George Raft
- Acting
- September 26, 1901 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- November 25, 1980
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
Filmography
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films · Self
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film · Self
- Rogues Gallery · Self
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her · Self
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- The Man with Bogart's Face · Petey Cane
- Gay, Gay Hollywood · Self
- Sextette · Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks · Self
- Deadhead Miles · George Raft
- Hammersmith Is Out · Guido Scartucci
- Skidoo · Captain Garbaldo
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- The Movie Orgy · Self
- Five Golden Dragons · Dragon #2
- Casino Royale · George Raft
- The Upper Hand · Charles Binnaggio
- Batman · Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
- The Patsy · George Raft
- For Those Who Think Young · Detective (uncredited)
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The Ladies Man · Self
- Ocean's Eleven · Jack Strager
- Jet Over The Atlantic · Stafford
- Some Like It Hot · Spats Colombo
- Around the World in 80 Days · Saloon Bouncer
- A Bullet for Joey · Joe Victor
- Black Widow · Detective Bruce
- The Jimmy Durante Show · Self
- Rogue Cop · Dan Beaumonte
- The Man From Cairo · Mike Canelli
- I'm the Law · Police Lt. George Kirby
- Escape Route · Steve Rossi
- Loan Shark · Joe Gargen
- I'll Get You for This · Nick Cain
- The Jack Benny Program · Gang Leader
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self
- We Will All Go to Paris · George Raft
- What's My Line? · Self
- Riviera Dream · George Raft
- A Dangerous Profession · Vince Kane
- Red Light · Johnny Torno
- Johnny Allegro · Johnny Allegro
- Outpost in Morocco · Paul Gerard
- Race Street · Dan Gannin
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Intrigue · Brad Dunham
- Christmas Eve · Mario Torio
- Nocturne · Joe Warne
- Mr. Ace · Eddie Ace
- Whistle Stop · Kenny Veech
- Johnny Angel · Johnny Angel
- Nob Hill · Tony Angelo
- Follow the Boys · Tony West
- Background to Danger · Joe Barton
- Stage Door Canteen · George Raft
- Breakdowns of 1942 · Self
- Broadway · George Raft
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Breakdowns of 1941 · Self
- Manpower · Johnny Marshall
- Breakdowns of 1940 · Self
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self
- They Drive by Night · Joe Fabrini
- The House Across the Bay · Steve Larwitt
- Invisible Stripes · Cliff Taylor
- Each Dawn I Die · 'Hood' Stacey
- I Stole a Million · Joe Lourik
- The Lady's from Kentucky · Marty Black
- Spawn of the North · Tyler Dawson
- You and Me · Joe Dennis
- Souls at Sea · Powdah
- Yours for the Asking · Johnny Lamb
- It Had to Happen · Enrico Scaffa
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood · Self
- She Couldn't Take It · Joe "Spot" Ricardi