"The Rockford Files" TV show (incomplete list).
The chief asset of this particular TV show, was leading man James Garner. He was the ideal choice for L.A. private eye Jim Rockford. There are many classic episodes!
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- CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Jesse WellesAn insurance company hires Rockford to locate a missing woman who is due an inheritance. He finds her in Las Vegas where she is an unwitting pawn in a money laundering operation.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Neva PattersonA race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend of Jim's, thinks was no accident. It turns out he was part of an insurance scam outfit and they soon have a similar plan for Rockford.
- DirectorLawrence DohenyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Edith AtwaterJim investigates the death of a Rookie Police Officer on behalf the mother, a good friend of Rocky's..
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosCharlie Harris, Rockford's former cell mate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and is on the run. He calls on Rockford to find his alibi witness, a mystery woman with whom he was having an affair.
- DirectorJackie CooperStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Hector ElizondoHIred by Mitch, a photographer friend, Jim must travel to Seattle find a missing model who stands accused of shooting a gang member.
- DirectorJackie CooperStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Stuart MargolinJim's hired by someone he knew inside, to track down his former girlfriend, who's stolen something of his.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.
- DirectorJackie CooperStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Lindsay WagnerJim's old friend Sara Butler hires him to find out the real reason her employee Aura Lee Benton died. The police believe it was a drug overdose but Sara is convinced she was murdered.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG8.4 (337)TV EpisodeDirectorLawrence DohenyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Ned BeattyRockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG8.4 (373)TV EpisodeDirectorLawrence DohenyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Ned BeattyJim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG7.9 (367)TV EpisodeDirectorStuart MargolinStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Shelley FabaresWhen knowledge of a critically ill convict's hidden fortune comes to light, Rockford becomes involved in helping the con's wife find the treasure before his former partner arrives and demands his share.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Lee PurcellRockford ends up in the Nevada desert (starting with the bright lights of Las Vegas) searching for a rich guy's mistress and her suitcase of precious "documents."
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Lynnette MetteyJim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Corps payroll. The mastermind of the crime and his henchman follow her as well. They search for the remaining robber who wound up with the loot.
- DirectorLawrence DohenyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joan Van ArkRockford is hired by a secretive woman who refuses to tell him anything about herself, and gives him an unusual task - to simply find her. Soon, Jim is embroiled in the mysterious woman's life, including the mobster who is after her.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Jill ClayburghA life insurance investigation becomes more complicated than first appeared when Jim believes the insuree is still alive.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joseph CottenJim travels to Newark, and draws the attention of organized crime and the FBI. The FBI is protecting Jim's target because he is a former federal witness. The target is found dead, and Jim's client has some explaining to do.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Sian Barbara AllenJim is hired by a newspaper woman to find her missing friend, who then insists on tagging along to "help" his investigation. The missing friend had a sordid past, and several of her old friends want to find her just as badly.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Corinne CamachoJim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Susan StrasbergJim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the blackmailer's murder.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Gretchen CorbettJim is hired by Beth Davenport to help clear her female client accused of murdering her husband.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Julie SommarsA wealthy but unlikeable young man hires Jim to solve the mystery of the death of his parents - the crime for which he stands accused.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsJames GarnerLindsay WagnerWilliam SmithJim helps a woman whose father was murdered, after LAPD abandoned the case.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG7.6 (318)TV EpisodeDirectorLou AntonioStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosAaron Ironwood, a childhood friend of Jim's, comes to town with a business deal that is just too good to be true. Jim finally agrees to the deal as he thinks Aaron might be in some kind of trouble. He is - with both the FBI and the mob.
- DirectorStephen J. CannellStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim's Malibu neighbourhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosA fellow inmate (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison is released after serving twenty years, and needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.
- 1974–19801hTV-PG8.9 (395)TV EpisodeDirectorStephen J. CannellStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosHandsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
- DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.
- DirectorMeta RosenbergStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosAfter being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
- DirectorMeta RosenbergStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosDave Delaroux, a smarmy client of Beth's, hires Jim to check on his company. Jim doesn't want to do it, partly because it's not his kind of job, and partly because Beth is attracted to him.
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.
- 1974–19801h 35mTV-PG8.7 (336)TV EpisodeDirectorHy AverbackStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosWhen a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.
- 1974–19801h 35mTV-PG8.7 (324)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosRichie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
- DirectorLawrence DohenyStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosRockford takes a dislike to the small town he's visiting when a bogus repair bill is followed by phony criminal charges. Aided by his father and attorney, Rockford takes on the hamlet's corrupt mayor, sheriff and prosecuting attorney.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG8.4 (284)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
- 1974–198050mTV-PG8.5 (309)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosHelping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.
- 1974–19801hTV-PG8.5 (296)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry LondonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosWhen several of Jim's fellow P.I.s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosIn this exciting conclusion to this two-part episode, the mob boss continues to hunt for Rocky, while Rockford teams up with the police to solve the trucking case, which is speeding towards disaster.
- DirectorMeta RosenbergStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosAfter witnessing a mob payoff that is part of a big-rig hijacking scheme, Rockford's father becomes the target of assassins. Working to protect his dad, Rockford learns that the man's life contains secrets that he never imagined.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosChristine Dusseau, a female private eye, first blindsides Rockford, then joins him in tracking down the murderer in a case the police have dismissed as a suicide.
- 1974–19801h 36mTV-PG7.8 (296)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam WiardStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosJim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
- DirectorChristian I. Nyby IIStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosBeth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
- DirectorRichard CrennaStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosA prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsJames GarnerJoanna CassidyJoe SantosThe famed P.I. works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
- DirectorDavid ChaseStarsJames GarnerKathryn HarroldJoe SantosJim Rockford runs across an old flame, only to find that her cousin and his connections to the Russian Mob will put them all in great danger.
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsJames GarnerRita MorenoJoe SantosJim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsJames GarnerMarcia StrassmanJoe SantosA friend of Jim's seeks his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with a mafioso, Jim must do what it takes to put both her soul and her son's to rest himself.
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsJames GarnerDamian ChapaJoe SantosJim Rockford tries to help his friend's son rise out of poverty and homelessness, but soon discovers the young man's problems are far more complicated than he imagined.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsJames GarnerDyan CannonJoe SantosWhen Jim is arrested in the death of a rival private investigator, it is left to Jim to prove his own innocence, with the help of Jess Wilding, an old friend of Rocky's, which Jim never knew about.
- DirectorRobert NuñezStarsJames Garner