John Garfield
John Garfield
John Garfieldwas an American actor adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in Depression-era New York City. In the early 1930s, he became an important member of the Group Theater. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros.' major stars. Called to testify before the U.S. Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities, he denied communist affiliation and refused to "name names," effectively ending his film career. Some have alleged that the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth4 March 1913
CountryUnited States of America
I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.
I know a playwright with a forty-thousand-dollar house in Beverly and he's miserable.
There was a revolution going on at home. Why didn't I earn some money? Why didn't I do something practical, like chicken farming?
I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique.
When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.
There are many films in which minority groups are caricatured to the point where truth is all together lost. There are many more films, good in general, but untrue in their presentation of the Negro's life as totally divorced from the Caucasian's or the Caucasian's from the Negro.