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George Raft

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1901-09-26

Day of Death

1980-11-25

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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 George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (96)

⭐ 9.0 Role: Himself (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011
⭐ 6.9 Role: Self (archive footage)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994
⭐ 8.0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

1992
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983
⭐ 6.0 Role: Petey Cane

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Gay, Gay Hollywood

1980
⭐ 3.9 Role: Self

Sextette

1978
⭐ 6.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975
⭐ 6.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973
⭐ 6.0 Role: George Raft

Deadhead Miles

1972
⭐ 5.9 Role: Guido Scartucci

Hammersmith Is Out

1972
⭐ 4.8 Role: Captain Garbaldo

Skidoo

1968
⭐ 6.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

1968
⭐ 5.2 Role: Dragon #2

Five Golden Dragons

1967