Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield, born and sometimes credited as Allen Goorwitz (November 22, 1939 - April 7, 2020), was an American film and television actor. Garfield was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Alice (née Lavroff) and Philip Goorwitz.A graduate of Weequahic High School, he was a sports reporter and Golden Gloves boxer before becoming an actor. He studied acting at The Actors Studio in New York City, studying with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, and worked in stage before film. Garfield was a quirky and prolific actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He was known for playing nervous villains, corrupt businessmen and politicians. In addition he appeared in two art films by German director Wim Wenders, Der Stand der Dinge and Bis ans Ende der Welt. Garfield had one sister, Lois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Garfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
Tales from the Darkside
7.174
Law & Order
7.4
Rhoda
6.204
Trapper John, M.D.
6.5
Matlock
7.108
Dharma & Greg
6.375
Gunsmoke
6.558
Chicago Hope
7.243
Ironside
6.8
Adam's Rib
5
Search
6.9
McCloud
7.1
Eddie Dodd
0
Jack's Place
8
Sins
7.2
Palace Guard
3.5
The West Wing
8.257
Taxi
7.252
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
Kate McShane
5
Bonanza
7.512
The Mod Squad
6.208
Banyon
7
The Bob Newhart Show
7.5
The Lot
0.5
Movies
Beverly Hills Cop II
6.518
The Front Page
7.305
The Conversation
7.518
The Ninth Gate
6.481
Nashville
7.259
My Best Friend's Birthday
5.436
Diabolique
5.525
The Majestic
6.8
The State of Things
6.5
White Boy
2
The Candidate
6.458
Teachers
5.63
The Brink's Job
6.076
The Black Stallion Returns
6.422
Putney Swope
6.396
Continental Divide
6.079
Wild Side
5.8
Footsteps
0
Get Crazy
6.3
One Trick Pony
5.4
The Stunt Man
6.649
The Owl and the Pussycat
6.202
Hi, Mom!
6.315
Cyborg 2
4.338
Irreconcilable Differences
5.6
Let It Ride
6.276
Absence of the Good
4
The Organization
5.9
Miracle Beach
5.72
Busting
6.304
Believe in Me
5.2
You Ruined My Life
5.3
Obsession
4
Cry Uncle!
4.469
Get to Know Your Rabbit
5.075
Night Visitor
4.174
Desert Bloom
5.5
Report from Hollywood
0
Club Fed
5.25
Leave 'Em Laughing
8
Stuart Saves His Family
5.2
Nowhere to Run
7
Serpico: The Deadly Game
0
Top of the Heap
5.917
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
6
Gable and Lombard
5.2
The Cotton Club
6.5
Slither
5.84
Crime of the Century
6.682
Paco
0
Orgy Girls '69
2
Mother, Jugs & Speed
5.417
Until the End of the World
6.8
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
8.5
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
0
Chief Zabu
2
Fyre
4.2
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
5
Jack and His Friends
2.667
Sketches of a Strangler
4
The Patriots
6.664
Grave Images
1
One from the Heart
5.969
Dick Tracy
6.154
Trial by Terror
3
Killer in the Mirror
5.3
Taking Off
6.895
Virginia Hill
4.5
Greetings
5.579
Citizen Cohn
6.25
Destiny Turns on the Radio
5.116
Ring of Passion
7
March of the Spring Hare
0
Incident at Vichy
0
Skateboard
4.3
Bananas
6.699
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
6.9
Get a Job
1