Actor -- via Variety. One of TV's acting icons for his roles in series such as "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files," he also did outstanding work, comedic and dramatic, in films and TV works such as "The Great Escape," "The Americanization of Emily," "Support Your Local Sheriff!", "Skin Game," "Victor/Victoria," "My Name is Bill W." and others. A quintessential American leading man who combined an easy, underplayed acting style with likability, self-deprecating humor and a hint of melancholy seriousness. As has been said of leading men before -- if you were a woman, you wanted to sleep with him; if you were a man, you wanted to buy him a beer. One of the best.
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