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The Rockford Files is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day.
The Rockford Files is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network from September 13, 1974, to January 10, 1980. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investigator Jim Rockford, with Noah Beery Jr. in the supporting role of his father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, a retired truck driver.
The first season of The Rockford Files originally aired Fridays at 9:00-10:00 pm on NBC from September 13, 1974 to March 7, 1975. James Garner was 46 at the time of airing. Episodes
Rockford is hired to find an alleged embezzler (Jim McMullan). The trail takes Jim to the Alphian Way, an exclusive health club for business professionals run by a megalomaniac doctor ( Stephen Elliott ) who drugs Rockford and ships him off to his brother’s psychiatric asylum, where if he is any trouble he will be permanently dealt with.
The sixth and final season of The Rockford Files originally aired Fridays at 9:00-10:00 pm on NBC from September 28 to December 14, 1979. The final episode originally aired Thursday, January 10, 1980. Garner returned to the character in eight television movies broadcast by CBS from 1994 to 1999.
An old prison buddy (Howard Duff) and his daughter (Joan Van Ark) trick Rockford into inadvertently setting up a mob-run poker game to get robbed. To get the money back Rockford co-opts their next con, involving the sale of a yacht they do not own. But Rockford only has a few days to make it work, and mobsters and crooks do not respect maritime ...
Episode: "Guardian at the Gates" 1975 McMillan & Wife: Nicole Avery Episode: "Night Train to L.A." 1975 The Rockford Files: Claire Prescott / Audrey Wyatt Episodes: "Claire" and "The Farnsworth Stratagem" 1975 McCoy: Episode: "The Big Ripoff" 1977 Hunter: Marty Shaw Series regular; 13 episodes 1978 Nowhere to Run: Amy Kessler Television film 1978
When Rockford questions it his doubts are almost assuaged by the operating surgeon, the charming Dr. Lee Yost (John Considine). Still, Rockford wonders why Yost's organ clinic is a for-profit operation, and investigates further. Rockford's car develops a problem, which may have been an attempt to kill him.