Allen Garfield
{{Short description|American actor (1939–2020)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Allen Garfield
| image = Allen Garfield.jpg
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| birth_name = Allen Goorwitz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|11|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|07|1939|11|22|mf=y}}
| death_place = Woodland Hills, California, U.S.{{cite news |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |title=Allen Garfield Dies: Veteran Film Actor Had COVID-19 Complications, Was 80 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/allen-garfield-dies-veteran-actor-1202903310/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en |date=8 April 2020}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1968–2002
}}
Allen Garfield (born Allen Goorwitz; November 22, 1939 – April 7, 2020) was an American film and television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allen-garfield-dead-actor-conversation-stunt-man-nashville-was-80-1289151|title=Allen Garfield, Actor in 'The Conversation,' 'The Stunt Man' and 'Nashville,' Dies at 80|author=Barnes, Mike|date=April 7, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news| url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/04/nj-actor-allen-garfield-from-nashville-and-the-conversation-dies-of-coronavirus.html| title=N.J. actor Allen Garfield from 'Nashville' and 'The Conversation,' former Star-Ledger reporter, dies of coronavirus| first=Amy| last=Kuperinsky| date=April 8, 2020| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| location=Newark}}
Early life
Garfield was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a Jewish family, the son of Alice (née Lavroff) and Philip Goorwitz.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Allen-Garfield.html "Allen Garfield Biography (1939-)"]. Filmreference.com. accessed July 9, 2017.[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800041512/bio Allen Garfield Biography], Yahoo.com; accessed July 9, 2017. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522102248/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800041512/bio |date=May 22, 2011 }} He had one sister, Lois. A 1957 graduate of Weequahic High School,[https://weequahicalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Distinguished-Weequahic-Alumni-Revised-01-12-18.pdf "Distinguished Weequahic Alumni"]. Weequahic High School Alumni Association. Accessed December 19, 2019. "Allen (Goorvitz) Garfield (1957) an actor who has appeared in over 100 films and television shows." he was a sports reporter and Golden Gloves boxer before becoming an actor. He attended The Actors Studio in New York City, studying with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, and worked on stage before acting in film.
Career
Garfield appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He is known for having played 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. Quentin Tarantino studied with Garfield at the beginning of his career as an actor.{{cite book| last=Peary| first=Gerald| year=1998| title=Quentin Tarantino| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC&q=Allen+Garfield+actor&pg=PA11| publisher=University Press of Mississippi| page=12| isbn=978-1-5780-6051-1| access-date=August 12, 2015}}{{cite book| last=Holm| first=D.K.| date=December 1, 2004| title=Quentin Tarantino: The Essential Pocket Guide| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAL0CQAAQBAJ&q=Allen+Garfield+actor&pg=PA28| publisher=Summersdale Publishers| page=28| isbn=978-1-8483-9866-5| access-date=August 12, 2015}} Garfield's lead roles included the 1971 film Cry Uncle!, the 1978 film Skateboard with Leif Garrett and the 1982 film Get Crazy. He appeared in the Tales from the Darkside episode The Deal (1988).
Personal life and death
For a year after his father's death and in tribute to him, Allen used his family name, Goorwitz, for his screen credits.{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15624264/stuntmandeparturefortrendydirector/| title='Stunt Man' Departure For 'Trendy' Director| date=1980-11-06| first=Ed| last=Blank| newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press| access-date=2023-04-20| page=D-8}}
When Garfield suffered a stroke before filming his role in The Ninth Gate (1999), director Roman Polanski opted to use Garfield's paralyzed face for his character rather than conceal it or recast the role. Garfield suffered another massive stroke in 2004 and thereafter was a long-term nursing care resident at The Motion Picture Home.
Garfield died of complications related to COVID-19 and his previous strokes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on April 7, 2020, at age 80.
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0307255|name=Allen Garfield}}
- [https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Allen%20Garfield;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Allen Garfield] at the University of Wisconsin's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211533/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives%3Bview%3Dreslist%3Bsubview%3Dstandard%3Bdidno%3Duw-whs-tape00339a Actors Studio audio collection].
- {{Find a Grave|208828867}}
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Category:Male actors from Newark, New Jersey
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:Weequahic High School alumni
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California