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Maverick

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Question: Help! Many years ago there was a TV program called Maverick, which was about two brothers, Bret and Bart. One was played by James Garner and the other by...? It's driving us nuts. Please try to help. I can see his face, but not his name. Thanks.


Answer: Don't get too down about it, Irwin. The late Jack Kelly, often called "the other Maverick" while the series was on the air, seemed destined to play second banana to one star or another throughout his entertainment career. But to his credit, he had as good an attitude about it as anyone in the business.

Kelly started off his career at the age of 2 weeks, modeling for an Ivory Soap ad. But his early acting years were spent in the shadow of older sister Nancy, who won Tony for the play The Bad Seed and an Oscar nomination for the movie  read full article

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Season 2, Episode 26
Take a trip back in time with the comic adventures of Maverick, winner of the 1959 Emmy for Best Western Series. James Garner stars as wisecracking ladies' man Bret Maverick who, along with his brother, Bart, shows how the West was won - in a card game!

Paid | Amazon Instant Video Aired: 3/29/1959

Season 2, Episode 26
Tracking a notorious outlaw, Bret decides to follow the man's wife, beautiful singer Jenny Hill, never imagining that he will fallin love with her.

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Season 2, Episode 25
Two men who once robbed Bart are on the loose again -- and robbing him again. But Bart notices a look or recognition between hislovely traveling companion and one of the outlaws.

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Season 2, Episode 24
Bret becomes suspicious when two gunmen try to frighten him into leaving Ten Strike, New Mexico. His curiousity aroused, Bret staysto uncover a bizarre plot involving murder, blackmail and a beautiful woman falsely accused of murder.

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Help! Many years ago there ...

Question: Help! Many years ago there was a TV program called Maverick, which was about two brothers, Bret and Bart. One was played by James Garner and the other by...? It's driving us nuts. Please try to help. I can see his face, but not his name. Thanks.Answer: Don't get too down about it, Irwin. The late Jack Kelly, often called "the other Maverick" while the series was on the air, seemed destined to play second banana to one star or another throughout his entertainment career. But to his credit, he had as good an attitude about it as anyone in the business. Kelly started off his career at the age of 2 weeks, modeling for an Ivory Soap ad. But his early acting years were spent in the shadow of older sister Nancy, who won Tony for the play The Bad Seed and an Oscar nomination for the movie read more

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Premiered: September 22, 1957, on ABC
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Premise: Two gambler brothers were the roguish antiheroes in this Emmy-winning tongue-in-cheek classic, which made James Garner a star. The genial `Maverick' broke the mold of traditional shoot-'em-ups, with siblings who would much rather draw cards than their guns. The series worked as a traditional Western, but the best episodes were those that spoofed contemporary shows like `Gunsmoke,' `Bonanza' and even `Dragnet.' Garner reprised the character 20 years later in the short-lived `Bret Maverick.'

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