Series Description
The Maverick TV show was a 60 minute western action series with a touch of comedy that aired on ABC. It was about Brett, Bart and Beau Maverick, three "Fancy Pants" gamblers who roamed from town to town looking for poker games. As is typical of gamblers, they made enemies when they won and had to get out of a lot of tough situations.
Maverick Cast
James Garner .... Bret Maverick
Jack Kelly .... Bart Maverick
Roger Moore .... Beau Maverick
Maverick Trivia
James Garner was the son of an Oklahoma carpet layer. He dropped out of high school at 16 to join the merchant marine. He received the purple heart after being wounded during the Korean War. During his career he has won one Emmy and three Golden Globes. He was nominated for several other awards including an Oscar in 1986 for Best Actor in "Murphy's Romance". His real name is James Scott Bumgarner.
Jack Kelly had acted in four Broadway plays by the time he was 11 years old and posed for a soap company when he was only two weeks old and he had roles in four plays on Broadway by age 11! He invested a lot of his salary from the show into real estate and made a fortune from those investments. He also served on the Huntington Beach city council from 1980-1988 and from 1990 until his death in 1992. His campaign slogan was "Let Maverick Solve Your Problems".
In episode #17, "Rope of Cards", a game called "Maverick Solitare" was featured. Within a few days, nearly every store in the country was sold out of playing cards!
Jack Kelly appeared in 75 episodes, James Garner in 52, and Roger Moore in only 15.
The club that Maverick visits in episode #33, "Escape To Tampico", was originally the set of "Rick's Cafe" from the movie "Casablanca"!
Season 1
299.0M
Season 2
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