James Garner, Stuart Margolin, and The Rockford Files

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson · Aug 3, 2026 · 18m

TVC 744.5: Christopher Martini, director of the forthcoming documentary Everybody's Angel: The Stuart Margolin Story, talks to Ed about why James Garner was the important person in Stuart's life; how their long association began after Jim discovered Stuart performing in one of the blackout sketches on Love, American Style, which led him to cast Stuart in Nichols (and, later, in The Rockford Files); and the many ways in which Garner mentored Stuart, both in front of and behind the camera. If you're a fan of Stuart Margolin and would like to contribute to the crowdsourcing campaign to help…