Jay Garner

Jay Garner

Born: January 17, 1929
Died: January 21, 2011
in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA
Jay Garner (January 17, 1929 – January 21, 2011), born James H. Garner Jr., was an American actor.

Television audiences know him as Admiral Asimov in the second season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and as lecherous food critic Jason Defarge in Three's Company.

Movies for Jay Garner...

Kurdish Factor
Title: Kurdish Factor
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Democratic, pro-Western Iraqi Kurds are forward thinking, sensitive to women's rights, effective in the fight against ISIS and an important role in the 2 Gulf Wars. They stand on the threshold of an independent state and are a vital component in the establishment of long-term peace in the region.
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Hanky Panky
Title: Hanky Panky
Character: Buck
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
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Mae West
Title: Mae West
Character: Archie Mayo
Released: May 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
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Working
Title: Working
Character: Corporate Executive
Released: April 13, 1982
Type: Movie
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.
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Pennies from Heaven
Title: Pennies from Heaven
Character: The Banker
Released: December 11, 1981
Type: Movie
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
Title: F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character: Mayor
Released: May 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.
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Title: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Character: Admiral Efram Asimov
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: TV
20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.
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Title: Three's Company
Character: Jason Defarge
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper.
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Silent Night, Bloody Night
Title: Silent Night, Bloody Night
Character: Dr. Robinson
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
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Between Time and Timbuktu
Title: Between Time and Timbuktu
Character: President Rosewater
Released: March 13, 1972
Type: Movie
A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of whom finds himself in a bizarre situations on a different world. (These scenarios are all derived from the novels and short stories of 'Kurt Vonnegut Jr.', including Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monkey House, 'Harrison Bergeron', and 'Happy Birthday, Wanda June'
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Paradise Lost
Title: Paradise Lost
Character: Mr. May
Released: February 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.