only. Season 6 (1979–80) Garner, Beery and Santos star. Luisi and Margolin are frequently recurring guests. Unproduced The following four episodes were scripted and slated for production during season six. However, when Garner was forced to leave the series due to medical issues, the series was shut down and these episodes were never filmed. · "Happy Father's Day" by Mark Griffiths · "Some People Are Trouble" by Shel Willens · "Never Trust a Boxx Boy" by Stephen J. Cannell · "What Do You Want From Us?" by Juanita Bartlett CBS TV movies Writers Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins 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 Dixon 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 External Links List of episodes at imdb.com Rockford Files The Rockford Files