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John Garfield

1913 - 1952

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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 New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the Group Theatre. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros.' stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Garfield is the 3,554th most popular actor (down from 2,472nd in 2019), the 5,855th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,895th in 2019) and the 1,675th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Garfield ranks 3,554 out of 13,578Before him are Dorothea Jordan, Tony Amendola, Billy Crudup, Norio Wakamoto, Gwendoline Christie, and Valentin Gaft. After him are Javier Cámara, Dominique Blanc, Matt Schulze, Titus Welliver, Dawn Addams, and Johnny Dorelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, John Garfield ranks 200Before him are Sonja Wigert, Gina Bachauer, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Eugene Odum, and Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Ólafur Jóhannesson, Woody Herman, Per Borten, Franz Brunner, Masayoshi Ito, and Jiří Hájek. Among people deceased in 1952, John Garfield ranks 109Before him are Alberto Savinio, Nikos Beloyannis, Solomon Lozovsky, Artur Kapp, Jonas Staugaitis, and Sergey Merkurov. After him are Roger Vitrac, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Yakov Frenkel, Edward S. Curtis, Albert Bassermann, and Adolf Busch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Garfield ranks 5,855 out of 20,380Before him are Billy Crudup (1968), Gordon Douglas (1907), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Kim Gordon (1953), Rob Bourdon (1979), and Paul Morrissey (1938). After him are Dizzy Reed (1963), Matt Schulze (1972), Ambrose Burnside (1824), Bill Tuttle (1882), Titus Welliver (1962), and Haskell Curry (1900).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Garfield ranks 1,675Before him are Gary Cole (1956), Alan Tudyk (1971), Charles Martin Smith (1953), Thomas Jane (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), and Billy Crudup (1968). After him are Matt Schulze (1972), Titus Welliver (1962), Sam J. Jones (1954), Margo Martindale (1951), Shawn Fonteno (1976), and Joe Dallesandro (1948).