James Garner James Garner 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 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)
The Great Escape (book) prisoners free. To avoid the disaster of "Tom", "Harry" was filled with sewage, sand, and sealed with cement. After the escape, the prisoners started digging another tunnel called "George", but this was abandoned when the camp was evacuated. On October 2, 2012, Penguin released "Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen" by author and journalist Simon Read. The book details the 50 murders that took place following the escape and the three-year manhunt by the Royal Air Force to bring the killers to justice. On January 27, 1951, NBC broadcast