The Rockford Files Dougherty was a blind highly independent psychiatrist, who makes three appearances in the fifth and sixth seasons. Rockford has romantic flings with numerous women, but none become permanent. James Garner's real-life brother, Jack Garner, made 23 appearances playing (at various times) a policeman, a gas station attendant, and a stranger in a bathroom. The most regular character Jack played was that of police officer "Captain McEnroe" a number of times in the final season. The show's pilot was written by Cannell, who also wrote 36 episodes and was the show's co-creator. Juanita Bartlett, one of the show's producers and Garner's
Rockford Register Star Rockford Register Star The Rockford Register Star is the Rockford, Illinois, United States metropolitan area's primary daily newspaper. The paper took its name with the 1979 merger of two influential Rockford competitors, "The Register Republic" (founded , daily since ) and "The Morning Star" (founded ). In April 2007, Gannett announced it was selling the paper to Fairport, New York-based GateHouse Media. The "Register Star" is the fifth-highest circulation Illinois newspaper. As of September 2006, the newspaper's Sunday circulation was 70,300—the 163rd-largest in the United States. The newspaper is published from the Register Star Tower at 99 East State Street