Tag Archives: James Garner

How quiet scenes help make ‘The Great Escape’ so thrilling

Posted on December 28, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett John Sturges’s terrific prisoner-of-war adventure ‘The Great Escape’ is an annual treat around this time of year and remained great entertainment when I watched it on BBC-TV for the enth time. Elmer Bernstein’s splendid score was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Film, Memory Lane, Recalling ... | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on How quiet scenes help make ‘The Great Escape’ so thrilling

Stuart Margolin and James Garner: ‘a perfect friendship’

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett Stuart Margolin, born on this day in 1940, was one of the great screen sidekicks working regularly with James Garner. Traditionally, in film and on TV, there have been two kinds of heroes – loners and those … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Interviews, Memory Lane, Music, News, Recalling ..., Television | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Stuart Margolin and James Garner: ‘a perfect friendship’

Recalling ‘Lou Grant’ star Ed Asner 

Posted on August 30, 2021 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON: Ed Asner, who died aged 91 on Aug. 29, had a very long and successful acting career on television but he told me he couldn’t get arrested for the big screen.  ‘I have run into downright … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Memory Lane, Recalling ..., Television | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Recalling ‘Lou Grant’ star Ed Asner 

Jack Elam on westerns, auditing, acting … and that fly

Posted on November 13, 2020 by admin

By Ray Bennett With his blind left eye, American character actor Jack Elam, who was born 100 years ago today, made a perfect villain in hundreds of TV shows and feature films but he told me he was a better … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Memory Lane | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Jack Elam on westerns, auditing, acting … and that fly

So long, Gentleman Jim Garner …

Posted on July 20, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett Three times I interviewed James Garner, who has died aged 86, once in a long phone call and twice on set in Hollywood, and each time it was because he agreed to talk about someone else.

Posted in Film, Interviews, News, Television | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on So long, Gentleman Jim Garner …