Editing James Garner (section)

===1960s===
[[File:Hepburn Garner & MacLaine The Children's Hour Promo Still.jpg|right|thumb|upright|With [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]] in ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]'']]
After his acrimonious departure from Warner Bros. in 1960, Garner briefly found himself [[Blacklisting|graylisted]] by Warner until director [[William Wyler]] hired him for a starring role in ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]'' (1961) with [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]], a drama about two teachers surviving scandal started by a student. After that, the graylist was broken and Garner abruptly became one of the busiest leading men in cinema. In ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]'' (1962) with [[Kim Novak]] and [[Tony Randall]] and ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]'' (1963) with [[Doris Day]], he returned to comedy. Garner also starred opposite Day in ''[[Move Over, Darling]]'', a 1963 [[remake]] of 1940's ''[[My Favorite Wife]]'' in which Garner portrayed the role originally played by [[Cary Grant]]. (The remake had begun as ''[[Something's Got to Give]]'', but was recast and retitled after [[Marilyn Monroe]] died and [[Dean Martin]] chose to withdraw as a result.)

Next came the war dramas ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'' (1963) with [[Steve McQueen]], [[Paddy Chayefsky]]'s ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'' (1964) with [[Julie Andrews]], and [[Roald Dahl]]'s ''[[36 Hours (1964 film)|36 Hours]]'' (1965) with [[Eva Marie Saint]] (all three pictures are set in [[World War II]] and both the latter two films involve [[D-Day]]). In the smash hit ''The Great Escape'', Garner played the second lead for the only time during the decade, supporting fellow ex-TV series cowboy McQueen among a cast of British and American screen veterans including [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Donald Pleasence]], [[David McCallum]], [[James Coburn]], and [[Charles Bronson]] in a story depicting a mass escape from a German [[prisoner of war]] camp based on a [[The Great Escape (book)|true story]]. The film was released in the same month as ''The Thrill of It All'', giving Garner two hit films at the box office at the same time.
''The Americanization of Emily'', a literate [[anti-war film|antiwar]] [[D-Day]] comedy, featured a [[screenplay]] written by [[Paddy Chayefsky]] and remained Garner's favorite of all his work.<ref>[http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/JGarner/JGarner.html "Lowly Brother Amidst The Sisterhood"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200018/http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/JGarner/JGarner.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} ''Film Monthly'' (June 3, 2002); retrieved on June 2, 2008</ref><ref name=MurrayR-SAG-JG-LAA>Murray, Rebecca. Press Release: "James Garner Honored with the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award". [[Screen Actors Guild]] (January 29, 2005) Retrieved on June 2, 2008</ref> In 1963, exhibitors voted him the 16th most popular star in the US<ref>'Doris Day Heads Top 10' ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' (1959–1973) [Washington, D.C.] Jan 14, 1964: A27. Also 1965 Classic "36 Hours"</ref> and it was hoped that he might be a successor to [[Clark Gable]].<ref name=stars>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 15, 1968|page=1|last=Beaupre|first=Lee|title=Rising Skepticism On Stars}}</ref>  He also made ''[[Mister Buddwing]]'' (1966), a picture depicting a man suddenly suffering from amnesia while sitting on a bench in [[Central Park]].

[[File:James Garner and Katharine Ross in Mr. Buddwing.jpg|thumb|left|upright|With [[Katharine Ross]] in ''[[Mister Buddwing]]'' (1966)]]

{{anchor|Cherokee Productions}}
By October 1964, Garner had formed his own independent film production company, Cherokee Productions.<ref name="New York Times"/><ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.jgarf.org/about |website=James Garner Animal Rescue Fund |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=James Garner's Car Up for Charity Auction |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/01/17/2367913/0/en/James-Garner-s-Car-Up-for-Charity-Auction.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en |date=17 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.cherokeeproductions.com/page2 |website=Cherokee Productions |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cherokee Productions (Firm) |url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011035708 |website=[[WorldCat Identities]] |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419235759/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011035708/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cherokee Productions |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b944eeea2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419235758/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b944eeea2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on October 22, 1964 · 74|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382491287/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Newspapers.com|date=22 October 1964 |language=en  |quote=No Longer a Maverick: Wooing James Garner into an extended contract of any kind is difficult. Once burned, he dreads the fire, but if Metro has their way his Cherokee Productions will be making three films for the studio Garner's take $1,500,000. The first. "Caravans," with a locale in Afghanistan, involves a beautiful heiress and an adventurer. The studio admits they'll settle for this one if they can't tie up the package deal. }}</ref> He next starred in the Cherokee co-production,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Art of Love (1965) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18644-THE-ARTOFLOVE |website=[[AFI Catalog]] |access-date=19 April 2022}}<!-- https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=ProductionCompany&searchText=Cherokee --></ref> [[Norman Jewison]]'s romantic comedy ''[[The Art of Love (1965 film)|The Art of Love]]'' (1965) with [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Elke Sommer]]. The [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] ''[[Duel at Diablo]]'' (1966) with [[Sidney Poitier]] and ''[[Hour of the Gun]]'' (1967) with Garner as [[Wyatt Earp]] and [[Jason Robards Jr.]] as [[Doc Holliday]] followed, as well as the comedy ''[[A Man Could Get Killed]]'' (1966) with [[Melina Mercouri]] and [[Tony Franciosa]]. ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]'' (1966) with [[Eva Marie Saint]] and [[Yves Montand]], directed by [[John Frankenheimer]] and co-produced through Garner's Cherokee Productions, left Garner with a fascination for car racing that he often explored by actually racing during the ensuing years.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|title=James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> The expensive [[Cinerama]] epic by [[MGM]] did not fare as well as expected at the box office and, together with the poor performance of his last six films, he was blamed for the movie not doing better, which damaged Garner's theatrical film career.<ref name=stars/>

In 1969, despite opposition from some at MGM and having to plead his case, Garner played [[Raymond Chandler]]'s [[Philip Marlowe]] in ''[[Marlowe (1969 film)|Marlowe]]'',<ref name=stars/><ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|last1=McNamara|first1=Mary|title=James Garner dies; actor changed what a hero could be like|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-james-garner-appreciation-20140721-column.html|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> a [[neo-noir]] featuring an early extended kung fu scene with the martial artist and actor [[Bruce Lee]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gerstenzang|first1=Peter|title=James Garner's Five Best Sleeper Films|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-07-16/film/james-garner-movies|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Village Voice|date=July 21, 2014|archive-date=July 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722043501/http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-07-16/film/james-garner-movies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The same year, Garner scored a hit with the comedy Western ''[[Support Your Local Sheriff!]]'' with [[Walter Brennan]] and [[Jack Elam]].