George Raft
Acting • Born 1901-09-26 – Died 1980-11-25
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
108 credits
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1959
Spats Colombo
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 1960
Jack Strager
Scarface
Movie • 1932
Guino Rinaldo
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Saloon Bouncer
Rogue Cop
Movie • 1954
Dan Beaumonte
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Johnny Marshall
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Himself
Red Light
Movie • 1949
Johnny Torno
Sextette
Movie • 1978
Himself
Skidoo
Movie • 1968
Captain Garbaldo
A Bullet for Joey
Movie • 1955
Joe Victor
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Tony West
Background to Danger
Movie • 1943
Joe Barton
The Ladies Man
Movie • 1961
Himself
Johnny Angel
Movie • 1945
Johnny Angel
Each Dawn I Die
Movie • 1939
'Hood' Stacey
The Man with Bogart's Face
Movie • 1980
Petey Cane
The Glass Key
Movie • 1935
Ed Beaumont
Queen of the Night Clubs
Movie • 1929
Gigola
Souls at Sea
Movie • 1937
Powdah
Johnny Allegro
Movie • 1949
Johnny Allegro
Black Widow
Movie • 1954
Detective Bruce
Nocturne
Movie • 1946
Joe Warne
The House Across the Bay
Movie • 1940
Steve Larwitt
You and Me
Movie • 1938
Joe Dennis
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Joe Lourik
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Joe Fabrini
Intrigue
Movie • 1947
Brad Dunham
A Dangerous Profession
Movie • 1949
Vince Kane
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night After Night
Movie • 1932
Joe Anton
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Loan Shark
Movie • 1952
Joe Gargen
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Dan Gannin
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Movie • 1929
Dancer (uncredited)
Whistle Stop
Movie • 1946
Kenny Veech
Five Golden Dragons
Movie • 1967
Dragon #2
The Upper Hand
Movie • 1966
Charles Binnaggio
Spawn of the North
Movie • 1938
Tyler Dawson
Christmas Eve
Movie • 1947
Mario Torio
We Will All Go to Paris
Movie • 1950
George Raft
Broadway
Movie • 1942
George Raft
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Eddie Jackson
Jet Over The Atlantic
Movie • 1959
Stafford
The Patsy
Movie • 1964
George Raft
Palmy Days
Movie • 1931
Joe
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Quick Millions
Movie • 1931
Jimmy Kirk
I'll Get You for This
Movie • 1951
Nick Cain
Pick-up
Movie • 1933
Harry Glynn
Winner Take All
Movie • 1932
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trumpet Blows
Movie • 1934
Manuel Montes
Limehouse Blues
Movie • 1934
Harry Young
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Bolero
Movie • 1934
Raoul De Baere
The Man From Cairo
Movie • 1953
Mike Canelli
Outpost in Morocco
Movie • 1949
Paul Gerard
Midnight Club
Movie • 1933
Nick Mason
Nob Hill
Movie • 1945
Tony Angelo
Every Night at Eight
Movie • 1935
Tops Cardona
She Couldn't Take It
Movie • 1935
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
All of Me
Movie • 1934
Honey Rogers
Madame Racketeer
Movie • 1932
Jack Houston
The Bowery
Movie • 1933
Steve Brodie
Dancers in the Dark
Movie • 1932
Louie Brooks
Stolen Harmony
Movie • 1935
Ray Ferraro
Night World
Movie • 1932
Ed Powell
It Had to Happen
Movie • 1936
Enrico Scaffa
Yours for the Asking
Movie • 1936
Johnny Lamb
Taxi!
Movie • 1932
William Kenny (uncredited)
Side Street
Movie • 1929
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Movie • 1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie • 2011
Himself (archive footage)
Mr. Ace
Movie • 1946
Eddie Ace
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Under-Cover Man
Movie • 1932
Nick Darrow
Escape Route
Movie • 1952
Steve Rossi
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
George Raft
Rumba
Movie • 1935
Joe Martin
Riviera Dream
Movie • 1950
George Raft
Hammersmith Is Out
Movie • 1972
Guido Scartucci
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Movie • 1935
Self
Deadhead Miles
Movie • 1972
George Raft
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie • 1940
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
The Lady's from Kentucky
Movie • 1939
Marty Black
Hush Money
Movie • 1931
Maxie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Cliff Taylor
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
For Those Who Think Young
Movie • 1964
Detective (uncredited)
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie • 1980
Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Movie • 1992
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Movie • 1934
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
I'm the Law
TV • 1953
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
The Gang leader
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Rogues Gallery
TV • 1997
Self (archive footage)