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4 unusual facts about The Rockford Files


Chris DeRose

He appeared as a regular on the ABC series San Pedro Beach Bums, General Hospital, Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, The Rockford Files and Baretta.

Howard Browne

In 1975 it was used as the basis for a first season episode of The Rockford Files titled "Sleight of Hand." In 1982 it was the basis for a second season episode of Simon & Simon of the same name as the novel.

Marabel Morgan

In a 1977 episode ("Trouble in Chapter 17") of James Garner's NBC-TV series The Rockford Files, the character of Anne Louise Clement (Claudette Nevins), who believes her book on how to be the perfect wife is the cause of the death threats against her and for whom Jim must act as bodyguard, is closely based on Marabel Morgan.

Richard T. Heffron

He worked on many television series such as The Rockford Files and films including I Will Fight No More Forever (1975), Futureworld (1976), Foolin' Around (1980), the 1982 Mike Hammer film I, the Jury, Pancho Barnes (1988), and La révolution française (1989).


Allan Cole

He has sold more than a hundred television episodes, including ones for Quincy, M.E., The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Dinosaucers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Magnum, P.I., Werewolf, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Don Chastain

Other series in which Chastain appeared as a guest star include The Real McCoys, Rhoda, The Rockford Files, All My Children, Hawaii Five-O, The West Wing, and Scrubs.

Doug Toby

He has also appeared on television in episodes of The Master (TV series), Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and The Rockford Files as well as roles on made for TV movies such as The Kid with the Broken Halo and Drag Strip Girl.

Joanna Cassidy

She also appeared opposite James Garner, playing his ex-wife, in the 1994 television movie The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. Her other screen credits from this era include Barbarians at the Gate (1993), the 1993 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Tommyknockers, and Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn (1995).

Juanita Bartlett

Juanita Bartlett is a television writer best known for The Rockford Files and The New Maverick, both starring James Garner.

Leif Erickson

He guest-starred in several TV series' including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon and The Rockford Files.

Lyle Ritz

He also played bass on television soundtracks including The Rockford Files, Name That Tune, and Kojak.

Robert Gregory Browne

Browne tried writing speculative episodes of The Rockford Files and Harry O, among others, but none of these scripts were ever purchased and Browne shifted his interest to music.

The Friendly Skies

Additionally, Richard Hatem revealed in the DVD commentary that Alva Keel living in apartment 29 is an homage to Jim Rockford, the main character in Hatem's favorite television series The Rockford Files, who lived at 29 Cove Road.

Todd Susman

For this role, Susman mentioned he admired James Garner's portrayal in The Rockford Files for getting "into quasi-hero situations but isn't a hero".

Val Bisoglio

Bisoglio performed in numerous TV series in the 1970s including M*A*S*H,, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Roll Out, Kojak starring Telly Savalas (beginning with the TV-movie pilot The Marcus-Nelson Murders), Baretta starring Robert Blake, and The Rockford Files starring James Garner.

William Boyett

Boyett appeared in a number of television programs, such as Perry Mason, Highway Patrol, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Sea Hunt, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (uncredited; "The Secret Sceptre Affair" from 1965), Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The A-Team and Night Court.


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