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George Raft

George Raft

Actor · 1901–1980 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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.

Acted in 81

1980s

  1. 1980

    The Man with Bogart's Face

    Petey Cane

1970s

  1. 1972

    Deadhead Miles

    George Raft

  2. Hammersmith Is Out

    Guido Scartucci

1960s

  1. 1968

    Skidoo

    Captain Garbaldo

  2. 1967

    Five Golden Dragons

    Dragon #2

  3. 1966

    The Upper Hand

    Charles Binnaggio

  4. 1964

    The Patsy

    George Raft

  5. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959

    Jet Over The Atlantic

    Stafford

  2. 1956
  3. 1955
  4. 1954
  5. Rogue Cop

    Dan Beaumonte

  6. 1953

    The Man From Cairo

    Mike Canelli

  7. I'm the Law

    Police Lt. George Kirby · 25 episodes

  8. 1952

    Escape Route

    Steve Rossi

  9. Loan Shark

    Joe Gargen

  10. 1951

    I'll Get You for This

    Nick Cain

  11. 1950
  12. We Will All Go to Paris

    George Raft

  13. Riviera Dream

    George Raft

1940s

  1. 1949

    A Dangerous Profession

    Vince Kane

  2. Johnny Allegro

    Johnny Allegro

  3. 1948

    Race Street

    Dan Gannin

  4. 1947
  5. Christmas Eve

    Mario Torio

  6. 1946
  7. Mr. Ace

    Eddie Ace

  8. 1945

    Johnny Angel

    Johnny Angel

  9. Nob Hill

    Tony Angelo

  10. 1944
  11. 1943

    Background to Danger

    Joe Barton

  12. 1942

    Broadway

    George Raft

  13. 1941

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    Movie

  14. Manpower

    Johnny Marshall

  15. 1940
  16. The House Across the Bay

    Steve Larwitt

1930s

  1. 1939
  2. I Stole a Million

    Joe Lourik

  3. The Lady's from Kentucky

    Marty Black

  4. 1938

    Spawn of the North

    Tyler Dawson

  5. You and Me

    Joe Dennis

  6. 1937
  7. 1936

    Yours for the Asking

    Johnny Lamb

  8. It Had to Happen

    Enrico Scaffa

  9. 1935

    She Couldn't Take It

    Joe "Spot" Ricardi

  10. Every Night at Eight

    Tops Cardona

  11. The Glass Key

    Ed Beaumont

  12. Stolen Harmony

    Ray Ferraro

  13. Rumba

    Joe Martin

  14. 1934

    Limehouse Blues

    Harry Young

  15. The Trumpet Blows

    Manuel Montes

  16. Bolero

    Raoul De Baere

  17. All of Me

    Honey Rogers

  18. 1933

    The Bowery

    Steve Brodie

  19. Midnight Club

    Nick Mason

  20. Pick-up

    Harry Glynn

  21. 1932

    Under-Cover Man

    Nick Darrow

  22. Night After Night

    Joe Anton

  23. Madame Racketeer

    Jack Houston

  24. Winner Take All

    Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)

  25. Night World

    Ed Powell

  26. Dancers in the Dark

    Louie Brooks

  27. 1931
  28. Hush Money

    Maxie

  29. Quick Millions

    Jimmy Kirk

1920s

  1. 1929

    Side Street

    Georgie Ames (uncredited)

  2. Gold Diggers of Broadway

    Dancer (uncredited)

  3. Queen of the Night Clubs

    Gigola

Appearances25

2010s

  1. 2011

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Himself (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2008

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1997

    Rogues Gallery

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  2. 1994

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1983

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1980

    Gay, Gay Hollywood

    Self

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 1973

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    Self (archive footage)

1940s

  1. 1948
  2. 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    Self

  3. 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

    Self

  5. Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Self

1930s

  1. 1935

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1934

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

    Self

  3. 1933

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)