Also known as
  • Jacob Julius Garfinkle
John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. Garfield is acknowledged as the predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Montgomery Clift. Born Jacob Julius Garfinkle in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants David and Hannah Garfinkle, Garfield spent the first seven years of his life in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. After the... full article at wikipedia

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  • Mar 4, 1913
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  • May 21, 1952
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