Acting
John Garfield
- Titles
- 46movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1938 to 1951, busiest in 1939 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 28top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Four Daughters85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Family Dynamics5.4average 4.7
- Melancholy5.5average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Uncanny1.4, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character Study 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Film Noir 2
- Classic War Film 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Thought-Provoking 2
- Boxing Drama 2
- Noir Elements 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Intense 2
- Patriotic Themes 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
James Wong HoweCinematographerThey Made Me a Criminal, Body and Soul, Dust Be My Destiny, Out of the Fog, He Ran All the Way, +3 more
George TobiasActorBetween Two Worlds, East of the River, Out of the Fog, Air Force, Nobody Lives Forever, +1 more
Franz WaxmanComposerDestination Tokyo, He Ran All the Way, Humoresque, Pride of the Marines, Air Force, +1 more
Claude RainsActorThey Made Me a Criminal, Juarez, Four Daughters, Saturday's Children, Daughters Courageous
John RidgelyActorDestination Tokyo, Pride of the Marines, Air Force, Dangerously They Live
Michael CurtizDirectorThe Sea Wolf, The Breaking Point, Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous
Robert RossenWriterThe Sea Wolf, Body and Soul, Dust Be My Destiny, Out of the Fog
May RobsonActorThey Made Me a Criminal, Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous
Frank McHughActorDust Be My Destiny, Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous
Max SteinerComposerThey Made Me a Criminal, Dust Be My Destiny, The Breaking Point- AAdolph DeutschComposerCastle on the Hudson, Nobody Lives Forever, Saturday's Children
- WWarren LowEditorJuarez, Dust Be My Destiny, Out of the Fog
Movies and TV shows
342000s
1 title · average score 79
79
The John Garfield Story (2003)
as (archive footage)
1980s
1 title
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Joe Bonaparte (archive footage)
1950s
4 titles · average score 74
79
He Ran All the Way (1951)
as Nick Robey
82
Force of Evil (1950)
as Joe Morse
72
The Breaking Point (1950)
as Harry Morgan
64
Under My Skin (1950)
as Dan Butler
1940s
21 titles · average score 67
69
We Were Strangers (1949)
as Tony Fenner
77
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
as Dave Goldman
84
Body and Soul (1947)
as Charley Davis
64
Humoresque (1947)
as Paul Boray
82
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Frank Chambers
73
Pride of the Marines (1945)
as Albert Schmid
71
Between Two Worlds (1944)
as Tom Prior
58
Destination Tokyo (1943)
as Wolf
75
Air Force (1943)
as Tail Gunner Joe Winocki
78
The Sea Wolf (1941)
as George Leach
54
Out of the Fog (1941)
as Harold Goff
62
East of the River (1940)
as Joseph Enrico 'Joe' Lorenzo
1930s
7 titles · average score 66
64
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
as Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney
66
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Joe Bell
58
Blackwell's Island (1939)
as Tim Haydon
64
Daughters Courageous (1939)
as Gabriel Lopez
65
Juarez (1939)
as General Porfirio Diaz
62
Four Wives (1939)
as Mickey Borden
85
Four Daughters (1938)
as Mickey Borden