George Raft

Sep 26, 1895 - Nov 25, 1980 (85 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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Batman

Citizen in Bank (uncredited)

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Casino Royale

Himself

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Quick Millions

Jimmy Kirk

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What's My Line?

Self

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The Lady's from Kentucky

Marty Black

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self (uncredited)

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The Jack Benny Program

The Gang leader

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She Couldn't Take It

Joe "Spot" Ricardi

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Guest Performer (uncredited)

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Taxi!

William Kenny (uncredited)

Credits

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films 2011

Himself (archive footage)

★ 9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.9
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Man with Bogart's Face 1980

Petey Cane

★ 5.9
Gay, Gay Hollywood 1980

Self

★ NR
Sextette 1978

Himself

★ 3.7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.1
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Deadhead Miles 1972

George Raft

★ 5.5
Hammersmith Is Out 1972

Guido Scartucci

★ 5.7
Skidoo 1968

Captain Garbaldo

★ 4.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Guest Performer (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Movie Orgy 1968

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.4
Five Golden Dragons 1967

Dragon #2

★ 5.1
Casino Royale 1967

Himself

★ 5.2
The Upper Hand 1966

Charles Binnaggio

★ 6.3
Batman 1966

Citizen in Bank (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Patsy 1964

George Raft

★ 6.2
For Those Who Think Young 1964

Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.2
The Ladies Man 1961

Himself

★ 6.3
Ocean's Eleven 1960

Jack Strager

★ 6.4
Jet Over The Atlantic 1959

Stafford

★ 5.4
Some Like It Hot 1959

Spats Colombo

★ 8.1
Around the World in Eighty Days 1956

Saloon Bouncer

★ 6.6
A Bullet for Joey 1955

Joe Victor

★ 5.6
Black Widow 1954

Detective Bruce

★ 6.3
The Jimmy Durante Show 1954

Self

★ NR
Rogue Cop 1954

Dan Beaumonte

★ 5.3
The Man From Cairo 1953

Mike Canelli

★ 5
I'm the Law 1953

★ 5.7
Escape Route 1952

Steve Rossi

★ 5.3
Loan Shark 1952

Joe Gargen

★ 5.6
I'll Get You for This 1951

Nick Cain

★ 6.8
The Jack Benny Program 1950

The Gang leader

★ 7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self (uncredited)

★ 6.8
We Will All Go to Paris 1950

George Raft

★ 5.2
What's My Line? 1950

Self

★ 6.9
Riviera Dream 1950

George Raft

★ NR
A Dangerous Profession 1949

Vince Kane

★ 5.6
Red Light 1949

Johnny Torno

★ 5.8
Johnny Allegro 1949

Johnny Allegro

★ 6.3
Outpost in Morocco 1949

Paul Gerard

★ 4.8
Race Street 1948

Dan Gannin

★ 5.8
Intrigue 1947

Brad Dunham

★ 5
Christmas Eve 1947

Mario Torio

★ 5.1
Nocturne 1946

Joe Warne

★ 5.9
Mr. Ace 1946

Eddie Ace

★ 5.6
Whistle Stop 1946

Kenny Veech

★ 4.3
Johnny Angel 1945

Johnny Angel

★ 5.9
Nob Hill 1945

Tony Angelo

★ 5.7
Follow the Boys 1944

Tony West

★ 5.3
Background to Danger 1943

Joe Barton

★ 6.6
Stage Door Canteen 1943

George Raft

★ 6.1
Breakdowns of 1942 1942

Self

★ 6
Broadway 1942

George Raft

★ 5.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941

★ 6
Breakdowns of 1941 1941

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7
Manpower 1941

Johnny Marshall

★ 6.7
Breakdowns of 1940 1940

Self

★ 4
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940

Self

★ 6.5
They Drive by Night 1940

Joe Fabrini

★ 6.9
The House Across the Bay 1940

Steve Larwitt

★ 5.5
Invisible Stripes 1939

Cliff Taylor

★ 6.1
Each Dawn I Die 1939

'Hood' Stacey

★ 6.8
I Stole a Million 1939

Joe Lourik

★ 6
The Lady's from Kentucky 1939

Marty Black

★ NR
Spawn of the North 1938

Tyler Dawson

★ 5.7
You and Me 1938

Joe Dennis

★ 6.5
Souls at Sea 1937

Powdah

★ 6.3
Yours for the Asking 1936

Johnny Lamb

★ 3.5
It Had to Happen 1936

Enrico Scaffa

★ 5.5
The Fashion Side of Hollywood 1935

Self

★ 6
She Couldn't Take It 1935

Joe "Spot" Ricardi

★ 4.5
Every Night at Eight 1935

Tops Cardona

★ 6.7
The Glass Key 1935

Ed Beaumont

★ 6.4
Stolen Harmony 1935

Ray Ferraro

★ 6
Rumba 1935

Joe Martin

★ 6
Limehouse Blues 1934

Harry Young

★ 3.7
The Trumpet Blows 1934

Manuel Montes

★ 5
Bolero 1934

Raoul De Baere

★ 6.3
All of Me 1934

Honey Rogers

★ 6
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 1933

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ NR
The Bowery 1933

Steve Brodie

★ 5
Midnight Club 1933

Nick Mason

★ NR
Pick-up 1933

Harry Glynn

★ 4
Under-Cover Man 1932

Nick Darrow

★ 4.5
If I Had a Million 1932

Eddie Jackson

★ 6.6
Night After Night 1932

Joe Anton

★ 6.2
Madame Racketeer 1932

Jack Houston

★ 4.8
Winner Take All 1932

Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Night World 1932

Ed Powell

★ 6.7
Scarface 1932

Guino Rinaldo

★ 7.4
Dancers in the Dark 1932

Louie Brooks

★ 4.8
Taxi! 1931

William Kenny (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Palmy Days 1931

Joe

★ 7
Hush Money 1931

Maxie

★ NR
Quick Millions 1931

Jimmy Kirk

★ 7.1
Side Street 1929

Georgie Ames (uncredited)

★ 5
Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929

Dancer (uncredited)

★ 7
Queen of the Night Clubs 1929

Gigola

★ NR

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