Allen Garfield

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Allen Garfield (1986)

Allen Garfield (* 22. November 1939 in Newark , New Jersey than all Goorwitz ; † 7. April 2020 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Garfield was born in Newark in 1939 to Alice and Philip Goorwitz. There he also graduated from high school . Before becoming an actor, Garfield worked as a sports reporter and amateur boxer for the Golden Gloves . He studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City . Before he got into television, he performed on the theater stage. He played in around 100 film and series productions, and he was particularly often cast as a sleazy or corrupt businessman or politician.

The actor has appeared in several classic New Hollywood films , including alongside Gene Hackman as one of the surveillance specialists in Francis Ford Coppola's The Dialog (1974) and as the husband and manager of a famous country singer in Robert Altman's epic film Nashville (1975) . He had a funny short appearance in Woody Allen's Bananas (1971) as a Christ-like figure looking for a parking space for her cross. In 1976 he appeared in the biography Gable and Lombard as MGM founder Louis B. Mayer . He kept commuting between larger Hollywood productions, for example as an incompetent police chief in the action comedy Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and independent films - for example with his appearances in the Wim Wenders films Der Stand der Dinge (1982) and Bis ans End of the World (1991).

Garfield also worked as an acting teacher; for example, he taught Quentin Tarantino .

After suffering a severe stroke in 2004, Garfield had to retire from acting and has since lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House , a retirement and nursing home in Los Angeles especially for filmmakers. He died in April 2020 at the age of 80 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Allen Garfield, Actor in 'The Conversation,' 'The Stunt Man' and 'Nashville,' Dies at 80 , April 7, 2020, The Hollywood Reporter
  2. ↑ a b c Allen Garfield | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved April 8, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Quentin Tarantino's Micro-Budget First Feature Film: My Best Friend's Birthday. July 29, 2019, accessed April 8, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Bruce Haring, Bruce Haring: Allen Garfield Dies: Veteran Film Actor Had COVID-19 Complications, Was 80. In: Deadline. April 8, 2020, accessed April 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Garfield, Allen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goorwitz, Allen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2020
Place of death Los Angeles , California