John Garfield

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American actor film actor human stage actor

John Garfield was an American actor of the 1930s and 1940s known for his intense, naturalistic performances in socially conscious films.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
John Garfield as violinist Paul Boray	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear	1952 ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear	1930 ⓘ
birthName	Jacob Julius Garfinkle ⓘ
burialPlace	Westchester Hills Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1913-03-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1952-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage	1935 ⓘ
educatedAt	The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	Garfinkle ⓘ
genre	film noir ⓘ social problem film ⓘ
givenName	Jacob ⓘ
hasIMDBId	nm0002093 ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ
movement	Group Theatre ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ surface form: Oscar for Best Actor for Body and Soul Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Four Daughters ⓘ
notableWork	Body and Soul ⓘ Force of Evil ⓘ Four Daughters ⓘ Gentleman's Agreement ⓘ surface form: Gentleman’s Agreement Humoresque ⓘ Pride of the Marines ⓘ The Postman Always Rings Twice ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York New York City ⓘ
politicalActivity	target of Hollywood blacklist era investigations ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Roberta Seidman ⓘ
style	naturalistic acting ⓘ
workedIn	Hollywood ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pride of the Marines → hasCastMember → John Garfield ⓘ

Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → John Garfield ⓘ

Force of Evil → leadActor → John Garfield ⓘ

Four Daughters → leadActorBreakthrough → John Garfield ⓘ

Humoresque → leadActorRole → John Garfield ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Garfield as violinist Paul Boray

Group Theatre → notableMember → John Garfield ⓘ

Garfinkle → originalSurnameOf → John Garfield ⓘ

Body and Soul → portrayedBy → John Garfield ⓘ

subject surface form: Body and Soul (1947 film)

Garfinkle → pseudonym → John Garfield ⓘ

subject surface form: John Garfield

Body and Soul → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

subject surface form: Body and Soul (1947 film)

Force of Evil → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

Four Daughters → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

Gentleman's Agreement → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

Humoresque → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

Pride of the Marines → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

The Postman Always Rings Twice → starring → John Garfield ⓘ

subject surface form: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)

Garfinkle → usedBy → John Garfield ⓘ

Elizabeth in Gentleman's Agreement → workStarring → John Garfield ⓘ

subject surface form: Elizabeth (Gentleman's Agreement)