How did Jim Rockford get so much pussy?

He fucked the Bionic Woman and Krystal Carrington ???

Because he looked like James Garner.

In a later tv movie the dilapidated trailer was replaced by a new tricked out one but was still in parking lot by the beach. Did he just amass thousands of tickets for overnight parking?

Any evidence Jim was good in the sack?

James Garner was hot his whole life. I loved his autobiography and the fact that he was a giant pot head.

James Garner was sexy. That’s how.

It was the '70s and everybody fucked around. They didn't want to marry him, they wanted sex...and they got it.

$200 a day plus expenses, that’s how.

Considering he got coshed over the head every-single-episode he only *thought* that he got the girls, it was just the early dementia from repeated concussion...

James Garner was a beautiful man.

He had flavah!

He was a good man. His autobiography is warts and all but he really stood up for what was right and everybody loved him. He stayed with his wife nearly 60 years adopting her daughter who had polio. He hated Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen

You beat me to it, R2! Garners's daughter is very active on Twitter, and is always very gracious.

He didn't stand up for Michael Biehn on the set of "The Fan."

God he was the hottest guy on television. Masculine but humble and self confident. He had it all. Such charisma.

How much does he go into his affair with Bacall, R12?

Big cocks always win

I guess this is about Jim Rockford and not James Garner, who was apparently flawless, inside and out. Rockford was cool, had a beach pad and looked and acted like James Garner. It was the 70’s and running a hedge fund wasn’t a necessity to get laid.

He got so much pussy BECAUSE he smelled like fish.

[quote]He was a good man. His autobiography is warts and all but he really stood up for what was right and everybody loved him. He stayed with his wife nearly 60 years adopting her daughter who had polio. He hated Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen

When these kinds of threads go up, I always wonder why so many here always combine the performers for their characters.

As R18 posted, this thread is about Jim Rockford, a character, not James Garner, the actor.

I meant confuse the the performers with their characters.

Damn auto-correct!

Where in California was his trailer suppose to be? Malibu? National City? San Simeon? Eureka? Was there ever a time and place in California where you could get a set-up like that?

Malibu, Paradise Cove specifically. And I've seen people who claimed to know assert that there was indeed a time in which you could do that. I didn't vet their assertions, though.

It’s a tv show, relax.

[quote] He hated Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen

And Howard Stern.

In this case, Rockford was basically Garner, there's not a huge difference between the character and the actor.

Steve McQueen was an asshole. Garner had worked with McQueen’s first wife, the tiny, gorgeous Neile Adams. McQueen got it in his head that Garner had slept with his wife.

Why did he think that? Who knows. Maybe Neile spoke highly of Garner after working with him. Wouldn’t surprise me, as he was everything McQueen wasn’t — modest, professional, a skilled actor. And faithful — Garner didn’t sleep around. McQueen was wrong.

But that didn’t stop him from shitting on Garner’s deck on a regular basis. They were neighbors on the beach in Malibu.

R20 How do you separate actor and character? Visually and vocally he was the James Garner we saw on talk shows and in other role and actors can impart their own traits onto a character and hence become closely identified with that character.

[Quote] Garner didn’t sleep around.

That's news to Betty Bacall.

I love James Garner. Jim Rockford was cool too. And so was his answering machine!

Rockford’s answering machine — who’s had her?

[quote]Rockford’s answering machine — who’s had her?

I ate her out once

The answer.............

And he had one of the biggest most succulent asses in Hollywood too

James Garner, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Peter, Paul, & Mary

were the only celebrities I know of who risked their careers to attend the Civil Right March of 1963 in Washington

In that photo, that's the late Diahann Carroll next to Jim.

Back in the 70s there was an old lady who lived in a trailer on the beach in Milford, CT. Whenever we went to see my cousins who lived nearby, we’d drive by to gawk and see if we could catch a glimpse of her. I think she kept chickens and a goat, I’ll have to ask my sister if she remembers a goat.

She was in court with the town, I think, maintaining her squatter’s rights. And at the time, it was kind of a rundown area, even though it was beachfront.

Now I want to see what the cousins’ house was worth. I can’t imagine beachfront areas like those being cheap anymore. But back then, there were plenty of poor people living over there.

[quote][R20] How do you separate actor and character? Visually and vocally he was the James Garner we saw on talk shows and in other role and actors can impart their own traits onto a character and hence become closely identified with that character.

Easy, it's called ACTING.

How about when a performer shows up on the set and doesn't feel like working that day, they might have had a bad headache, an argument with their partner the night before, they might simply feel like shit and don't want to be there, However, they are required to step up to the plate and portray the character the way it's written, they can't be a grump while on the set. Especially if they are the star of the series, their success allows many others to have jobs.

I cannot believe so many DL posters are so ridiculous.

Didn't Jim also star in a Western TV series? Does that mean he loved guns?

I understand the diversion to James Garner, who we seem to universally love. But the original question was how was the character in the show so successful with the ladies given the circumstances of that character. Well, first off, it was just a show. Second, the character in the show had many appealing qualities and also looked like James Garner. Fred Dryer in Hunter was also very successful with the ladies and the character there was far rougher around the edges than Jim Rockford.

I wonder why it took 39 responses for the answer.

This forum is supposed to be fun! Who cares if ppl conflate Rockford the character and Garner the actor? This DL not reality!!

Because of the theme song of course!

There's always some lame argument at DL. This is one of them.

Hard to believe people cannot differentiate between a performer and the characters they play.

Perhaps you should all become fans of character actors?! Most character actors sure aren't gorgeous sexy movie stars, but they sure can act and usually have much longer careers than the pretty boys and pretty girls.

R43 The producers didn't cast Don Knott's as Rockford for a for a reason!

R35

[quote] James Garner, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Peter, Paul, & Mary were the only celebrities I know of who risked their careers to attend the Civil Right March of 1963 in Washington.

Charlton Heston was one of the leaders of that Hollywood group. Also present was director Joseph Mankiewiecz. Both shown in first photo below arriving at Washington National Airport with James Baldwin.

Also Burt Lancaster.

See a photo gallery at link below.

I've always been a big fan of Garner, but he was an angry guy. I saw him on the Tonight Show once talking about his childhood, especially after his widowed father married his stepmother. Garner's relationship with the stepmother was not good and his anger about that seeped through during the interview. It was very noticeable.

I read his autobiography and eventually lost count of how many people were mentioned as those Garner punched out. He must have had great PR protection because he punched out plenty of people and was it ever reported?

But one of the most disturbing stories in the book was related by a friend who was a passenger when Garner was driving on the freeway. So enraged when another driver cut him off, Garner followed the other driver into the passing lane, following closely - describing a classic road rage incident.

Yes, I liked him a lot. Both his TV and his movies. I still do. But this was one angry guy.

Funny how none of that stuff made it into the papers. These days celebs with a single such incident would be pilloried.

R40 I think the answer was given at R2 If you want a serious, thought provoking discussion try analyzing the latent lesbianism in The Flying Nun!

[quote]Her wimple was a metaphor for her vulva, right?

Don Knotts was hot as fuck as Mr. Furley. That apple shaped ass in those tight pants.

I’d would’ve ate his ass.

R49 Seriously, who do you think got more pussy Jim Rockford James Garner) or Reverend Mother Placid (Madelaine Sherwood)?

There is a mobile home park in Malibu, Paradise Cove like someone above mentioned. It's right on the beach.

I own a vintage clothing shop and have a framed pic of Garner on the wall. A customer (now a friend) asked to take a pic of it as she's best friends with one of Garner's daughters (Gigi I think). She said he was the kindest man she'd ever met and got misty-eyed talking about him.

[quote]The producers didn't cast Don Knott's as Rockford for a for a reason!

Oh, dear.

[quote]Seriously, who do you think got more pussy Jim Rockford James Garner) or Reverend Mother Placid (Madelaine Sherwood)?—Sally Field I worked with both of them

In an interview with Sally Field I saw, she declined to say who was the best kisser she'd ever worked with but she said she would name James Garner as "one of the best"

R34 When you say he had one of the most succulent asses in Hollywood, could you say the same for Jim Rockford? Or do we need to separate the ass between actor and character?

As for James Garner being an angry man, I don't doubt he had anger issues, especially when he was younger

but I like to think he was decent guy who worked through a lot of his issues and mellowed as he got older

R54 Actually, Sally should have said Murphy Jones! Or did she kiss him when he wasn't in character?

R46 It did make into the tabloids.

R22, you can still live in a trailer in Paradise Cove, near Malibu... although prices have gone up since Rockford’s time. Most of the trailers have been redone to look more like houses, but they’re still old trailers.

Actually, if you don’t mind living in small square footage, it’s a great way to live practically on the beach. Beware though that the HOA fees can be enormous.

Holy shit! Almost 1 mil for a trailer?? That's not the shabby bachelor chic trailer I remember when Jim Rockford laid me like a plywood floor after we caught the swindler of my father's estate!

White working class men ruled the 70s. He was a white working class man. Truck drivers were considered fabulous ffs.

Having said that, the show was pretty funny, and he was always getting bonked on the head. How did he not have mild brain damage? Or maybe he did and that’s why he lived in a trailer.

Jim Garner's ass was paid tribute in Gore Vidal's novel "Myra Breckinridge." Funniest book I ever read, but even Mae West couldn't rescue the film.

How did Gonzo Gates get so much pussy living in an RV in the parking lot.

Same answer - they were manly and were hung for days. Didn't hurt Gonzo that he was a doctor.

It's a simple formula. Man, plus trailer, plus the beach equals... a lotta pussy.

[quote] James Garner, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Peter, Paul, & Mary were the only celebrities I know of who risked their careers to attend the Civil Right March of 1963 in Washington

Besides your unawareness of the others who also participated (Charleton Heston, e.g.) that was not considered a career risking act. Not in any way.

Garner's mother died from an illegal abortion. His father married a woman who beat Garner and forced him to wear a dress in public. When he was 14 years old, he fought with her, knocking her down and choking her to keep her from killing him in retaliation.

I had no idea about this magic formula for mediocre pussy r64 and r63. Fascinating!

Jim's dad Rocky was played by Wallace Beery's nephew.

S1 is on Prime. That's a fking cocktease...I want the full catalog!

Ms. Sensitive Sherwood at R47, I think you should read a book and cultivate some wit since you obviously have so much time on your hands, but unlike yourself I don’t make prescriptions upon others. I’m sorry my post triggered you so badly! Hope you get your condition under control someday.

[quote]How did Gonzo Gates get so much pussy living in an RV in the parking lot. Same answer - they were manly and were hung for days. Didn't hurt Gonzo that he was a doctor.

I was molested.

Baraby Jones fucked pussywether

R70 or maybe I could occupy my time by wondering how a fictional character from a 70s television series got so much pussy. And it's Mrs. Sherwood to you!

I would pay money to hit that.

He should’ve gotten an Academy Award nomination for having to pretend to find Julie Andrews attractive in two different movies nearly 20 years apart.

I had a friend who lived in a state park in CA along the beach in an RV for years. It cost very little money. By the mid 1990s the state realized the seaside parks were filled with people who were living there year round. Tourists couldn’t come to state parks & stay anymore and people basically had near-free seaside living . The state wised up and eventually evicted everyone, enacting length-of-stay requirements.

Now they live in an RV camp in northern CA. I wonder if section 8 covers rent in RV camps.

He was great in Victor/Victoria!

James Garner could fuck my pussy

R69 You can get the complete Rockford Files on dvd for under $30.

Doesn't Wal-Mart still let RVs park in their parking lots overnight?

Don't you know the answer to this? Because the show was created and written by men, to appeal to the fantasies of lower class men.

He could generate sexual heat with *anybody*....

Garner had a huge ass for a movie star.

Go to reply 13...

I love the brown and plaid and corduroy. It’s so stylish and of the era and James Garner is delicious.

R84 that is a big ass on a big man! He would looks silly with a tiny one.

[quote]Besides your unawareness of the others who also participated (Charleton Heston, e.g.) that was not considered a career risking act. Not in any way.

Peter, Paul, & Mary's were warned by their Record Label not to go to the Civil Rights March - they showed up and sang anyway. Martin Luther King was being monitored and investigated by the FBI for being a suspected Communist.

R65 wrote: [quote]Besides your unawareness of the others who also participated (Charleton Heston, e.g.) that was not considered a career risking act. Not in any way.

The Washington Post:

[quote]When actor James Garner decided to help organize and attend the March on Washington in 1963, he wasn’t just listening to his conscience. He and other actors who attended may have been embarking on Hollywood’s first large-scale political act since the days of McCarthyism and Hollywood’s anti-Communist blacklist

R65 slinks away in his failed attempt to rewrite Civil Rights history...

R65 slinks away in his failed attempt to rewrite Civil Rights history...

Jim Rockford was funny, sexy, interesting, and utterly charming - of COURSE women would be interested in him!

They wouldn't want to marry a man who lived a slacker's life in a trailer, of course, but they'd date him, hang out with him, and screw him. But it'd always end when they started getting serious, because that'd mean that Rockford would have to give up his interesting life and go work for some security film that'd offer him a steady job with benefits. Screw that, he could always get another woman.

[quote]Didn't Jim also star in a Western TV series? Does that mean he loved guns?

Nobody said Garner was like every character he played, they said he was very similar to Rockford.

You scold everyone for being dumb when you're the idiot here.

He looked sick af. I love his style.

Who was the guy that was said to be Jim's longtime lover? Something about the two of them vacationing in Morocco?

Meant James Garner not Jim Rockford.

It's post holidays and first day back to work. But I don't feel like working! Think I will drive out to Malibu and see what Jim Rockford is up to . maybe have a couple brews and toss a line in the ocean!

For some reason Blake Edwards comes to mind.

Betsey Johnson lived in a Malibu trailer park.

I want to teleport back to 1975 to have a three way orgy with James Garner and Dabney Coleman!!

James Garner like Mike Connors (Mannix) wore a rug for entire run of Rockford Files. At some point later in his career Mr. Garner just gave it up, still was quite a shock seeing him nearly bald in "Divine Secrets Of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.