Jay Garner

Jay Garner was born on Jan 17, 1929 in USA. Jay Garner's big-screen debut came with Silent Night, Bloody Night directed by Theodore Gershuny in 1972, strarring Dr. Robinson. Jay Garner is known for F.D.R.: The Last Year directed by Anthony Page, Jason Robards stars as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Laurinda Barrett as . The upcoming new movie Jay Garner plays is Hanky Panky which will be released on Jun 04, 1982.

A veteran character actor of stage and screen, James H. Garner, Jr. arrived on Broadway in 1969 only to find another James Garner already working. He changed his name to Jay Garner and in 1971 replaced Howard Da Silva in the Broadway production of "1776." He played in regional theaters around the country until the late 1990s. Garner worked in television and film in Los Angeles throughout the 1970s, leaving to return to Broadway in 1982. Garner, who was born in Sewanee, Tennessee, grew up in Chattanooga, graduating from the University of Tennessee. He later worked in radio and theater in Atlanta, and performed in a one-man show satirizing Georgia governor Lester Maddox, which led to his Broadway debut.