Name
George Raft
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-09-26
Deathday
1980-11-25 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, today Raft is mostly known for his gangster roles in the original Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940).
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Known For
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In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state ...
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Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, ...
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Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night...
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Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsre...
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When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of anim...
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Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small o...
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While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of ...
- 1959 Some Like It Hot as Spats Colombo
- 1960 Ocean's Eleven as Jack Strager
- 1932 Scarface as Guino Rinaldo
- 1968 The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Bouncer
- 1954 Rogue Cop as Dan Beaumonte
- 1941 Manpower as Johnny Marshall
- 1967 Casino Royale as George Raft
- 1949 Red Light as Johnny Torno
- 1978 Sextette as Self
- 1968 Skidoo as Captain Garbaldo
- 1955 A Bullet for Joey as Joe Victor
- 1944 Follow the Boys as Tony West
- 1943 Background to Danger as Joe Barton
- 1961 The Ladies Man as Himself
- 1945 Johnny Angel as Johnny Angel
- 1939 Each Dawn I Die as 'Hood' Stacey
- 1980 The Man with Bogart's Face as Petey Cane
- 1935 The Glass Key as Ed Beaumont
- 1929 Queen of the Night Clubs as Gigola
- 1937 Souls at Sea as Powdah
- 1949 Johnny Allegro as Johnny Allegro
- 1954 Black Widow as Detective Bruce
- 1946 Nocturne as Joe Warne
- 1940 The House Across the Bay as Steve Larwitt
- 1938 You and Me as Joe Dennis
- 1939 I Stole a Million as Joe Lourik
- 1940 They Drive by Night as Joe Fabrini
- 1947 Intrigue as Brad Dunham
- 1949 A Dangerous Profession as Vince Kane
- 1941 Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932 Night After Night as Joe Anton
- 1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1952 Loan Shark as Joe Gargen
- 1948 Race Street as Dan Gannin
- 1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1946 Whistle Stop as Kenny Veech
- 1967 Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #2
- 1966 The Upper Hand as Charles Binnaggio
- 1938 Spawn of the North as Tyler Dawson
- 1947 Christmas Eve as Mario Torio
- 1950 We Will All Go to Paris as George Raft
- 1942 Broadway as George Raft
- 1932 If I Had a Million as Eddie Jackson
- 1959 Jet Over The Atlantic as Stafford
- 1964 The Patsy as George Raft
- 1931 Palmy Days as Joe
- 2008 Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)
- 1931 Quick Millions as Jimmy Kirk
- 1951 I'll Get You for This as Nick Cain
- 1933 Pick-up as Harry Glynn
- 1932 Winner Take All as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1934 The Trumpet Blows as Manuel Montes
- 1934 Limehouse Blues as Harry Young
- 1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)
- 1934 Bolero as Raoul De Baere
- 1953 The Man From Cairo as Mike Canelli
- 1949 Outpost in Morocco as Paul Gerard
- 1933 Midnight Club as Nick Mason
- 1945 Nob Hill as Tony Angelo
- 1934 All of Me as Honey Rogers
- 1935 She Couldn't Take It as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
- 1935 Every Night at Eight as Tops Cardona
- 1932 Madame Racketeer as Jack Houston
- 1933 The Bowery as Steve Brodie
- 1932 Dancers in the Dark as Louie Brooks
- 1935 Stolen Harmony as Ray Ferraro
- 1932 Night World as Ed Powell
- 1936 It Had to Happen as Enrico Scaffa
- 1936 Yours for the Asking as Johnny Lamb
- 1932 Taxi! as William Kenny (uncredited)
- 1929 Side Street as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
- 1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
- 1946 Mr. Ace as Eddie Ace
- 1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
- 1932 Under-Cover Man as Nick Darrow
- 1952 Escape Route as Steve Rossi
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen as George Raft
- 1935 Rumba as Joe Martin
- 1950 Riviera Dream as George Raft
- 1972 Hammersmith Is Out as Guido Scartucci
- 1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 Deadhead Miles as George Raft
- 1940 Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
- 1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- 1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 The Lady's from Kentucky as Marty Black
- 1931 Hush Money as Maxie
- 1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- 1939 Invisible Stripes as Cliff Taylor
- 1942 Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 1964 For Those Who Think Young as Detective (uncredited)
- 1980 Gay, Gay Hollywood as Self
- 1992 Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 as Self
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 5 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1966 Batman ( 1 episode ) as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 I'm the Law ( 25 episodes ) as Police Lt. George Kirby
- 1954 The Jimmy Durante Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 The Jack Benny Program ( 1 episode ) as Gang Leader
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 2 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1997 Rogues Gallery ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
