Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 26, 1901
Died
Nov 25, 1980
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
108 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
Sextette
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
Deadhead Miles
George Raft
Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
Skidoo
Captain Garbaldo
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Ladies Man
Himself
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 (uncredited)
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