George Raft
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 26, 1901 (125 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Rogues GallerySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Mae West and the Men Who Knew HerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files | |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1980 | The Man with Bogart's FacePetey Cane | |
| 1980 | Gay, Gay HollywoodSelf | |
| 1978 | SextetteSelf | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is OutGuido Scartucci | |
| 1972 | Deadhead MilesGeorge Raft | |
| 1968 | The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | SkidooCaptain Garbaldo | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Casino RoyaleHimself | |
| 1967 | Five Golden DragonsDragon #2 | |
| 1966 | The Upper HandCharles Binnaggio | |
| 1966 | BatmanCitizen in Bank (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | The PatsyGeorge Raft | |
| 1964 | For Those Who Think YoungDetective (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1961 | The Ladies ManHimself | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | Ocean's ElevenJack Strager | |
| 1959 | Some Like It HotSpats Colombo | |
| 1959 | Jet Over The AtlanticStafford | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 DaysSaloon Bouncer | |
| 1955 | A Bullet for JoeyJoe Victor | |
| 1954 | Rogue CopDan Beaumonte | |
| 1954 | Black WidowDetective Bruce | |
| 1954 | The Jimmy Durante ShowSelf | |
| 1953 | The Man From CairoMike Canelli | |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | |
| 1952 | Loan SharkJoe Gargen | |
| 1952 | Escape RouteSteve Rossi | |
| 1951 | I'll Get You for ThisNick Cain | |
| 1950 | We Will All Go to ParisGeorge Raft | |
| 1950 | Riviera DreamGeorge Raft | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny ProgramThe Gang leader | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self | |
| 1949 | Red LightJohnny Torno | |
| 1949 | Johnny AllegroJohnny Allegro | |
| 1949 | A Dangerous ProfessionVince Kane | |
| 1949 | Outpost in MoroccoPaul Gerard | |
| 1948 | Race StreetDan Gannin | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1947 | IntrigueBrad Dunham | |
| 1947 | Christmas EveMario Torio | |
| 1946 | NocturneJoe Warne | |
| 1946 | Whistle StopKenny Veech | |
| 1946 | Mr. AceEddie Ace | |
| 1945 | Johnny AngelJohnny Angel | |
| 1945 | Nob HillTony Angelo | |
| 1944 | Follow the BoysTony West | |
| 1943 | Background to DangerJoe Barton | |
| 1943 | Stage Door CanteenGeorge Raft | |
| 1942 | BroadwayGeorge Raft | |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942Self | |
| 1941 | ManpowerJohnny Marshall | |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | |
| 1940 | The House Across the BaySteve Larwitt | |
| 1940 | They Drive by NightJoe Fabrini | |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940Self | |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf | |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die'Hood' Stacey | |
| 1939 | I Stole a MillionJoe Lourik | |
| 1939 | The Lady's from KentuckyMarty Black | |
| 1939 | Invisible StripesCliff Taylor | |
| 1938 | You and MeJoe Dennis | |
| 1938 | Spawn of the NorthTyler Dawson | |
| 1937 | Souls at SeaPowdah | |
| 1936 | It Had to HappenEnrico Scaffa | |
| 1936 | Yours for the AskingJohnny Lamb | |
| 1935 | The Glass KeyEd Beaumont | |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take ItJoe "Spot" Ricardi | |
| 1935 | Every Night at EightTops Cardona | |
| 1935 | Stolen HarmonyRay Ferraro | |
| 1935 | RumbaJoe Martin | |
| 1935 | The Fashion Side of HollywoodSelf | |
| 1934 | The Trumpet BlowsManuel Montes | |
| 1934 | Limehouse BluesHarry Young | |
| 1934 | BoleroRaoul De Baere | |
| 1934 | All of MeHoney Rogers | |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10Self | |
| 1933 | Pick-upHarry Glynn | |
| 1933 | Midnight ClubNick Mason | |
| 1933 | The BowerySteve Brodie | |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | ScarfaceGuino Rinaldo | |
| 1932 | Night After NightJoe Anton | |
| 1932 | If I Had a MillionEddie Jackson | |
| 1932 | Winner Take AllBand Leader (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Madame RacketeerJack Houston | |
| 1932 | Dancers in the DarkLouie Brooks | |
| 1932 | Night WorldEd Powell | |
| 1932 | Taxi!William Kenny (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Under-Cover ManNick Darrow | |
| 1931 | Palmy DaysJoe | |
| 1931 | Quick MillionsJimmy Kirk | |
| 1931 | Hush MoneyMaxie | |
| 1929 | Queen of the Night ClubsGigola | |
| 1929 | Gold Diggers of BroadwayDancer (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Side StreetGeorgie Ames (uncredited) |