FrameThrower · Actors · Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield
3 films · 196 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1974–1984
Born 22 November 1939 · Newark, New Jersey, USA · died 7 April 2020
Allen Garfield, born and sometimes credited as Allen Goorwitz, was an American film and television actor.
Garfield was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Alice (née Lavroff) and Philip Goorwitz.A graduate of Weequahic High School, he was a sports reporter and Golden Gloves boxer before becoming an actor. He studied acting at The Actors Studio in New York City, studying with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, and worked in stage before film. Garfield was a quirky and prolific actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He was known for playing nervous villains, corrupt businessmen and politicians.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 196 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Allen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 78% of their frames are night, 69% low key — the look of the work Allen takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 196 frames from Allen Garfield's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.