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Allen Garfield
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Actor Born: November 22, 1939 in Newark, NJ Biography:Rotund character actor "Allen Garfield" was trained at the Actors Studio. He interrupted a fruitful stage career in 1968 to appear in a string of low-budget, Manhattan-based films, among them the seminal "Brian de Palma" project "Hi, Mom!" (1970) and "Woody Allen"'s "Bananas" (1971, as the Christ figure who has trouble finding a parking space for his cross). He was promoted to leading man in 1970's "Cry Uncle", a raunchy R-rated detective spoof which attracted extensive press coverage thanks to the scene in which Garfield has sex with a corpse! In mainstream films like "The Long Goodbye" (1973) "The Conversation" (1974) and "Nashville" (1975), Garfield was generally cast as slimy executives and promoters. As MGM mogul "Louis B. Mayer" in "Gable and Lombard", Garfield offered a fascinating amalgam of sticky sentimentality, sharp business acumen and cold-blooded ruthlessness. From 1978 through 1983,... Full Biography
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