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- Leonardo Di Caprio
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Film & TV
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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…
Known for
- Chief Zabu — Ben Sydney2016
- White Boy — Mr. Rosen2002
- The Majestic — Leo Kubelsky2001
- The Ninth Gate — Witkin1999
- Absence of the Good — Lieutenant Paul Taylor1999
- The West Wing — Roger Becker1999
- The Lot — Harry Sylver1999
- Get a Job — Mr. Berger / Psychiatrist1998
- Sports Night — Chuck 'The Cut Man' Kimmel1998
- Obsession — Simon Frischmuth1997
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Canada
Discography
- Strange Streets1976
- Out There Tonight1977
- Reason To Be1979
- Flights of Fantasy1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- Actors Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1939-11-22
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-04-07
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Allen Garfield
- birth name
- Allen Goorwitz
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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