American acting favorite James Garner signed on to portray American Formula 1 driver Pete Aron in director John Frankenhiemer’s landmark film about F1, Grand Prix, filmed during the 1965 F1 ...

Emmy-winning actor James Garner ... spectacles (“Grand Prix”) and, yes, more Westerns (“Support Your Local Sheriff!”). SEE50 Greatest Male TV Stars Ever, Ranked When Garner did return ...

James Garner’s movie and television acting ... his portrayal of Formula One driver Pete Aron in the 1966 epic movie “Grand Prix.” He was an American car cowboy racing on some of the great ...

In “Grand Prix,” the 1966 movie during which James Garner was first bitten by the auto racing bug, Garner’s character Pete Aron ignores the move-over flag at the Monaco Grand Prix touching ...

Courtesy of MGM James Garner gets fitted for one sweet ride in the movie A friendship with "Grand Prix" cast members Bondurant and Dick Guldstrand lead to the creation of Garner’s race team ...

Famous for his Maverick Western series in the 1950s and The Rockford Files in the ’70s, and in movies like The Great Escape and Grand Prix in between, James Garner played amiable, independent ...