Biography of john garfield
John garfield.
When Jacob Julius Garfinkle was growing up on the mean streets of the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn, he learned to be tough as well as “all the meanness, all the toughness it’s possible for kids to acquire,” so he said in later years.
Biography of john garfield
There was no silver spoon in his or his little brother Max’s mouths. Sometimes there wasn’t even food.
When he became an actor named John Garfield years later, he never forgot he had been born March 4, 1913 to David and Hannah Garfinkle, two Russian-Jewish immigrants.
His father was a pants presser and poor. His mother died young and left her children to be brought up in various relatives’ shabby homes.
Biography of john garfield actor
Although he fought his way through the various street gangs of his era, he took on the charisma of a toughie, a bully, and a strong guy. As many boys did in that pre-Depression era, he took a liking to boxing and hung out at a local boxing gym.
He had one talent that nobody else had – he was a good mimic and could amuse people.
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