
George Raft
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 ForActing
- Born26 September 1895 (age 130)
- Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
George Raft

- Known ForActing
- Born26 September 1895 (age 130)
- Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
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PHOTOS
CREDITS

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

The Man with Bogart's Face
1980

Sextette
1978

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973

Hammersmith Is Out
1972

Deadhead Miles
1972

The Movie Orgy
1968

Skidoo
1968

Casino Royale
1967

Five Golden Dragons
1967

The Upper Hand
1966

The Patsy
1964

For Those Who Think Young
1964

The Ladies Man
1961

Ocean's Eleven
1960

Some Like It Hot
1959

Jet Over The Atlantic
1959

Around the World in Eighty Days
1956

A Bullet for Joey
1955

Rogue Cop
1954

Black Widow
1954

The Man From Cairo
1953

Loan Shark
1952

Escape Route
1952

I'll Get You for This
1951

We Will All Go to Paris
1950

Riviera Dream
1950

Red Light
1949

Johnny Allegro
1949

A Dangerous Profession
1949

Outpost in Morocco
1949

Race Street
1948

Intrigue
1947

Christmas Eve
1947

Nocturne
1946

Whistle Stop
1946

Mr. Ace
1946

Johnny Angel
1945

Nob Hill
1945

Follow the Boys
1944

Background to Danger
1943

Stage Door Canteen
1943

Broadway
1942

Breakdowns of 1942
1942

Manpower
1941

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941

The House Across the Bay
1940

They Drive by Night
1940

Breakdowns of 1940
1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Each Dawn I Die
1939

I Stole a Million
1939

The Lady's from Kentucky
1939

Invisible Stripes
1939

You and Me
1938

Spawn of the North
1938

Souls at Sea
1937

It Had to Happen
1936

Yours for the Asking
1936

The Glass Key
1935

Every Night at Eight
1935

She Couldn't Take It
1935

Stolen Harmony
1935

Rumba
1935

The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935

The Trumpet Blows
1934

Limehouse Blues
1934

Bolero
1934

All of Me
1934

Pick-up
1933

Midnight Club
1933

The Bowery
1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933

Scarface
1932

Night After Night
1932

If I Had a Million
1932

Winner Take All
1932

Madame Racketeer
1932

Dancers in the Dark
1932

Night World
1932

Under-Cover Man
1932

Palmy Days
1931

Quick Millions
1931

Taxi!
1931

Hush Money
1931

Queen of the Night Clubs
1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
