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John Garfield
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| Nickname: | Julie |
| Known for: | Gentleman's Agreement, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Body and Soul |
| Birth name: | Jacob Julius Garfinkle |
| Birthday: | 4 March 1913, New York, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 7" (1.70 m) |
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Trivia
Father of actors David Garfield and Julie Garfield.
Won a state-wide debating contest sponsored by the New York Times as a boy.
Wife Roberta Seidman was his childhood sweetheart.
When his Warner Bros. contract expired in 1946, he did not re-sign with the studio, opting to start his own independent production company instead. He was one of the first Hollywood actors to do so.
Buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Garfield's widow Roberta married labor lawyer Sidney Cohn in 1954. He died in 1991 and Roberta Garfield Cohn died of Alzheimer's Disease in January 2004.
Parents were Russian immigrants.
The role of Bill Sampson in All About Eve (1950) was originally intended for him, but Gary Merrill was cast instead.
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