Jack and James eventually moved to
Los Angeles to reconnect with their father, who had relocated to
southern California. Both changed their names to Garner after the move west. The third brother, Charles Bumgarner, who died in 1984 at the age of 60, remained in Norman and became a school administrator. Jack Garner entertained as the lead singer for the Coconut Grove
nightclub, located in the now defunct Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles early in his career. Garner began acting in television during the late 1960s. His roles included guest appearances on
Love, American Style;
The Bionic Woman;
The Doris Day Show;
Daniel Boone;
The Green Hornet;
Mannix;
Medical Center and
Murder, She Wrote. He appeared in
The Rockford Files in more than twenty episodes of the show, usually in bit roles, though he assumed the recurring supporting role of the indecisive, fence-sitting Captain McEnroe in the show's final season. Garner later appeared in
Bret Maverick portraying Jack the Bartender from 1981 to 1982. Garner reprised his
Rockford Files role of McEnroe in a series of television movies based on the series from 1996 to 1999. Garner's film roles included
Wild Rovers in 1971,
Maverick in 1994,
My Fellow Americans in 1996 and
Sunset in 1988. ==Death==