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"never aired on the network. All eight episodes were screened later that year on BBC1 in the UK. The 1978 TV-movie ""The New Maverick"", featuring Garner as Bret, Frank as Ben, Jack Kelly as Bret's brother Bart Maverick, and Blanchard as Nell, served as the pilot for the series. (Garner appeared briefly in the first regular episode of ""Young Maverick"", ""Clancy,"" making him the only person to appear in all three series.) Among the actors appearing on the series were Howard Duff, John McIntire, James Woods, Donna Mills (all in ""Dead Man's Hand,"" parts 1 and 2), J. Pat O'Malley"
"Jack Kelly (actor) John Augustus Kelly Jr. (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992), best known as Jack Kelly, was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of ""Bart Maverick"" in the television series ""Maverick"", which ran on ABC from 1957-62. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957–1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (1960–1961) and Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick (1961, for two episodes), before becoming the only Maverick (alternating with repeats from the Garner era) in the fifth season. Kelly"
"business, and wrote a book about it, ""The Truth about Being an Extra"" (2006). A Republican, he supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election. Jack Kelly (actor) John Augustus Kelly Jr. (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992), best known as Jack Kelly, was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of ""Bart Maverick"" in the television series ""Maverick"", which ran on ABC from 1957-62. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957–1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (1960–1961) and Robert"
"playing Bart and elderly Uncle Bentley Maverick). Bart rescued Bret at the climax of ""Duel at Sundown"", in which Garner first fought guest star Clint Eastwood. Garner had first choice of which part he would play in the two-brother episodes, which delineated the brothers as ""Maverick 1"" and ""Maverick 2"" in the scripts, giving him an enormous advantage. All but one script during the show's first two years were written with Garner in mind regardless of which actor would eventually be cast. Roy Huggins insisted that the writers visualize Garner as Maverick while writing the scripts. Although the ""solo"" episodes"
"series, including ""Bat Masterson"" (Gene Barry), ""Wyatt Earp"" (Hugh O'Brian), the ""Rifleman"" (Chuck Connors) and his son Mark (Johnny Crawford), Caine from ""Kung Fu"" (David Carradine), ""The Westerner"" (Brian Keith), a thinly disguised ""Virginian"" (James Drury) and Trampas (Doug McClure, who had appeared briefly as a hotel clerk in a first season ""Maverick"" episode), and ""Cheyenne"" Bodie (Clint Walker). As each hero appears onscreen, a few bars of the theme song from his original series plays in the background. A lavish theatrical film version was released in 1994 entitled ""Maverick"" starring Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, Jodie Foster as a"
"in which Bart appeared tended to be somewhat more dramatic than the Bret episodes, Kelly displayed his comedic skills in lighter ""Maverick"" outings such as ""Hadley's Hunters"" and ""The People's Friend."" Kelly actually appeared in more episodes of ""Maverick"" than James Garner, who left the show following a contract dispute in 1960. Kelly appeared in 83 episodes; Garner in only 65. In the wake of Garner's departure, Roger Moore stepped in to play Bart's cousin Beau Maverick in fourteen episodes, sharing the screen with Kelly in three of them, while Robert Colbert appeared in two installments as a third brother"
"Moore was cast as Beau Maverick, an English-accented cousin of frontier gamblers Bret Maverick (James Garner), Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), and Brent Maverick (Robert Colbert) in the much more successful ABC/WB Western series ""Maverick"". Sean Connery was flown over from Britain to test for the part, but turned it down. Moore appeared as the character in 14 episodes after Garner had left the series at the end of the previous season, wearing some of Garner's costumes; while filming ""The Alaskans"", he had already recited much of Garner's dialogue since the Klondike series frequently recycled ""Maverick"" scripts, changing only the names"
"are few people on this planet I have adored as much as Jimmy Garner. I cherish every moment I spent with him and relive them over and over in my head. He was a diamond."" Eastwood said, ""Garner opened the door for people like Steve McQueen and myself."" 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"
"of 1950s and 1960s television Western series leads reprising their roles in quick cameo appearances (Gene Barry as Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, David Carradine as ""Kung Fu""'s Caine, Chuck Connors as The Rifleman, and so on). A two-DVD set of the complete series was released by Shout! Factory in February 2017. The Westerner (TV series) The Westerner is a highbrow American Western series that aired on NBC from September 30 to December 30, 1960. Created, written and produced by Sam Peckinpah, who also directed some episodes, the"
"Bart, played by Jack Kelly. This allowed two production units to film different story lines and episodes simultaneously, necessary because each episode took an extra day to complete, meaning that eventually the studio would run out of finished episodes to air partway through the season unless another actor was added. The series also featured popular cross-over episodes featuring both Maverick brothers, including the famous ""Shady Deal at Sunny Acres"", upon which the first half of the 1973 movie ""The Sting"" appears to be based, according to Roy Huggins' Archive of American Television interview. Garner and Clint Eastwood staged an epic"
"Robinson's screenplay, ""even if he cut out a death from cancer, deleted a mercy killing, and toned down the narrative's homosexual angle."" It described Korngold's score as ""haunting"" and the sets ""quite stunning."" James Wong Howe's ""gorgeous cinematography, meanwhile, maintains in deep focus many layers of drama, as befits this brooding tapestry."" The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (James Wong Howe), Best Director and Best Picture. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The film was adapted into a 1955 television series, with Jack Kelly (who later portrayed Bart Maverick in"
"""Leave It to Beaver"". Additionally, for Gentleman Jack and Cindy, it was their only appearance in an episode in which Bret also appeared, although they shared not a single scene with Bret—all their dealings on ""Maverick"" were with Bart. James Garner ... Bret Maverick<br> Jack Kelly ... Bart Maverick<br> John Dehner ... Bates the banker<br> Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ... Dandy Jim Buckley<br> Diane Brewster ... Samantha Crawford<br> Leo Gordon ... Big Mike McComb<br> Richard Long ... Gentleman Jack Darby<br> Arlene Howell ... Cindy Lou Brown<br> Regis Toomey ... Ben Granville<br> Karl Swenson ... Sheriff Griffen<br> Joan Young ... Susan Granville<br>"
"who'd been recruited to help frighten Eastwood's character. As Bart and Bret depart the town on horseback at the episode's conclusion, they run into the real Hardin, already angrily riding in to hunt down and murder the man who ""killed"" him. Eastwood is billed fifth in the cast but his onscreen time is as ample as anyone else's except Garner's. The episode was written by Richard J. Collins and Howard Browne, and directed by Arthur Lubin. James Garner ... <br> Jack Kelly ... Bart Maverick<br> Edgar Buchanan ... Jed<br> Abby Dalton ... Carrie<br> Clint Eastwood ... Red Hardigan<br> Dan Sheridan"
"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)"
"starring Garner. Budd Boetticher directed several of the early episodes of the first season. Robert Altman wrote and directed the episode entitled ""Bolt from the Blue"", starring Roger Moore, in the fourth season. The show was part of the Warner Bros. array of TV Westerns, which included ""Cheyenne"", ""Colt .45"", ""Lawman"", ""Bronco"", ""The Alaskans"", and ""Sugarfoot"". James Garner portrayed both Bret Maverick and, in one episode, Beau ""Pappy"" Maverick. Bret Maverick is the epitome of a poker-playing rounder, always seeking out high-stakes games and rarely remaining in one place for long. The show is generally credited with launching Garner's career,"
"episode titled ""Phantom of Phoenixville"" as Jack Flynn. Durant obtained more guest-starring roles, having appeared as Ronnie Mann in the 1957 episode ""Ride 'Til You Die"", about a love triangle at a dude ranch which explodes into murder, in Rod Cameron's syndicated series ""State Trooper"". He appeared on another syndicated series, ""Rescue 8"", starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries, and in the first episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series ""Maverick"" to feature Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, the brother of Bret Maverick (James Garner). Durant had auditioned for the role of Bart but was instead cast as a singing"
"the line: ""This is the way it happened ... movin' west"", and he closed with the refrain: ""It happened that way ... movin' west."" ""Frontier"" is similar in scope to its predecessor and longer-lasting syndicated series ""Death Valley Days"", which went through a series of hosts, including Stanley Andrews (known on the program as The Old Ranger), Ronald W. Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. ""Frontier"" ran only a single season but was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Jack Kelly, who in 1957 launched the role of Bart Maverick in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series ""Maverick"", appeared three times"
"Maverick played by Roger Moore later in the series; Moore's Beau is the nephew of Garner's Beau and Bret and Bart's cousin. The younger Beau Maverick always referred to the elder as ""Uncle Beau"" instead of ""Pappy"". Troy Donahue plays the son of a long-time lover of Pappy in the episode, and Adam West portrays a villain. During the first two seasons, with Huggins at the helm, writers were instructed to write every script while visualizing Garner playing the part; two-Maverick scripts denoted the brothers as ""Maverick 1"" and ""Maverick 2,"" with Garner choosing which role he would play due"
"his earlier TV role in 1981 in the revival series ""Bret Maverick"", but NBC unexpectedly canceled the show after only one season despite reasonably good ratings. Critics noted that most of the scripts did not measure up to the episodes starring Garner in the first series. Jack Kelly (Bart Maverick) was slated to become a series regular had the show been picked up for another season, and he appeared in the last scene of the final episode in a surprise guest appearance. During the 1980s, Garner played dramatic roles in a number of television films, including ""Heartsounds"" with Mary Tyler"
"and locales. He had also filmed a ""Maverick"" episode with Garner two seasons earlier in which Moore played a different character in a retooling of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 comedy of manners play entitled ""The Rivals"". In the course of the story, Moore and Garner's characters switched names on a bet, with Moore consequently identifying himself as ""Bret Maverick"" through most of the episode. Moore's debut as Beau Maverick occurred in the first episode of the 1960–61 fourth season, ""The Bundle From Britain"", one of four episodes in which he shared screen time with cousin Bart (Jack Kelly). Robert Altman"
"""Maverick"") in Cummings' role and Robert Horton (who subsequently played scout Flint McCullough in ""Wagon Train"") performing Reagan's part. The show appeared as one of three rotating series on the earliest William T. Orr production, ""Warner Bros. Presents"". The other two series were ""Casablanca"", another TV version of a renowned movie (featuring Charles McGraw in Humphrey Bogart's role), and ""Cheyenne"", starring Clint Walker, a Western later produced by Roy Huggins that went on to its own time slot for several years until it started rotating with ""Bronco"", another Warner Bros. Western. At the conclusion of each episode of ""Warner Bros."
"dozens of other television shows and did several crossovers with other western series as Johnny McKay, including ""Maverick"", in the 1961 episode ""Hadley's Hunters,"" featuring Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, along with a host of characters from other Warner Brothers. westerns, including ""Cheyenne"" (Clint Walker), ""Bronco"" (Ty Hardin), and ""Sugarfoot"" (Will Hutchins). In the ""Cheyenne"" episode ""Renegades"" (1958), Brown at twenty-two was cast as 17-year-old Jed Wayne, who enlists in the United States Army after his father is killed in an attack by Comanche renegades. Olive Sturgess played Kathy Donovan, who takes an interest in young Wayne and is the"
"to successfully pursue a film career. Kelly also played Bret and Bart's uncle, Bentley Maverick, in the 1959 episode ""Pappy"". Though very popular, Garner quit over a contract dispute with the studio after the series' third year in order to graduate to a much anticipated movie career, and was replaced by Roger Moore as cousin Beau, nephew of Beau ""Pappy"" Maverick. It is unclear if Beau was supposed to be the son of Bret and Bart's uncle Bentley. Sean Connery turned down the role, but accepted a free trip to America; the following decade, Moore would replace Connery as James"
"financial adviser Irving Leonard, who advised Clint Eastwood in the late 1950s and 1960s. After several feature film roles, including ""Sayonara"" with Marlon Brando, Garner got his big break playing the role of professional gambler Bret Maverick in the Western series ""Maverick"" from 1957-1960. Only Garner and series creator Roy Huggins thought ""Maverick"" could compete with ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" and ""The Steve Allen Show"". The show almost immediately made Garner a household name. Garner was the lone star of ""Maverick"" for the first seven episodes, but production demands forced the studio, Warner Brothers (Warners), to create a Maverick brother,"
"Maverick (film) Maverick is a 1994 American western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by William Goldman. Based on the 1950s television series of the same name created by Roy Huggins, the film stars Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, a card player and con artist collecting money to enter a high-stakes poker game. He is joined in his adventure by Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster), another con artist, and lawman Marshall Zane Cooper (James Garner). The supporting cast features Graham Greene, James Coburn, Alfred Molina and a large number of cameo appearances by Western film actors, country music stars"
"Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, David Carradine as ""Kung Fu""'s Caine, Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford from The Rifleman, Brian Keith as The Westerner, James Drury and Doug McClure from ""The Virginian"", Paul Brinegar from ""Rawhide"", and Reba McEntire as Burgundy Jones. The characters are attending a poker game said to be in honor of ""the late Mr. Paladin"" from ""Have Gun - Will Travel"" (the actor who played him, Richard Boone, had died in 1981). The game was played at the hotel at which Paladin lived. The"
"from earlier seasons starring the popular Garner during the series' fifth and final season. Colbert, whose only two episodes as Brent Maverick were entitled ""The Forbidden City"" and ""Benefit of the Doubt,"" had never received enough screen time to see if he could have eventually succeeded in bolstering the ratings. Before Roger Moore, who played Bart's cousin Beau Maverick, left ""Maverick"" during the same season in which Colbert appeared, the studio shot numerous publicity photographs of Colbert, Kelly and Moore cavorting in costume together that are readily accessible on Google Images; the rights to many of the pictures are currently"
"Robert Colbert Robert Colbert (born July 26, 1931) is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series ""The Time Tunnel"" and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western, ""Maverick"" starring James Garner, Jack Kelly and Roger Moore. Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Pacific island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Station KSBK-AM in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special"
"Peter Breck Joseph Peter Breck (March 13, 1929 – February 6, 2012) was an American character actor. The rugged, dark-haired Breck played the gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday on the ABC/Warner Bros. television series ""Maverick"" but is best known for his role as Victoria Barkley's (Barbara Stanwyck) hot-tempered, middle son Nick in the 1960s ABC/Four Star Western, ""The Big Valley"". Breck was also the leading man in an earlier ABC/Four Star Western television series entitled ""Black Saddle"". Joseph John Peter Breck was born in Rochester, New York. He grew up living with his grandparents in Haverhill, Massachusetts, because they felt"
"as black-clad gunfighter in a 1961 episode, ""Last Stop: Oblivion"", of the ABC/WB western series, ""Maverick"" with Jack Kelly and fellow guest star Buddy Ebsen. Barry's voice in the television westerns sounded much like that of the character actor Dub Taylor. About this time, he also guest starred on two other ABC/WB dramas, ""Bourbon Street Beat"" and ""The Roaring 20s"". He appeared as well in the syndicated crime drama, ""U.S. Marshal"", starring John Bromfield, and the NBC education drama series, ""Mr. Novak"", starring James Franciscus. Barry continued making Westerns as part of the ensemble casts of A.C. Lyles Paramount second"
"Bret Maverick Bret Maverick is an American Western NBC television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series created by Roy Huggins and entitled ""Maverick"": a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch (The Lazy Ace) and is co-owner of the town's saloon (The Red Ox). However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con"
"confusion with Bret Maverick in ""Maverick"", which debuted in 1957. For the 1958-1959 season, the series alternated weeks with the ""Lux Playhouse"". Guest stars included the child actress Beverly Washburn, later on ""The New Loretta Young Show"", who appeared in ""The Closed Door"" (1953) and ""One Left Over"" (1957). Child actor Michael Winkelman, later of ""The Real McCoys"", also appeared twice, as Joey Harlow in the 1955 episode ""Fast Break"" and as Jimmy Quinlin in the 1956 segment ""Weapon of Courage."" Phyllis Avery appeared six times, including the episodes ""The Girl Who Scared Men Off"" and ""Bluebeard's Seventh Wife"". Walter"
"the ceremony. On April 22, 2014, Warner Bros. released ""Bret Maverick: The Complete Series"" on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time, via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the United States. The series has reaired on Encore Westerns since fall 2008. Bret Maverick Bret Maverick is an American Western NBC television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series created by Roy Huggins and entitled ""Maverick"": a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the"