Background
Born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Brooklyn College, his father was congressman Leo F. Rayfiel (1888–1978).
Born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Brooklyn College, his father was congressman Leo F. Rayfiel (1888–1978).
AB, Brooklyn College, 1947; Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1950.
His former house at Day, New York, known as David Rayfiel House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. He died on June 22, 2011 of heart failure, aged 87, in Manhattan. David Rayfiel also had two grandchildren, Keaton Simons and Morgan Simons.
The Slender Thread (uncredited) (1965)
This Property is Condemned (1966)
Castle Keep (1969)
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
Lipstick (1976)
Three Days of the Condor (1976)
Watch (1980)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Round Midnight (1986)
The Morning After (uncredited) (1986)
Havana (1990)
The Firm (1993)
Intersection (1994)
Sabrina (1995)
Random Hearts (uncredited) (1999).
Married Lila Paris, 1950 (divorced 1953). 1 child, Eliza; married Maureen Stapleton, 1963 (divorced 1969). Married Lynne Schwarzenbek, 1988.