"Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is his name.
Riding the trail to who knows where?
Luck is his companion. Gambling is his game."
So went the memorable theme song to Maverick, the popular television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s starring James Garner as Bret Maverick, a rambling, gambling cowboy traveling through the Old West in search of action and adventure.
Maverick was one of very few long-running TV series — and likely the most popular — to feature a poker-playing character in the lead role.