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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.242 |
| Birthday | 1939-11-22 |
| Place of Birth | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Alan Garfield, Alen Garfield, Allan Goorwitz, Allen Goorwitz, |
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
6.515/2589
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1974
The Front Page
7.3/348
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1974
The Conversation
7.511/1807
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The Conversation
1999
The Ninth Gate
6.5/3052
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1975
Nashville
7.2/407
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Nashville
1987
My Best Friend's Birthday
5.5/131
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1996
Diabolique
5.5/292
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2001
The Majestic
6.8/757
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1982
The State of Things
6.5/73
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2002
White Boy
2/2
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1972
The Candidate
6.5/158
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1984
Teachers
5.6/71
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1978
The Brink's Job
6/64
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The Black Stallion Returns
6.5/56
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1969
Putney Swope
6.5/68
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1981
Continental Divide
6.1/118
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Wild Side
5.8/46
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1972
Footsteps
0/0
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1983
Get Crazy
6.5/31
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1980
One Trick Pony
5.3/9
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1980
The Stunt Man
6.7/144
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The Stunt Man
1970
Hi, Mom!
6.3/191
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Hi, Mom!
1970
The Owl and the Pussycat
6.25/58
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1993
Cyborg 2
4.3/131
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Cyborg 2
1984
Irreconcilable Differences
5.7/49
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1989
Let It Ride
6.274/84
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Let It Ride
1999
Absence of the Good
4.2/15
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Absence of the Good
1971
The Organization
5.9/48
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The Organization
1992
Miracle Beach
5.7/55
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Miracle Beach
1974
Busting
6.2/40
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1971
Believe in Me
5.2/5
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1987
You Ruined My Life
5.3/5
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1997
Obsession
4/9
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Obsession
1971
Cry Uncle!
4.5/16
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Cry Uncle!
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
5.1/19
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Get to Know Your Rabbit
1989
Night Visitor
4.2/22
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1986
Desert Bloom
5.5/18
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1985
Report from Hollywood
0/0
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1990
Club Fed
3.7/3
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1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
8/1
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1995
Stuart Saves His Family
5.2/25
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1978
Nowhere to Run
7/3
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Nowhere to Run
1976
Serpico: The Deadly Game
0/0
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Serpico: The Deadly Game
1972
Top of the Heap
5.8/11
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1976
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
6/1
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1976
Gable and Lombard
5.2/5
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
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1984
The Cotton Club
6.5/407
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1973
Slither
5.7/22
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Slither
1996
Crime of the Century
7.2/9
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Crime of the Century
1976
Paco
0/0
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1968
Orgy Girls '69
2/1
A five-part story detailing women and sex. In "The Housewife", a door-to-door salesman makes love to a lonely housewife. In "The Roomates" a woman and...
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Orgy Girls '69
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
5.5/40
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Mother, Jugs & Speed
1991
Until the End of the World
6.8/205
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1971
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
8.5/2
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1974
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
0/0
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2016
Chief Zabu
2/1
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Chief Zabu
1979
Fyre
4.2/4
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Fyre
1970
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
5/2
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The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
1992
Jack and His Friends
3.5/2
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Jack and His Friends
1978
Sketches of a Strangler
4/1
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Sketches of a Strangler
1994
The Patriots
6.6/67
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The Patriots
1991
Grave Images
0/0
Anthology suspense / horror film with the creepy caretaker of a cemetery introducing some of its occupants and how each was murdered. Segments include...
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1982
One from the Heart
6/186
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One from the Heart
1990
Dick Tracy
6.2/949
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Dick Tracy
1983
Trial by Terror
3/1
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Trial by Terror
1986
Killer in the Mirror
5.3/3
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Killer in the Mirror
1971
Taking Off
6.971/86
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Taking Off
1974
Virginia Hill
8/1
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
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Virginia Hill
1968
Greetings
5.6/97
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Greetings
1992
Citizen Cohn
6.3/21
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Citizen Cohn
1995
Destiny Turns on the Radio
5.2/41
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Destiny Turns on the Radio
1978
Ring of Passion
7/1
Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies j...
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Ring of Passion
1971
March of the Spring Hare
0/0
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March of the Spring Hare
1973
Incident at Vichy
0/0
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Incident at Vichy
1978
Skateboard
4.3/6
A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enter...
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Skateboard
1971
Bananas
6.7/753
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...
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Bananas
1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
6.9/6
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1998
Get a Job
1/1
Jay is a young slacker who has to get a job in order to receive his inheritance. Rather than physically work, he fabricates an imaginary job in order...
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