George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 – 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.
Spats Colombo
Some Like It Hot
Jack Strager
Ocean's Eleven
Guino Rinaldo
Scarface
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Saloon Bouncer
Around the World in Eighty Days
Dan Beaumonte
Rogue Cop
Johnny Marshall
Manpower
Himself
Casino Royale
Johnny Torno
Red Light
Himself
Sextette
Captain Garbaldo
Skidoo
Joe Victor
A Bullet for Joey
Tony West
Follow the Boys
Joe Barton
Background to Danger
Himself
The Ladies Man
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
'Hood' Stacey
Each Dawn I Die
Petey Cane
The Man with Bogart's Face
Ed Beaumont
The Glass Key
Gigola
Queen of the Night Clubs
Powdah
Souls at Sea
Johnny Allegro
Johnny Allegro
Detective Bruce
Black Widow
Joe Warne
Nocturne
Steve Larwitt
The House Across the Bay
Joe Dennis
You and Me
Joe Lourik
I Stole a Million
Joe Fabrini
They Drive by Night
Brad Dunham
Intrigue
Vince Kane
A Dangerous Profession
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941
Joe Anton
Night After Night
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Joe Gargen
Loan Shark
Dan Gannin
Race Street
Dancer (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Kenny Veech
Whistle Stop
Dragon #2
Five Golden Dragons
Charles Binnaggio
Du rififi à Paname
Tyler Dawson
Spawn of the North
Mario Torio
Christmas Eve
George Raft
Nous irons à Paris
George Raft
Broadway
Eddie Jackson
If I Had a Million
Stafford
Jet Over The Atlantic
George Raft
The Patsy
Joe
Palmy Days
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Jimmy Kirk
Quick Millions
Nick Cain
I'll Get You for This
Harry Glynn
Pick-up
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winner Take All
Manuel Montes
The Trumpet Blows
Harry Young
Limehouse Blues
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Raoul De Baere
Bolero
Mike Canelli
The Man From Cairo
Paul Gerard
Outpost in Morocco
Nick Mason
Midnight Club
Tony Angelo
Nob Hill
Honey Rogers
All of Me
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
She Couldn't Take It
Tops Cardona
Every Night at Eight
Jack Houston
Madame Racketeer
Steve Brodie
The Bowery
Louie Brooks
Dancers in the Dark
Ray Ferraro
Stolen Harmony
Ed Powell
Night World
Enrico Scaffa
It Had to Happen
Johnny Lamb
Yours for the Asking
William Kenny (uncredited)
Taxi!
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
Side Street
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Eddie Ace
Mr. Ace
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Nick Darrow
Under-Cover Man
Steve Rossi
Escape Route
George Raft
Stage Door Canteen
Joe Martin
Rumba
George Raft
Riviera Dream
Guido Scartucci
Hammersmith Is Out
Self
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
George Raft
Deadhead Miles
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Marty Black
The Lady's from Kentucky
Maxie
Hush Money
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Cliff Taylor
Invisible Stripes
Self
Breakdowns of 1942
Detective (uncredited)
For Those Who Think Young
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-09-26
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
George Ranft