George Raft
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Sep 26 1901• Died Nov 25 1980
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, ful…
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George Raft's Credits
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Batman
Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
Self
The Jack Benny Program
The Gang leader
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo
I'm the Law
Casino Royale
Himself
Ocean's Eleven
Jack Strager
Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Bouncer
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
Scarface
Guino Rinaldo
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
Himself
Each Dawn I Die
'Hood' Stacey
Sextette
Self
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #2
You and Me
Joe Dennis
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
Manpower
Johnny Marshall
The Patsy
George Raft
Follow the Boys
Tony West
Christmas Eve
Mario Torio
Invisible Stripes
Cliff Taylor
Skidoo
Captain Garbaldo
If I Had a Million
Eddie Jackson
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Stage Door Canteen
George Raft
Rogue Cop
Dan Beaumonte
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Taxi!
William Kenny (uncredited)
Whistle Stop
Kenny Veech
They Drive by Night
Joe Fabrini
I Stole a Million
Joe Lourik
Intrigue
Brad Dunham
The Bowery
Steve Brodie
Loan Shark
Joe Gargen
A Bullet for Joey
Joe Victor
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
Nocturne
Joe Warne
Quick Millions
Jimmy Kirk
Race Street
Dan Gannin
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Allegro
Johnny Allegro
Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
Bolero
Raoul De Baere
Winner Take All
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadhead Miles
George Raft
Stolen Harmony
Ray Ferraro
Spawn of the North
Tyler Dawson
Background to Danger
Joe Barton
A Dangerous Profession
Vince Kane
Outpost in Morocco
Paul Gerard
Night World
Ed Powell
For Those Who Think Young
Detective (uncredited)
Midnight Club
Nick Mason
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Palmy Days
Joe
Souls at Sea
Powdah
Nob Hill
Tony Angelo
Riviera Dream
George Raft
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
I'll Get You for This
Nick Cain
Escape Route
Steve Rossi
The House Across the Bay
Steve Larwitt
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. Ace
Eddie Ace
Red Light
Johnny Torno
All of Me
Honey Rogers
Under-Cover Man
Nick Darrow
Hush Money
Maxie
Broadway
George Raft
The Glass Key
Ed Beaumont
The Upper Hand
Charles Binnaggio
Black Widow
Detective Bruce
She Couldn't Take It
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
Rumba
Joe Martin
Night After Night
Joe Anton
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
Yours for the Asking
Johnny Lamb
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
Side Street
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
It Had to Happen
Enrico Scaffa
Jet Over The Atlantic
Stafford
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
Madame Racketeer
Jack Houston
Dancers in the Dark
Louie Brooks
Queen of the Night Clubs
Gigola
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
The Trumpet Blows
Manuel Montes
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Pick-up
Harry Glynn
Every Night at Eight
Tops Cardona
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
Limehouse Blues
Harry Young
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
The Man From Cairo
Mike Canelli
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
We Will All Go to Paris
George Raft
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Dancer (uncredited)
The Lady's from Kentucky
Marty Black