The Rockford Files

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Emmy® winner James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.

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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials March 1974 April 1999 12
Season 1 September 1974 March 1975 23
Season 2 September 1975 March 1976 22
Season 3 September 1976 April 1977 22
Season 4 September 1977 February 1978 22
Season 5 September 1978 April 1979 22
Season 6 September 1979 January 1980 12
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 March 1974 March 1975 25
Unassigned Episodes 110
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 135
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Stephen J. Cannell 43 03/27/1974 - 11/23/1979
Juanita Bartlett 32 09/20/1974 - 11/30/1979
William Wiard 25 01/17/1975 - 11/23/1979
David Chase 15 10/01/1976 - 11/09/1979
Lawrence Doheny 12 11/01/1974 - 12/17/1976
Ivan Dixon 8 10/31/1975 - 01/12/1979
Jackie Cooper 8 01/03/1975 - 02/13/1976
Jerry London 8 10/11/1974 - 01/28/1977
Reza Badiyi 7 02/11/1977 - 04/13/1979
Russ Mayberry 7 09/27/1974 - 12/02/1977
Meta Rosenberg 6 01/23/1976 - 12/08/1978
Lou Antonio 5 09/13/1974 - 03/12/1976
Stuart Margolin 4 12/06/1974 - 04/01/1977
Chas. Floyd Johnson 3 10/10/1975 - 02/11/1977
Corey Allen 3 11/03/1978 - 11/30/1979
Jeannot Szwarc 3 11/21/1975 - 02/25/1977
Lester William Berke 3 03/19/1976 - 01/10/1980
Bernard L. Kowalski 2 10/18/1974
Dana Elcar 2 01/06/1978
Harry Falk 2 01/13/1978 - 02/10/1978
Alex Grasshoff 2 10/04/1974 - 11/15/1974
Hy Averback 2 02/24/1978
John Patterson 2 11/09/1979 - 11/16/1979
James Garner 2 12/19/1975
Bruce Kessler 1 12/10/1976
Donald Gold 1 10/15/1976
Don L. Gold 1 01/10/1980
Vincent McEveety 1 10/25/1974
Calvin Kelly 1 09/16/1977
Alexander Singer 1 12/09/1977
Michael Schultz 1 09/20/1974
Bernard McEveety 1 01/26/1979
Leroy Robinson 1 02/25/1977
Winrich Kolbe 1 01/10/1980
Booker Bradshaw 1 09/16/1977
Michael Wagner 1 01/12/1979
Joseph Pevney 1 12/07/1979
Richard T. Heffron 1 03/27/1974
Ted Harris 1 02/11/1977
Christian I. Nyby II 1 12/24/1976
Bernard Rollins 1 02/25/1977
Richard Crenna 1 01/20/1978
James Coburn 1 11/18/1977
Mann Rubin 1 01/12/1979
Charles S. Dubin 1 11/08/1974
Burt Prelutsky 1 11/04/1977
Dorothy J. Bailey 1 03/12/1976
Name Number of Episodes Dates
John Thomas James 16 09/13/1974 - 02/14/1975
Gordon Dawson 9 11/29/1975 - 01/26/1979
Edward J. Lakso 4 01/03/1975 - 02/13/1976
Rudolph Borchert 4 02/07/1975 - 04/13/1979
Don Carlos Dunaway 4 09/26/1975 - 11/12/1976
Rogers Turrentine 2 01/12/1979 - 02/24/1979
James S. Crocker 2 11/04/1977 - 01/13/1978
Zekial Marko 2 02/14/1975
William R. Stratton 2 11/25/1977 - 12/09/1977
David C. Taylor 2 02/25/1977 - 04/01/1977
Walter Dallenbach 2 01/30/1976 - 12/10/1976
Leigh Brackett 1 02/21/1975
Jo Swerling Jr. 1 10/25/1974
Mitchell Lindemann 1 03/07/1975
Jo Swerling 1 01/17/1975
Robert Hamner 1 10/25/1974
Charles Sailor 1 02/28/1975
Eric Kalder 1 02/28/1975
Roy Huggins 1 02/10/1979
Howard Berk 1 01/24/1975
Shel Willens 1 12/07/1979
Donald L. Gold 1 03/19/1976
Gloryette Clark 1 11/15/1974

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