George Raft

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 G
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Personal Info

Id

3152

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-09-26

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • George Ranft
  • Georgie
  • Джордж Рафт
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    Known For

    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It

    Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Elev

    Scarface

    Scarface

    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Or

    Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the W

    Rogue Cop

    Rogue Cop

    Manpower

    Manpower

    Casino Royale

    Casino Royal

    Red Light

    Red Light

    Sextette

    Sextette

    Skidoo

    Skidoo

    A Bullet for Joey

    A Bullet for

    Follow the Boys

    Follow the B

    Background to Danger

    Background t

    The Ladies Man

    The Ladies M

    Johnny Angel

    Johnny Angel

    Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I

    The Man with Bogart's Face

    The Man with

    The Glass Key

    The Glass Ke

    Queen of the Night Clubs

    Queen of the

    Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

    Johnny Allegro

    Johnny Alleg

    Black Widow

    Black Widow

    Nocturne

    Nocturne

    The House Across the Bay

    The House Ac

    You and Me

    You and Me

    I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Mi

    They Drive by Night

    They Drive b

    Intrigue

    Intrigue

    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous

    Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns o

    Night After Night

    Night After

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    Hollywood Ou

    Loan Shark

    Loan Shark

    Race Street

    Race Street

    Gold Diggers of Broadway

    Gold Diggers

    Whistle Stop

    Whistle Stop

    Five Golden Dragons

    Five Golden

    The Upper Hand

    The Upper Ha

    Spawn of the North

    Spawn of the

    Christmas Eve

    Christmas Ev

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    We Will All

    Broadway

    Broadway

    If I Had a Million

    If I Had a M

    Jet Over The Atlantic

    Jet Over The

    The Patsy

    The Patsy

    Palmy Days

    Palmy Days

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Public Enemi

    Quick Millions

    Quick Millio

    I'll Get You for This

    I'll Get You

    Pick-up

    Pick-up

    Winner Take All

    Winner Take

    The Trumpet Blows

    The Trumpet

    Limehouse Blues

    Limehouse Bl

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    The Men Who

    Bolero

    Bolero

    The Man From Cairo

    The Man From

    Outpost in Morocco

    Outpost in M

    Midnight Club

    Midnight Clu

    Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

    All of Me

    All of Me

    She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't

    Every Night at Eight

    Every Night

    Madame Racketeer

    Madame Racke

    The Bowery

    The Bowery

    Dancers in the Dark

    Dancers in t

    Stolen Harmony

    Stolen Harmo

    Night World

    Night World

    It Had to Happen

    It Had to Ha

    Yours for the Asking

    Yours for th

    Taxi!

    Taxi!

    Side Street

    Side Street

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    Hollywood on

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: S

    Mr. Ace

    Mr. Ace

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    Mae West and

    Under-Cover Man

    Under-Cover

    Escape Route

    Escape Route

    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door C

    Rumba

    Rumba

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    Riviera Drea

    Hammersmith Is Out

    Hammersmith

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion

    Deadhead Miles

    Deadhead Mil

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    Breakdowns o

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    Cavalcade of

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can

    The Lady's from Kentucky

    The Lady's f

    Hush Money

    Hush Money

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    Hedda Hopper

    Invisible Stripes

    Invisible St

    Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns o

    For Those Who Think Young

    For Those Wh

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    Gay, Gay Hol

    Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

    Murderers, M

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    2011

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    asHimself (archive footage)

    2008

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1994

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1992

    Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

    as

    1983

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1980

    The Man with Bogart's Face

    asPetey Cane

    1980

    Gay, Gay Hollywood

    asSelf

    1978

    Sextette

    asHimself

    1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1973

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1972

    Deadhead Miles

    asGeorge Raft

    1972

    Hammersmith Is Out

    asGuido Scartucci

    1968

    Skidoo

    asCaptain Garbaldo

    1968

    The Movie Orgy

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1967

    Five Golden Dragons

    asDragon #2

    1967

    Casino Royale

    asHimself

    1966

    The Upper Hand

    asCharles Binnaggio

    1964

    The Patsy

    asGeorge Raft

    1964

    For Those Who Think Young

    asDetective (uncredited)

    1961

    The Ladies Man

    asHimself

    1960

    Ocean's Eleven

    asJack Strager

    1959

    Jet Over The Atlantic

    asStafford

    1959

    Some Like It Hot

    asSpats Colombo

    1956

    Around the World in 80 Days

    asSaloon Bouncer

    1955

    A Bullet for Joey

    asJoe Victor

    1954

    Black Widow

    asDetective Bruce

    1954

    Rogue Cop

    asDan Beaumonte

    1953

    The Man From Cairo

    asMike Canelli

    1952

    Escape Route

    asSteve Rossi

    1952

    Loan Shark

    asJoe Gargen

    1951

    I'll Get You for This

    asNick Cain

    1950

    We Will All Go to Paris

    asGeorge Raft

    1950

    Riviera Dream

    asGeorge Raft

    1949

    A Dangerous Profession

    asVince Kane

    1949

    Red Light

    asJohnny Torno

    1949

    Johnny Allegro

    asJohnny Allegro

    1949

    Outpost in Morocco

    asPaul Gerard

    1948

    Race Street

    asDan Gannin

    1947

    Intrigue

    asBrad Dunham

    1947

    Christmas Eve

    asMario Torio

    1946

    Nocturne

    asJoe Warne

    1946

    Mr. Ace

    asEddie Ace

    1946

    Whistle Stop

    asKenny Veech

    1945

    Johnny Angel

    asJohnny Angel

    1945

    Nob Hill

    asTony Angelo

    1944

    Follow the Boys

    asTony West

    1943

    Background to Danger

    asJoe Barton

    1943

    Stage Door Canteen

    asGeorge Raft

    1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    asSelf

    1942

    Broadway

    asGeorge Raft

    1941

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    as

    1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1941

    Manpower

    asJohnny Marshall

    1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

    asSelf

    1940

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    asSelf

    1940

    They Drive by Night

    asJoe Fabrini

    1940

    The House Across the Bay

    asSteve Larwitt

    1939

    Invisible Stripes

    asCliff Taylor

    1939

    Each Dawn I Die

    as'Hood' Stacey

    1939

    I Stole a Million

    asJoe Lourik

    1939

    The Lady's from Kentucky

    asMarty Black

    1938

    Spawn of the North

    asTyler Dawson

    1938

    You and Me

    asJoe Dennis

    1937

    Souls at Sea

    asPowdah

    1936

    Yours for the Asking

    asJohnny Lamb

    1936

    It Had to Happen

    asEnrico Scaffa

    1935

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    asSelf

    1935

    She Couldn't Take It

    asJoe "Spot" Ricardi

    1935

    Every Night at Eight

    asTops Cardona

    1935

    The Glass Key

    asEd Beaumont

    1935

    Stolen Harmony

    asRay Ferraro

    1935

    Rumba

    asJoe Martin

    1934

    Limehouse Blues

    asHarry Young

    1934

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

    asSelf

    1934

    The Trumpet Blows

    asManuel Montes

    1934

    Bolero

    asRaoul De Baere

    1934

    All of Me

    asHoney Rogers

    1933

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1933

    The Bowery

    asSteve Brodie

    1933

    Midnight Club

    asNick Mason

    1933

    Pick-up

    asHarry Glynn

    1932

    Under-Cover Man

    asNick Darrow

    1932

    If I Had a Million

    asEddie Jackson

    1932

    Night After Night

    asJoe Anton

    1932

    Madame Racketeer

    asJack Houston

    1932

    Winner Take All

    asBand Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1932

    Night World

    asEd Powell

    1932

    Scarface

    asGuino Rinaldo

    1932

    Dancers in the Dark

    asLouie Brooks

    1932

    Taxi!

    asWilliam Kenny (uncredited)

    1931

    Palmy Days

    asJoe

    1931

    Hush Money

    asMaxie

    1931

    Quick Millions

    asJimmy Kirk

    1929

    Side Street

    asGeorgie Ames (uncredited)

    1929

    Gold Diggers of Broadway

    asDancer (uncredited)

    1929

    Queen of the Night Clubs

    asGigola

    Coming Soon

    (5 episode)asSelf (uncredited)

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asCitizen in Bank (uncredited)

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (25 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (3 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asThe Gang leader

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (3 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf (uncredited)