George Raft

Birthday:

09/26/1895

Place of birth:

Los Angeles, California, USA:

Biography:

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.



Credits

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Himself (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Petey Cane
Sextette (1978)
Himself
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
Self (archive footage)
Deadhead Miles (1972)
George Raft
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
Guido Scartucci
Skidoo (1968)
Captain Garbaldo
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Self (archive footage)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Dragon #2
Casino Royale (1967)
Himself
The Upper Hand (1966)
Charles Binnaggio
The Patsy (1964)
George Raft
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Detective (uncredited)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Himself
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Jack Strager
Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)
Stafford
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Spats Colombo
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Saloon Bouncer
A Bullet for Joey (1955)
Joe Victor
Black Widow (1954)
Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce
Rogue Cop (1954)
Dan Beaumonte
The Man From Cairo (1953)
Mike Canelli
Escape Route (1952)
Steve Rossi
Loan Shark (1952)
Joe Gargen
I'll Get You for This (1951)
Nick Cain
We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
George Raft
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
Vince Kane
Red Light (1949)
Johnny Torno
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Johnny Allegro
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Paul Gerard
Race Street (1948)
Dan Gannin
Intrigue (1947)
Brad Dunham
Christmas Eve (1947)
Mario Torio
Nocturne (1946)
Joe Warne
Mr. Ace (1946)
Eddie Ace
Whistle Stop (1946)
Kenny Veech
Johnny Angel (1945)
Johnny Angel
Nob Hill (1945)
Tony Angelo
Follow the Boys (1944)
Tony West
Background to Danger (1943)
Joe Barton
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
George Raft
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
Self
Broadway (1942)
Himself
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manpower (1941)
Johnny Marshall
Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Self
They Drive by Night (1940)
Joe Fabrini
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Steve Larwitt
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Cliff Taylor
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
'Hood' Stacey
I Stole a Million (1939)
Joe Lourik
The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
Marty Black
Spawn of the North (1938)
Tyler Dawson
You and Me (1938)
Joe Dennis
Souls at Sea (1937)
Powdah
Yours for the Asking (1936)
Johnny Lamb
It Had to Happen (1936)
Enrico Scaffa
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
Self
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
Every Night at Eight (1935)
Tops Cardona
The Glass Key (1935)
Ed Beaumont
Stolen Harmony (1935)
Ray Ferraro
Rumba (1935)
Joe Martin
Limehouse Blues (1934)
Harry Young
The Trumpet Blows (1934)
Manuel Montes
Bolero (1934)
Raoul De Baere
All of Me (1934)
Honey Rogers
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bowery (1933)
Steve Brodie
Midnight Club (1933)
Nick Mason
Pick-up (1933)
Harry Glynn
Under-Cover Man (1932)
Nick Darrow
If I Had a Million (1932)
Eddie Jackson
Night After Night (1932)
Joe Anton
Madame Racketeer (1932)
Jack Houston
Winner Take All (1932)
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night World (1932)
Ed Powell
Scarface (1932)
Guino Rinaldo
Dancers in the Dark (1932)
Louie Brooks
Taxi! (1931)
William Kenny (uncredited)
Palmy Days (1931)
Joe
Hush Money (1931)
Maxie
Quick Millions (1931)
Jimmy Kirk
Side Street (1929)
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
Dancer (uncredited)
Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)
Gigola