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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Garner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Garner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Garner > Source revision: 1325942551 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actor (1926–2011)}} {{for|the Welsh footballer|Jack Garner (footballer)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jack Garner | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Jack Edward Bumgarner | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|9|19}} | birth_place = [Norman, Oklahoma](/source/Norman%2C_Oklahoma), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|9|13|1926|9|19}} | death_place = [Rancho Mirage, California](/source/Rancho_Mirage%2C_California), U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1971–2011 | relatives =[James Garner](/source/James_Garner) (brother) }} '''Jack Edward Garner''' (né '''Bumgarner'''; September 19, 1926 – September 13, 2011) was an American golf pro and part-time actor. He was the elder brother of [James Garner](/source/James_Garner).{{cite news|title=Jack Garner dies at 85 |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042851?refCatId=14 |work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |date=2011-09-14|accessdate=2011-09-28}}{{cite news|title=Jack Garner, entertainer, athlete, dies at age 84 |url=http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110922/OBITUARIES/109220301/Jack-Garner-entertainer-athlete-dies-age-84 |work=[The Desert Sun](/source/The_Desert_Sun) |date=2011-09-22 |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926022358/http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110922/OBITUARIES/109220301/Jack-Garner-entertainer-athlete-dies-age-84 |archive-date=September 26, 2011 }}{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Rieger|title=Jack Garner dies at age 84|url=http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1492495785/Jack-Garner-dies-at-age-84|work=[Norman Transcript](/source/Norman_Transcript)|date=2011-09-15|access-date=2011-09-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104060320/http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1492495785/Jack-Garner-dies-at-age-84|archive-date=2013-01-04}}{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title=James Garner's Actor Brother Dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-garner-brother-dies-237294 |work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |date=2011-09-19|accessdate=2011-09-28}} ==Early life and career== Garner was born in [Norman, Oklahoma](/source/Norman%2C_Oklahoma), the son of Mildred Scott (née Meek) and Weldon Warren "Bill" Bumgarner.{{cite news|title=Passings:Tom Wilson Sr., Jack Garner, Martha L. Willman |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/22/local/la-me-passings-20110922 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127141414/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/22/local/la-me-passings-20110922 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-28}} He was the second of three boys including actor [James Garner](/source/James_Garner) (youngest) and Charles Bumgarner (oldest). The family operated a [general store](/source/general_store) on Denver Corner in eastern Norman. The boys were sent to live with relatives after their mother died, while Garner's father remarried several times. Garner was a star athlete at Norman High School, playing on the state championship basketball team in 1945. He [pitched](/source/pitcher) for a [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball) team affiliated with the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates),.{{cite web |title=Jack Bumgarner Minor Leagues Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bumgar001joh |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 7, 2022}} then worked for several golf courses in Florida.Years later, brother James wrote about Jack's athletic abilities in his memoir: "At Norman High, he was a point guard on a championship basketball team and [quarterback](/source/quarterback)ed an all-state football team...But his best sport was baseball: Jack was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization for 11 years. He was a better athlete than I was and a lot more outgoing. I was always in his footsteps." Garner became a longtime member of the [Professional Golfers' Association](/source/Professional_Golfers'_Association_of_America), played competitively, and later became a [golf pro](/source/golf_pro), coaching at{{cite web |url=http://www.scpga.com/news/pga-mourns-loss-of-jack-garner/ |title=PGA mourns loss of Jack Garner |publisher=Official Website of the PGA of Southern California |date=2011-09-26 |access-date=2014-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727174026/http://www.scpga.com/news/pga-mourns-loss-of-jack-garner/ |archive-date=2014-07-27 }} Oakmont Country Club in [Glendale, California](/source/Glendale%2C_California), and elsewhere. Garner taught [Dan Aykroyd](/source/Dan_Aykroyd), co-star with James in the 1996 film ''[My Fellow Americans](/source/My_Fellow_Americans)'', to properly swing a golf club for a scene in the movie. ==Acting== Jack and James eventually moved to [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) to reconnect with their father, who had relocated to [southern California](/source/southern_California). Both changed their names to Garner after the move west. The third brother, Charles Bumgarner, who died in 1984 at the age of 60, remained in Norman and became a school administrator. Jack Garner entertained as the lead singer for the Coconut Grove [nightclub](/source/nightclub), located in the now defunct Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles early in his career. Garner began acting in television during the late 1960s. His roles included guest appearances on ''[Love, American Style](/source/Love%2C_American_Style)''; ''[The Bionic Woman](/source/The_Bionic_Woman)''; ''[The Doris Day Show](/source/The_Doris_Day_Show)''; ''[Daniel Boone](/source/Daniel_Boone_(1964_TV_series))''; ''[The Green Hornet](/source/The_Green_Hornet_(TV_series))''; ''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)''; ''[Medical Center](/source/Medical_Center_(TV_series))'' and ''[Murder, She Wrote](/source/Murder%2C_She_Wrote)''. He appeared in ''[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)'' in more than twenty episodes of the show, usually in bit roles, though he assumed the recurring supporting role of the indecisive, fence-sitting Captain McEnroe in the show's final season. Garner later appeared in ''[Bret Maverick](/source/Bret_Maverick)'' portraying Jack the Bartender from 1981 to 1982. Garner reprised his ''Rockford Files'' role of McEnroe in a series of television movies based on the series from 1996 to 1999. Garner's film roles included ''[Wild Rovers](/source/Wild_Rovers)'' in 1971, ''[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(film))'' in 1994, ''[My Fellow Americans](/source/My_Fellow_Americans)'' in 1996 and ''[Sunset](/source/Sunset_(1988_film))'' in 1988. ==Death== Garner suffered a fall in September 2011, which resulted in a broken hip. Doctors determined that his heart was not strong enough to withstand surgery to repair the hip so Garner was transferred to a facility for long-term care. However, his condition suddenly worsened within one week. Garner died at a [hospice](/source/hospice) in [Rancho Mirage, California](/source/Rancho_Mirage%2C_California), near his home in [Palm Desert](/source/Palm_Desert%2C_California), on September 13, 2011, six days shy of his 85th birthday. He was survived by his former wife, Betty Bumgarner; his daughter, Liz Bumgarner, and son-in-law, Don Dykstra (they have no children); and younger brother, James Garner. His memorial service was held at the Wiefels Mortuary in [Palm Springs, California](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California). == Selected filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971 |''[Wild Rovers](/source/Wild_Rovers)'' |Cap Swalling | |- |1988 |''[Sunset](/source/Sunset_(1988_film))'' |Cowboy Henry | |- |1996 |''[My Fellow Americans](/source/My_Fellow_Americans)'' |President Haney's Caddy | |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ TV |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971–1972 |''[Nichols](/source/Nichols_(TV_series))'' |Van Vechyen |2 episodes |- |1974 |''[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)'' |Capt. McEnroe, Sheriff Delbert Bassett, various other supporting roles |Credited and uncredited |- |1974 |''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'' |Gambler |1 episode (Propinquity) |- |1981–1982 |''[Bret Maverick](/source/Bret_Maverick)'' |Jack the bartender |All 18 episodes of the show{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=Bret+Maverick+%22Jack+Garner%22&pg=PA181 |language=en}} |- |1991 |''[Man of the People](/source/Man_of_the_People_(TV_series))'' |Bernie |2 episodes |- |1995 |''[Streets of Laredo](/source/Streets_of_Laredo_(miniseries))'' |Old Waiter in Café | |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb Name|307715}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Jack}} Category:1926 births Category:2011 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:Minor league baseball players Category:Hornell Maples players Category:Bartlesville Oilers players Category:Leesburg Pirates players Category:Uniontown Coal Barons players Category:Albany Senators players Category:Waco Pirates players Category:Texarkana Bears players Category:Decatur Commodores players Category:Port Arthur Sea Hawks players Category:People from Norman, Oklahoma Category:Male actors from Palm Desert, California Category:Accidental deaths from falls in the United States Category:Accidental deaths in California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack Garner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Garner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Garner?action=history)). 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