John Garfield
Acting
🎂 1913-03-04
John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in Depression-era New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the Group Theater. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros.' stars. Called to testify before the U.S. Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he denied communist affiliation and refused to "name names", effectively ending his film career. Some have alleged that the stress of this incident led to his premature death at 39 from a heart attack. Garfield is acknowledged as a predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and James Dean.
Cast credits(49)
Self
1948
(archive footage)
2003
Dave Goldman
1947
George Leach
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Frank Chambers
1946
Wolf
1943
Self
1944
General Porfirio Diaz
1939
Self
1942
Self
1944
Tail Gunner Joe Winocki
1943
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Self
1943
Self (archive footage)
1991
Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney
1939
Joe Morse
1950
Harry Morgan
1950
1946
Self (archive footage)
1989
Mickey Borden
1938
Nick Blake
1946
Self (archive footage)
1997
Tony Fenner
1949
Paul Boray
1947
Johnny Blake
1940
Tom Prior
1944
Harold Goff
1941
Mickey Borden
1939
Tommy Gordon
1940
Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
2004
Dan Butler
1950
Gabriel Lopez
1939
Nick Robey
1951
John 'Kit' McKittrick
1943
Charley Davis
1947
Joe Bell
1939
Albert Schmid
1945
Daniel Alvarez
1942
Joseph Enrico 'Joe' Lorenzo
1940
Self
1943
Tim Haydon
1939
Loafer with Newspaper (uncredited)
1949
Self
1939
Dr. Michael 'Mike' Lewis
1941
Self (archive footage)
2013
Himself (uncredited)
1938
Rims Rosson
1940
2002