Editing James Garner (section)

====''Sunset'' (1988)====
Garner played [[Wyatt Earp]] (whom he physically resembled) in two very different movies shot 21 years apart, [[John Sturges]]'s ''[[Hour of the Gun]]'' in 1967 and [[Blake Edwards]]'s ''[[Sunset (1988 film)|Sunset]]'' in 1988. The first film was a realistic depiction of the [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral|O.K. Corral shootout]] and its aftermath, while the second centered around a comedic fictional adventure shared by Earp and silent movie cowboy star [[Tom Mix]]. Earp had actually worked as a consultant for Western films during the [[silent film]] era toward the end of his life. The movie features [[Bruce Willis]] as Mix in only his second movie role. Although Willis was billed over Garner, the film actually gave more screen time and emphasis to Earp.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

For the second half of the 1980s, Garner also appeared in several of the North American market [[Mazda]] television commercials as an on-screen spokesman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-10-fi-2280-story.html|title=Mazda Drops Garner to Try New Route in Commercials|last=Horovitz|first=Bruce|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 10, 1989|access-date=July 22, 2014}} "four-year stint as a spokesman for Mazda... contract expires in March" (i.e. March 1985–89)</ref>