List of The Rockford Files episodes

The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery, Jr., in the supporting role of his father, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky".

The series debuted with a made-for-TV movie simply titled The Rockford Files. During the series run, there were a number of two-part episodes, as well as long (90 or 120 minutes) episodes that were split into two parts for syndication (and on later DVD releases). Filming stopped in the middle of the sixth season (1979-1980), on the advice of star James Garner's doctor. Garner, who had filmed many of his own stunts, injured his back and knees.

In the 1990s, Rockford returned to the air in a series of eight TV movies on CBS.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	23	September 13, 1974	March 7, 1975
	2	22	September 12, 1975	March 19, 1976
	3	22	September 24, 1976	April 1, 1977
	4	22	September 16, 1977	February 24, 1978
	5	22	September 22, 1978	April 13, 1979
	6	12	September 28, 1979	January 10, 1980

Episodes

TV movie pilot

James Garner (as Jim Rockford), Joe Santos (as Dennis Becker), and Stuart Margolin (as Angel Martin) all debut in their series roles. Also featured is Robert Donley as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, a role that would be recast in the subsequent series.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"The Rockford Files" syndicated version retitled "Backlash of the Hunter"	Richard T. Heffron	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: John Thomas James	March 27, 1974 (1974-03-27)
A young woman (played by Lindsay Wagner) hires Jim Rockford (played by James Garner) to investigate her father's death.

Season 1 (1974-1975)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Kirkoff Case"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 13, 1974 (1974-09-13)
2	2	"The Dark and Bloody Ground"	Michael Schultz	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 20, 1974 (1974-09-20)
3	3	"The Countess"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 27, 1974 (1974-09-27)
4	4	"Exit Prentiss Carr"	Alex Grasshoff	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 4, 1974 (1974-10-04)
5	5	"Tall Woman in Red Wagon"	Jerry London	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 11, 1974 (1974-10-11)
6 7	6 7	"This Case Is Closed"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 18, 1974 (1974-10-18)
8	8	"The Big Ripoff"	Vincent McEveety	Teleplay: Robert Hamner Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 25, 1974 (1974-10-25)
9	9	"Find Me If You Can"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	November 1, 1974 (1974-11-01)
10	10	"In Pursuit of Carol Thorne"	Charles S. Dubin	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	November 8, 1974 (1974-11-08)
11	11	"The Dexter Crisis"	Alex Grasshoff	Gloryette Clark	November 15, 1974 (1974-11-15)
12	12	"Caledonia -- It's Worth a Fortune"	Stuart Margolin (Angel Martin)	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 6, 1974 (1974-12-06)
13	13	"Profit and Loss, "Profit" : Part 1"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 20, 1974 (1974-12-20)
14	14	"Profit and Loss, "Loss" : Part 2"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 27, 1974 (1974-12-27)
15	15	"Aura Lee, Farewell"	Jackie Cooper	Teleplay: Edward J. Lakso Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	January 3, 1975 (1975-01-03)
16	16	"Sleight of Hand"	William Wiard	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell and Jo Swerling Jr. Based on the novel "Thin Air" by: Howard Browne	January 17, 1975 (1975-01-17)
17	17	"Counter Gambit"	Jackie Cooper	Howard Berk and Juanita Bartlett	January 24, 1975 (1975-01-24)
18	18	"Claire"	William Wiard	Edward J. Lakso and Stephen J. Cannell	January 31, 1975 (1975-01-31)
19	19	"Say Goodbye to Jennifer"	Jackie Cooper	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett and Rudolph Borchert Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	February 7, 1975 (1975-02-07)
20	20	"Charlie Harris at Large"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Zekial Marko Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	February 14, 1975 (1975-02-14)
21	21	"The Four Pound Brick"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Leigh Brackett and Juanita Bartlett Story: Leigh Brackett	February 21, 1975 (1975-02-21)
22	22	"Just by Accident"	Jerry London	Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor	February 28, 1975 (1975-02-28)
23	23	"Roundabout"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay: Mitchell Lindemann and Edward J. Lakso Story: Michell Lindemann	March 7, 1975 (1975-03-07)

Season 2 (1975-1976)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
24	1	"The Aaron Ironwood School of Success"	Lou Antonio	Stephen J. Cannell	September 12, 1975 (1975-09-12)
25	2	"The Farnsworth Stratagem"	Lawrence Doheny	Juanita Bartlett	September 19, 1975 (1975-09-19)
26	3	"Gearjammers: Part 1"	William Wiard	Teleplay: Don Carlos Dunaway Story: Stephen J. Cannell	September 26, 1975 (1975-09-26)
27	4	"Gearjammers: Part 2"	William Wiard	Teleplay: Don Carlos Dunaway Story: Stephen J. Cannell	October 3, 1975 (1975-10-03)
28	5	"The Deep Blue Sleep"	William Wiard	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Chas. Floyd Johnson	October 10, 1975 (1975-10-10)
29	6	"The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company"	Lawrence Doheny	Juanita Bartlett	October 17, 1975 (1975-10-17)
30	7	"The Real Easy Red Dog"	Ivan Dixon	Stephen J. Cannell	October 31, 1975 (1975-10-31)
31	8	"Resurrection in Black and White"	Russ Mayberry	Juanita Bartlett and Stephen J. Cannell	November 7, 1975 (1975-11-07)
32	9	"Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken"	Lawrence Doheny	Stephen J. Cannell	November 14, 1975 (1975-11-14)
33	10	"2 Into 5.56 Won't Go"	Jeannot Szwarc	Stephen J. Cannell	November 21, 1975 (1975-11-21)
34	11	"Pastoria Prime Pick"	Lawrence Doheny	Gordon Dawson	November 28, 1975 (1975-11-28)
35	12	"The Reincarnation of Angie"	Jerry London	Stephen J. Cannell	December 5, 1975 (1975-12-05)
36	13	"The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club"	James Garner	Juanita Bartlett	December 19, 1975 (1975-12-19)
37	14	"The Hammer of C Block"	Jerry London	Gordon Dawson	January 9, 1976 (1976-01-09)
38	15	"The No-Cut Contract"	Lou Antonio	Stephen J. Cannell	January 16, 1976 (1976-01-16)
39	16	"A Portrait of Elizabeth"	Meta Rosenberg	Stephen J. Cannell	January 23, 1976 (1976-01-23)
40	17	"Joey Blue Eyes"	Lawrence Doheny	Walter Dallenbach	January 30, 1976 (1976-01-30)
41	18	"In Hazard"	Jackie Cooper	Juanita Bartlett	February 6, 1976 (1976-02-06)
42	19	"The Italian Bird Fiasco"	Jackie Cooper	Edward J. Lakso	February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13)
43	20	"Where's Houston?"	Lawrence Doheny	Don Carlos Dunaway	February 20, 1976 (1976-02-20)
44	21	"Foul on the First Play"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Chas. Floyd Johnson and Dorothy J. Bailey	March 12, 1976 (1976-03-12)
45	22	"A Bad Deal in the Valley"	Jerry London	Donald L. Gold & Lester Wm. Berke	March 19, 1976 (1976-03-19)

Season 3 (1976-1977)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
46	1	"The Fourth Man"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	September 24, 1976 (1976-09-24)
47	2	"The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit"	Russ Mayberry	David Chase	October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01)
48	3	"The Family Hour"	William Wiard	Gordon Dawson	October 8, 1976 (1976-10-08)
49	4	"Feeding Frenzy"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Lester Wm. Berke & Donald L. Gold	October 15, 1976 (1976-10-15)
50	5	"Drought at Indianhead River"	Lawrence Doheny	Stephen J. Cannell	November 5, 1976 (1976-11-05)
51	6	"Coulter City Wildcat"	Russ Mayberry	Don Carlos Dunaway	November 12, 1976 (1976-11-12)
52	7	"So Help Me God"	Jeannot Szwarc	Juanita Bartlett	November 19, 1976 (1976-11-19)
53	8	"Rattlers' Class of '63"	Meta Rosenberg	David Chase	November 26, 1976 (1976-11-26)
54	9	"Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel"	Bruce Kessler	Walter Dallenbach	December 10, 1976 (1976-12-10)
55	10	"Piece Work"	Lawrence Doheny	Juanita Bartlett	December 17, 1976 (1976-12-17)
56	11	"The Trouble with Warren"	Christian I. Nyby II	Juanita Bartlett	December 24, 1976 (1976-12-24)
57	12	"There's One in Every Port"	Meta Rosenberg	Stephen J. Cannell	January 7, 1977 (1977-01-07)
58	13	"Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You"	Jerry London	David Chase	January 14, 1977 (1977-01-14)
59	14	"The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1"	Jerry London	Gordon Dawson	January 21, 1977 (1977-01-21)
60	15	"The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2"	Jerry London	Gordon Dawson	January 28, 1977 (1977-01-28)
61	16	"The Becker Connection"	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story:Chas. Floyd Johnson and Ted Harris	February 11, 1977 (1977-02-11)
62	17	"Just Another Polish Wedding"	William Wiard	Stephen J. Cannell	February 18, 1977 (1977-02-18)
63	18	"New Life, Old Dragons"	Jeannot Szwarc	Teleplay: David C. Taylor Story: Bernard Rollins & Leroy Robinson	February 25, 1977 (1977-02-25)
64	19	"To Protect and Serve: Part 1"	William Wiard	David Chase	March 11, 1977 (1977-03-11)
65	20	"To Protect and Serve: Part 2"	William Wiard	David Chase	March 18, 1977 (1977-03-18)
66	21	"Crack Back"	Reza Badiyi	Juanita Bartlett	March 25, 1977 (1977-03-25)
67	22	"Dirty Money, Black Light"	Stuart Margolin (Angel Martin)	David C. Taylor	April 1, 1977 (1977-04-01)

Season 4 (1977-1978)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
68	1	"Beamer's Last Case"	Stephen J. Cannell	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Booker Bradshaw & Calvin Kelly	September 16, 1977 (1977-09-16)
69	2	"Trouble in Chapter 17"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	September 23, 1977 (1977-09-23)
70	3	"The Battle of Canoga Park"	Ivan Dixon	Juanita Bartlett	September 30, 1977 (1977-09-30)
71	4	"Second Chance"	Reza Badiyi	Gordon Dawson	October 14, 1977 (1977-10-14)
72	5	"The Dog and Pony Show"	Reza Badiyi	David Chase	October 21, 1977 (1977-10-21)
73	6	"Requiem for a Funny Box"	William Wiard	Teleplay: James Crocker Story: Burt Prelutsky	November 4, 1977 (1977-11-04)
74	7	"Quickie Nirvana"	Meta Rosenberg	David Chase	November 11, 1977 (1977-11-11)
75	8	"Irving the Explainer"	James Coburn	David Chase	November 18, 1977 (1977-11-18)
76	9	"The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls"	Ivan Dixon	William R. Stratton	November 25, 1977 (1977-11-25)
77	10	"Hotel of Fear"	Russ Mayberry	Juanita Bartlett	December 2, 1977 (1977-12-02)
78	11	"Forced Retirement"	Alexander Singer	William R. Stratton	December 9, 1977 (1977-12-09)
79	12	"The Queen of Peru"	Meta Rosenberg	David Chase	December 16, 1977 (1977-12-16)
80	13	"A Deadly Maze"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	December 23, 1977 (1977-12-23)
81	14	"The Attractive Nuisance"	Dana Elcar	Stephen J. Cannell	January 6, 1978 (1978-01-06)
82	15	"The Gang at Don's Drive-In"	Harry Falk	James Crocker	January 13, 1978 (1978-01-13)
83	16	"The Paper Palace"	Richard Crenna	Juanita Bartlett	January 20, 1978 (1978-01-20)
84	17	"Dwarf in a Helium Hat"	Reza Badiyi	Stephen J. Cannell and David Chase	January 27, 1978 (1978-01-27)
85	18	"South by Southeast"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	February 3, 1978 (1978-02-03)
86	19	"The Competitive Edge"	Harry Falk	Gordon Dawson	February 10, 1978 (1978-02-10)
87	20	"The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall"	Ivan Dixon	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell and David Chase Story: Chas. Floyd Johnson and Maryann Rea	February 17, 1978 (1978-02-17)
88 89	21 22	"The House on Willis Avenue"	Hy Averback	Stephen J. Cannell	February 24, 1978 (1978-02-24)

Season 5 (1978-1979)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
90	1	"Heartaches of a Fool"	William Wiard	Stephen J. Cannell	September 22, 1978 (1978-09-22)
91	2	"Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	September 29, 1978 (1978-09-29)
92	3	"The Jersey Bounce"	William Wiard	Teleplay: David Chase Story: Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase and Juanita Bartlett	October 6, 1978 (1978-10-06)
93	4	"White on White and Nearly Perfect"	Stephen J. Cannell	Stephen J. Cannell	October 20, 1978 (1978-10-20)
94	5	"Kill the Messenger"	Ivan Dixon	Juanita Bartlett	October 27, 1978 (1978-10-27)
95	6	"The Empty Frame"	Corey Allen	Stephen J. Cannell	November 3, 1978 (1978-11-03)
96	7	"A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow"	Ivan Dixon	David Chase	November 10, 1978 (1978-11-10)
97	8	"A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights"	William Wiard	Rudolph Borchert	November 17, 1978 (1978-11-17)
98 99	9 10	"Black Mirror Parts 1 and 2."	Arnold Laven	David Chase	November 24, 1978 (1978-11-24)
100	11	"A Fast Count"	Reza Badiyi	Gordon Dawson	December 1, 1978 (1978-12-01)
101	12	"Local Man Eaten by Newspaper"	Meta Rosenberg	Juanita Bartlett	December 8, 1978 (1978-12-08)
102	13	"With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?"	Ivan Dixon	Rudolph Borchert	January 5, 1979 (1979-01-05)
103	14	"The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar"	Ivan Dixon	Teleplay: Rogers Turrentine Story: Mann Rubin and Michael Wagner	January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12)
104	15	"Guilt"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	January 19, 1979 (1979-01-19)
105	16	"The Deuce"	Bernard McEveety	Gordon Dawson	January 26, 1979 (1979-01-26)
106	17	"The Man Who Saw the Alligators"	Corey Allen	David Chase	February 10, 1979 (1979-02-10)
107	18	"The Return of the Black Shadow"	William Wiard	Stephen J. Cannell	February 17, 1979 (1979-02-17)
108	19	"A Material Difference"	William Wiard	Rogers Turrentine	February 24, 1979 (1979-02-24)
109 110	20 21	"Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job, Parts 1 and 2."	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	March 3, 1979 (1979-03-03)
111	22	"A Different Drummer"	Reza Badiyi	Rudolph Borchert	April 13, 1979 (1979-04-13)

Season 6 (1979-1980)

Main article: The Rockford Files (season 6)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
112	1	"Paradise Cove"	Stephen J. Cannell	Stephen J. Cannell	September 28, 1979 (1979-09-28)
113 114	2 3	"Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs"	William Wiard	Juanita Bartlett	October 12, 1979 (1979-10-12)
115	4	"Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die: Part 1"	William Wiard	David Chase	October 19, 1979 (1979-10-19)
116	5	"Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die: Part 2"	William Wiard	David Chase	October 26, 1979 (1979-10-26)
117	6	"Love Is the Word" "Some Things You Can Tell Yourself"	John Patterson	David Chase	November 9, 1979 (1979-11-09)
118	7	"Nice Guys Finish Dead"	John Patterson	Stephen J. Cannell	November 16, 1979 (1979-11-16)
119	8	"The Hawaiian Headache"	William Wiard	Stephen J. Cannell	November 23, 1979 (1979-11-23)
120	9	"No Fault Affair"	Corey Allen	Juanita Bartlett	November 30, 1979 (1979-11-30)
121	10	"The Big Cheese"	Joseph Pevney	Shel Willens	December 7, 1979 (1979-12-07)
122	11	"Just a Coupla Guys"	Ivan Dixon	David Chase	December 14, 1979 (1979-12-14)
123	12	"Deadlock in Parma"	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Donald L. Gold & Lester Wm. Berke and Rudolph Borchert Story: Donald L. Gold & Lester Wm. Berke	January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10)

CBS TV movies

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"I Still Love L.A."	James Whitmore Jr.	Juanita Bartlett	November 27, 1994 (1994-11-27)
Jim Rockford investigates a carjacking that led to murder.
2	"A Blessing in Disguise"	Jeannot Szwarc	Stephen J. Cannell	May 14, 1995 (1995-05-14)
Jim Rockford helps an actress whose movie is being boycotted by Angel's church.
3	"If the Frame Fits"	Jeannot Szwarc	Juanita Bartlett	January 14, 1996 (1996-01-14)
Jim Rockford works to clear his name in the murder of a P.I. with a bad reputation.
4	"Godfather Knows Best"	Tony Wharmby	David Chase	February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)
Lt. Becker's drifter son - whose godfather happens to be Jim Rockford - gets mixed up in the murder of a fashion model.
5	"Friends and Foul Play"	Stuart Margolin	Stephen J. Cannell	April 25, 1996 (1996-04-25)
Jim Rockford investigates the murders of his friend Babs and her son by taking a criminal behavioral class.
6	"Punishment and Crime"	David Chase	David Chase	September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)
Jim Rockford gets involved with Russian mobsters.
7	"Murder and Misdemeanors"	Tony Wharmby	Juanita Bartlett	November 21, 1997 (1997-11-21)
Jim Rockford struggles to deal with both a prostitute complaining about two Vice cops and his old cellmate's terminal illness.
8	"If It Bleeds, It Leads"	Stuart Margolin	Teleplay: Reuben Leder Story: Stephen J. Cannell & Juanita Bartlett	April 20, 1999 (1999-04-20)
Jim Rockford helps his old friend Rita Capkovic when her husband is suspected of being the "Westside Rapist".

Writers

Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James

They created the Rockford files together and wrote many episodes together and separately.

Robert Hamner
Gloryette Clark
Edward J. Lakso
Juanita Bartlett
Gordon Dawson
David Chase
David C. Taylor
Rudolph Borchert
Shel Willens
Rogers Turrentine
James Crocker
William R. Stratton
Charles Sailor
Eric Kaldor

Directors

William Wiard

directed 26 episodes

Lawrence Doheny

directed 12 episodes

Ivan Dickson

Directed 8 episodes

Jerry London

Directed 8 episodes

Reza Badiyi

Directed 7 episodes

Russ Mayberry

Directed 7 episodes

Meta Rosenberg

Directed 6 episodes

Jackie Cooper

Directed 5 episodes

Lou Antonio

Directed 3 episodes

Corey Allen

Directed 3 episodes

Stephen J. Cannell

Directed 3 episodes

John Patterson

Directed 2 episodes

Jeannot Szwarc

Directed 2 episodes

Vincent McEveety

Directed 2 episodes

Stuart Margolin (Angel Martin)

Directed 2 episodes

Joseph Pevney

Directed 1 episode

Michael Schultz

Directed 1 episode

Bernhard Kowalski

Directed 1 episode

Alex Grasshoff

Directed 1 episode

Charles S. Dubin

Directed 1 episode

Winrich Kolbe

Directed 1 episode

James Coburn

Directed 1 episode

James Garner

Directed 1 episode

Richard Crenna

Directed 1 episode

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