Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Birthday: 1939-11-22

Deathday: 2020-04-07

Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Also known as: Alan Garfield, Alen Garfield, Allan Goorwitz, Allen Goorwitz

imdb_id: nm0307255

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat

Score: 8.5

Virginia Hill

Score: 8.0

Leave 'Em Laughing

Score: 8.0

The Conversation

Score: 7.5

The Front Page

Score: 7.3

Nashville

Score: 7.2

Crime of the Century

Score: 7.2

Ring of Passion

Score: 7.0

Nowhere to Run

Score: 7.0

Taking Off

Score: 7.0

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Score: 6.9

Until the End of the World

Score: 6.8

The Majestic

Score: 6.8

The Stunt Man

Score: 6.7

Bananas

Score: 6.7

The Patriots

Score: 6.6

Beverly Hills Cop II

Score: 6.5

The Cotton Club

Score: 6.5

Get Crazy

Score: 6.5

The Candidate

Score: 6.5

The State of Things

Score: 6.5

The Ninth Gate

Score: 6.5

The Black Stallion Returns

Score: 6.4

Putney Swope

Score: 6.4

Citizen Cohn

Score: 6.3

Hi, Mom!

Score: 6.3

Let It Ride

Score: 6.3

Busting

Score: 6.3

The Owl and the Pussycat

Score: 6.2

Dick Tracy

Score: 6.2

Continental Divide

Score: 6.1

One from the Heart

Score: 6.0

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

Score: 6.0

The Brink's Job

Score: 6.0

The Organization

Score: 5.9

Top of the Heap

Score: 5.8

Wild Side

Score: 5.8

Slither

Score: 5.7

Miracle Beach

Score: 5.7

Greetings

Score: 5.6

Irreconcilable Differences

Score: 5.6

Teachers

Score: 5.6

Desert Bloom

Score: 5.5

Diabolique

Score: 5.5

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Score: 5.5

My Best Friend's Birthday

Score: 5.5

One Trick Pony

Score: 5.4

Killer in the Mirror

Score: 5.3

You Ruined My Life

Score: 5.3

Destiny Turns on the Radio

Score: 5.2

Gable and Lombard

Score: 5.2

Stuart Saves His Family

Score: 5.2

Believe in Me

Score: 5.2

Get to Know Your Rabbit

Score: 5.1

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

Score: 5.0

Cry Uncle!

Score: 4.5

Cyborg 2

Score: 4.3

Skateboard

Score: 4.3

Fyre

Score: 4.2

Night Visitor

Score: 4.2

Absence of the Good

Score: 4.2

Sketches of a Strangler

Score: 4.0

Obsession

Score: 4.0

Club Fed

Score: 3.7

Jack and His Friends

Score: 3.5

Trial by Terror

Score: 3.0

Chief Zabu

Score: 2.0

Orgy Girls '69

Score: 2.0

White Boy

Score: 2.0

Get a Job

Score: 1.0

Incident at Vichy

Score: 0.0

March of the Spring Hare

Score: 0.0

Grave Images

Score: 0.0

Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Score: 0.0

Paco

Score: 0.0

Serpico: The Deadly Game

Score: 0.0

Report from Hollywood

Score: 0.0

Footsteps

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Jack's Place

Score: 8.0

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

The Bob Newhart Show

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Tales from the Darkside

Score: 7.2

Taxi

Score: 7.2

Sins

Score: 7.2

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

McCloud

Score: 7.1

Banyon

Score: 7.0

Search

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Trapper John, M.D.

Score: 6.5

Dharma & Greg

Score: 6.4

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.3

Rhoda

Score: 6.2

Kate McShane

Score: 5.0

Adam's Rib

Score: 5.0

Palace Guard

Score: 3.5

The Lot

Score: 0.5

Eddie Dodd

Score: 0.0