George Raft

Biography

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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-09-26

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

George Ranft