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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-09-26 (129 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

George Raft

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).

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Known For

Acting

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)

2008

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980

1978

Sextette as Himself

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1973

1972

Hammersmith Is Out as Guido Scartucci
Deadhead Miles as George Raft

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Skidoo as Captain Garbaldo
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Guest Performer (uncredited)

1967

Casino Royale as Himself
Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #2

1966

The Upper Hand as Charles Binnaggio
Batman as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)

1964

The Patsy as George Raft
For Those Who Think Young as Detective (uncredited)

1962

1961

The Ladies Man as Himself

1960

Ocean's Eleven as Jack Strager

1959

Some Like It Hot as Spats Colombo

1956

1955

A Bullet for Joey as Joe Victor

1954

Rogue Cop as Dan Beaumonte
Black Widow as Detective Bruce

1953

The Man From Cairo as Mike Canelli

1952

Loan Shark as Joe Gargen
Escape Route as Steve Rossi

1951

1950

Riviera Dream as George Raft
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program as The Gang leader
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Red Light as Johnny Torno
Johnny Allegro as Johnny Allegro
Outpost in Morocco as Paul Gerard

1948

Race Street as Dan Gannin

1947

Intrigue as Brad Dunham
Christmas Eve as Mario Torio

1946

Nocturne as Joe Warne
Whistle Stop as Kenny Veech
Mr. Ace as Eddie Ace

1945

Johnny Angel as Johnny Angel
Nob Hill as Tony Angelo

1944

Follow the Boys as Tony West

1943

Background to Danger as Joe Barton
Stage Door Canteen as George Raft

1942

Broadway as George Raft

1941

Manpower as Johnny Marshall
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

The House Across the Bay as Steve Larwitt
They Drive by Night as Joe Fabrini

1939

Each Dawn I Die as 'Hood' Stacey
I Stole a Million as Joe Lourik
Invisible Stripes as Cliff Taylor

1938

You and Me as Joe Dennis
Spawn of the North as Tyler Dawson

1937

Souls at Sea as Powdah

1936

It Had to Happen as Enrico Scaffa
Yours for the Asking as Johnny Lamb

1935

The Glass Key as Ed Beaumont
She Couldn't Take It as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
Every Night at Eight as Tops Cardona
Stolen Harmony as Ray Ferraro
Rumba as Joe Martin

1934

The Trumpet Blows as Manuel Montes
Limehouse Blues as Harry Young
Bolero as Raoul De Baere
All of Me as Honey Rogers

1933

Pick-up as Harry Glynn
Midnight Club as Nick Mason
The Bowery as Steve Brodie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1932

Scarface as Guino Rinaldo
Night After Night as Joe Anton
If I Had a Million as Eddie Jackson
Winner Take All as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer as Jack Houston
Dancers in the Dark as Louie Brooks
Night World as Ed Powell
Under-Cover Man as Nick Darrow

1931

Palmy Days as Joe
Quick Millions as Jimmy Kirk
Taxi! as William Kenny (uncredited)
Hush Money as Maxie

1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway as Dancer (uncredited)
Side Street as Georgie Ames (uncredited)