 1964 ), " Grand Prix " ( 1966 ), Blake Edwards ' " Victor Victoria " ( 1982 ), " Murphy ' s Romance " ( 1985 ), for which he received an Academy Award nomination , " Space Cowboys " ( 2000 ) with Clint Eastwood , and " The Notebook " ( 2004 ). Support Your Local Gunfighter is a 1971 comic western film starring James Garner , directed by Burt Kennedy , and written by James Edward Grant . The film shares many cast and crew members and plot elements with the earlier Support Your Local Sheriff ! but is not a sequel . It actually parodies Yojimbo and its remake A Fistful of Dollars , using the basic storyline of a stranger who wanders into a feuding town and pretends to work as an enforcer for both sides . ___MASK40___ ( UA ) is an American film and television entertainment studio . The studio was founded in 1919 by D . W . Griffith , Charlie Chaplin , Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks with the intention of controlling their own interests rather than depending upon commercial studios . The studio was repeatedly bought , sold and restructured over the ensuing century . Bret Maverick is a 1981 - 82 American Western ___MASK60___ television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series created by Roy Huggins and entitled " Maverick ": a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon . In this sequel series , Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater , Arizona Territory , where he owns a ranch ( The Lazy Ace ) and is co - owner of the town ' s saloon ( The Red Ox ). However , Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score , and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises . The series was developed by Gordon Dawson , and produced by Garner ' s company Cherokee Productions ( mistakenly dubbed " Comanche Productions " on the end credits ) in association with ___MASK16___ Television . William Scott Elam , known as Jack Elam ( November 13 , 1920  October 20 , 2003 ), was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and , later in his career , comedies ( sometimes spoofing his villainous image ). His most distinguishing physical quality was his lazy left eye . Before his career in acting , he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the ___MASK80___ during World War II . A Fistful of Dollars ( lit . " For a Fistful of Dollars "), titled on - screen as Fistful of Dollars , is a 1964 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role , alongside Gian Maria Volontè , Marianne Koch , Wolfgang Lukschy , Sieghardt Rupp , José Calvo , Antonio Prieto , and Joseph Egger .