The Rockford Files: Jim’s Beige Safari-style Fishing Jacket

James Garner as Jim Rockford in a promotional photo for The Rockford Files (1974-1980) Vitals James Garner as Jim Rockford, wisecracking private detective and ex-convict Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Summer 1974 Series: The Rockford Files Episodes: – “Backlash of the Hunter” (Pilot episode, dir. Richard T. Heffron, aired 3/27/1974) – “In Pursuit of Carol Thorne” (Episode 1.10, dir. Charles S. Dubin, aired 11/8/1974) Creator: Roy Huggins & Stephen J. Cannell Costume Designer: Charles Waldo Background Our first scene with James Garner’s titular Malibu-based private eye on The Rockford Files catches Jim Rockford after fishing with his father, Joseph “Rocky” Rockford (played by Robert Donley in the pilot, before he would be recast with Noah Beery Jr.). Rocky accompanies his son back to his trailer parked at Paradise Cove, where Jim’s lovely new prospective client Sara Butler (Lindsay Wagner) awaits him. Jim leads Sara into his “cheap, tax-deductible, earthquake-proof” office, where he…