Jim Rockford
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Jim Rockford is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 on the television series The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show stars James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and features Noah...

. The character, played by James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...

, is a struggling private investigator
Private investigator
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 operating in Los Angeles
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.

Unlike many other fictional "private eyes", he is a former convict, albeit one who was falsely imprisoned (and pardon
Pardon
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ed). During the series, it is also revealed that because of Sgt./Private Rockford's actions in Korea, he was awarded a Silver Star
Silver Star
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 while serving in the Korean War
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 with the 24th Infantry Division (United States).

He was never married, but dated many women during the course of The Rockford Files (with most relationships not lasting longer than a single episode), most notably his lawyer, Beth Davenport, whom he was said to have dated seriously before the series began. He maintains a close relationship with his father "Rocky", and his closest friend is LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
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 Sgt. Dennis Becker (who also serves as his LAPD contact); in addition, he has a large group of colorful friends. He enjoys fishing, and would rather spend time doing that than working. He often describes himself as "chicken" though often his actions speak otherwise. He lives in a battered mobile home
Mobile home
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 on the beach in Malibu, California and drives a second-generation Pontiac Firebird
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The detective story writer Stuart M. Kaminsky
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Stuart M. Kaminsky was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood; Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector; and veteran Chicago...

has written two books with Jim Rockford as the main character, entitled The Green Bottle and The Devil on My Doorstep.
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