John Garfield (I) (1913–1952)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

John Garfield was born Jacob Julius Garfinkle on the Lower East Side of New York City, to Hannah ...

Born: March 4, 1913
Died: May 21, 1952 (age 39)

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Filmography

Known For

Four Daughters Mickey Borden (1938)
Body and Soul Charley Davis (1947)
Humoresque Paul Boray (1946)
Known For

Pride of the Marines Al Schmid (1945)
Actor

He Ran All the Way Nick Robey (1951)
The Breaking Point Harry Morgan (1950)
Under My Skin Dan Butler (1950)
We Were Strangers Tony Fenner (1949)
Jigsaw Loafer with Newspaper (cameo appearance) (1949)
Force of Evil Joe Morse (1948)
Daisy Kenyon John Garfield - Cameo Appearance (Stork Club Bar) (1947)
Gentleman's Agreement Dave Goldman (1947)
Body and Soul Charley Davis (1947)
Humoresque Paul Boray (1946)
Nobody Lives Forever Nick Blake (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice Frank Chambers (1946)
Pride of the Marines Al Schmid (1945)
Hollywood Canteen John Garfield (1944)
Between Two Worlds Tom Prior (1944)
Destination Tokyo Wolf (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars John Garfield (1943)
The Fallen Sparrow John McKittrick (1943)
Air Force Aerial Gunner Joe Winocki (1943)
Tortilla Flat Danny (1942)
Dangerously They Live Dr. Michael Lewis (1941)
Out of the Fog Harold Goff (1941)
The Sea Wolf George Leach (1941)
East of the River Joseph Enrico 'Joe' Lorenzo (1940)
Flowing Gold John Alexander / Johnny Blake (1940)
Saturday's Children Rims Rosson (1940)
Castle on the Hudson Tommy Gordon (1940)
Dust Be My Destiny Joe Bell (1939)
Daughters Courageous Gabriel Lopez (1939)
Juarez Porfirio Diaz (1939)
Blackwell's Island Tim Haydon (1939)
They Made Me a Criminal Johnnie (1939)
Swingtime in the Movies John Garfield (1938)
Actor

Four Daughters Mickey Borden (1938)
Soundtrack

Humoresque (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Soundtrack

Tortilla Flat (1942)
Producer

He Ran All the Way (1951)
Archive footage

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2018)
The Rules of Film Noir (2009)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
Warner at War (2008)
Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
Crawford at Warners (2008)
The Music of 'Humoresque' (2005)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
The John Garfield Story (2003)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
American Cinema (1995)
Northern Exposure (1995)
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
Big Breakdowns: Hollywood Bloopers of the 1930s (1991)
Blushing Bloopers (1990)
Classic Movie Bloopers (1990)
Bloopers Galore (1989)
American Masters (1989)
Movie Bloopers (1988)
The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986)
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Presidential Blooper Reel (1981)
Happy Days (1970)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Okay for Sound (1946)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Archive footage

Four Wives (1939)
Hollywood Remembers (2000)

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Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

According to her best-selling autobiography, "The Gift Horse", German actress Hildegard Knef was the last person Garfield spoke to before his death.

[on his past associations with "progressive" causes] Actors are emotional. If somebody would come up to us and say, "Sign here. Everybody's doing it for civil liberties", or "Sign here to save the bread of children of writers banned from the studios...