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5 days ago · John Garfield (born March 4, 1913, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 21, 1952, New York City) was an American film and stage actor who is best known for his intense portrayals of rebels and antiheroes. Garfield grew up in the poor Jewish section of New York City’s Lower East Side.
Nov 8, 2018 · Garfield played an unscrupulous young boxer on his way to the top. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, solidifying his position as one of Hollywood’s top stars. He returned to the stage in the 1949 production The Big Knife , directed by Group Theatre founder Lee Strasberg.
Nov 1, 2022 · November 1, 2022. John Garfield stars in the 1946 film “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” in which he plays the lunkhead patsy to Lana Turner’s murderous femme fatale. Photograph from Alamy ...
Jan 30, 2003 · A tough kid who grew up in the 1920's on the streets of the Lower East Side, Brownsville and the Bronx, Garfield (whose original name was Julius Garfinkle) was one of the first dark-haired,...
John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) 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.
(Actor) Jacob Julius Garfinkle, popularly known as John Garfield was an American actor, best known for playing rebels and antiheroes on the big screen. After his mother’s premature death in his childhood, he was raised by his father and poor relatives.
Jul 12, 2023 · John Garfield: Hollywood’s First Rebel And Enduring Star. By Johnny Roman. July 12, 2023. Introduction. Few fans of contemporary films will know who John Garfield was. Part of this is due to the actor’s premature death at the age of thirty-nine, just when he was entering his prime.
