Allen Garfield

Known for ActingBorn 1939-11-22Died 2020-04-07Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Paco

Incident at Vichy

Serpico: The Deadly Game

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

The West Wing

Jack's Place

Leave 'Em Laughing

Banyon

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Sins

The Bob Newhart Show

The Conversation

Adam's Rib

Law & Order

Chicago Hope

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Bonanza

Tales from the Darkside

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

Taxi

The Front Page

Matlock

Nashville

McCloud

Report from Hollywood

Search

Nowhere to Run

Ring of Passion

The Majestic

Crime of the Century

Sonny Boy

March of the Spring Hare

Until the End of the World

Taking Off

The Patriots

Ironside

The Ninth Gate

The Stunt Man

Beverly Hills Cop II

Bananas

Dharma & Greg

Killer in the Mirror

Trapper John, M.D.

The Cotton Club

The Black Stallion Returns

Let It Ride

Citizen Cohn

The State of Things