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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Garfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Newark, New Jersey, USA, 1939-11-22

Died: 2020-04-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Orgy Girls '69		20
2	1968	Greetings	Smut Peddler	56
3	1969	Putney Swope	Elias, Jr.	64
4	1970	The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful	Moreno	50
5	1970	Hi, Mom!	Joe Banner	63
6	1970	The Owl and the Pussycat	Dress Shop Proprietor	62
7	1971	March of the Spring Hare	Martin Axborough	0
8	1971	Taking Off	Norman	69
9	1971	Bananas	Man On Cross	67
10	1971	Cry Uncle!	Jake Masters	45
11	1971	You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat	Herby Moss	85
12	1971	The Organization	Benjy	59
13	1971	Believe in Me	Stutter	52
14	1972	Top of the Heap	Taxi Driver	58
15	1972	Get to Know Your Rabbit	Vic	51
16	1972	The Candidate	Klein	65
17	1972	Footsteps	Brewster	0
18	1973	Slither	Vincent J. Palmer	58
19	1973	The Marcus-Nelson Murders	Mario Portello	69
20	1973	Incident at Vichy	Lebeau, A Painter	0
21	1974	Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg	David Greenglass	0
22	1974	Busting	Carl Rizzo	63
23	1974	The Conversation	William P. 'Bernie' Moran	75
24	1974	The Front Page	Kruger	73
25	1974	Virginia Hill	Leo Ritchie	45
26	1975	Nashville	Barnett	72
27	1976	Gable and Lombard	Louis B. Mayer	52
28	1976	Serpico: The Deadly Game	The Professor	0
29	1976	Mother, Jugs & Speed	Harry Fishbine	54
30	1976	Paco	Padre	0
31	1976	The Million Dollar Rip-Off	Lt. Ralph Fogherty	60
32	1978	Sketches of a Strangler	Jack Garvey (as Allen Goorwitz)	40
33	1978	Nowhere to Run	Herbie Stolz	70
34	1978	Ring of Passion	Damon Runyon	70
35	1978	Skateboard	Manny Bloom	43
36	1978	The Brink's Job	Vinnie Costa	60
37	1979	Fyre	Preacher (as Allen Goorwitz)	42
38	1980	The Stunt Man	Sam	67
39	1980	One Trick Pony	Cal van Damp	54
40	1981	Leave 'Em Laughing	Dr. Arthur Abrams	80
41	1981	One from the Heart	Restaurant Owner	60
42	1981	Continental Divide	Howard McDermott	61
43	1982	The State of Things	Gordon	65
44	1983	Trial by Terror		30
45	1983	The Black Stallion Returns	Kurr	64
46	1983	Get Crazy	Max Wolfe	63
47	1984	Irreconcilable Differences	Phil Hanner	56
48	1984	Teachers	Carl Rosenberg	56
49	1984	The Cotton Club	Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman	65
50	1985	Report from Hollywood		0
51	1986	Desert Bloom	Mr. Mosol	55
52	1986	Killer in the Mirror		53
53	1987	My Best Friend's Birthday	Entertainment Magnate	55
54	1987	You Ruined My Life	Howie	53
55	1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Lutz	65
56	1989	Night Visitor	Zachary Willard	42
57	1989	Let It Ride	Greenberg	63
58	1990	Dick Tracy	Reporter	61
59	1990	Club Fed	Harrison Farnsworth IV	37
60	1991	Grave Images	Jerry	10
61	1991	Until the End of the World	Bernie, Used Car Dealer	68
62	1992	Jack and His Friends	Jack	27
63	1992	Citizen Cohn	Abe Feller	63
64	1992	Miracle Beach	Magnus O'Leary	57
65	1993	Cyborg 2	Martin Dunn	43
66	1994	The Patriots	Eagleman	66
67	1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Maitre D'	52
68	1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Vinnie Vidivici	51
69	1996	Diabolique	Leo Katzman	55
70	1996	Wild Side	Dan Rackman	58
71	1996	Crime of the Century	Lt. James Finn	67
72	1997	Obsession	Simon Frischmuth	40
73	1998	Get a Job	Mr. Berger / Psychiatrist	10
74	1999	The Ninth Gate	Witkin	65
75	1999	Absence of the Good	Lieutenant Paul Taylor	40
76	2001	The Majestic	Leo Kubelsky	68
77	2002	White Boy	Mr. Rosen	20
78	2016	Chief Zabu	Ben Sydney	20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Henry Decory	66
2	1959	Bonanza	Charlie	75
3	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
4	1967	Ironside		68
5	1968	The Mod Squad	Charles Weaver	63
6	1970	McCloud		71
7	1972	Search		69
8	1972	Banyon	Henry Spear	70
9	1972	The Bob Newhart Show	The Manager	75
10	1973	Adam's Rib	Attinger	50
11	1974	Rhoda		63
12	1975	Kate McShane	Marty Goodman	50
13	1978	Taxi	Mr. Ratledge	73
14	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
15	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Donald / Kingsley Diamond / Michael Rudnick / The Devil	72
16	1986	Sins	Adam Gore	72
17	1986	Matlock		71
18	1990	Law & Order	Carl Berg	74
19	1991	Eddie Dodd		0
20	1991	Palace Guard	Sy Hertzog	35
21	1992	Jack's Place		80
22	1994	Chicago Hope		72
23	1997	Dharma & Greg	Stan Gottlieb	64
24	1999	The Lot		5
25	1999	The West Wing	Roger Becker	83

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