George Raft
ActingBorn
September 26, 1901
Died
November 25, 1980
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 da…
Known For
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
Sextette
1978
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
Deadhead Miles
1972
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
Skidoo
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Casino Royale
1967
The Upper Hand
1966
The Patsy
1964
For Those Who Think Young
1964
The Ladies Man
1961
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
Some Like It Hot
1959
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
A Bullet for Joey
1955
Black Widow
1954
Rogue Cop
1954
The Man From Cairo
1953
Escape Route
1952
Loan Shark
1952
I'll Get You for This
1951
We Will All Go to Paris
1950
Riviera Dream
1950
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Red Light
1949
Johnny Allegro
1949
Outpost in Morocco
1949
Race Street
1948
Intrigue
1947
Christmas Eve
1947
Nocturne
1946
Mr. Ace
1946
Whistle Stop
1946
Johnny Angel
1945
Nob Hill
1945
Follow the Boys
1944
Background to Danger
1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Broadway
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
Manpower
1941
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
They Drive by Night
1940
The House Across the Bay
1940
Invisible Stripes
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
I Stole a Million
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
Spawn of the North
1938
You and Me
1938
Souls at Sea
1937
Yours for the Asking
1936
It Had to Happen
1936
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Every Night at Eight
1935
The Glass Key
1935
Stolen Harmony
1935
Rumba
1935
Limehouse Blues
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
The Trumpet Blows
1934
Bolero
1934
All of Me
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
The Bowery
1933
Midnight Club
1933
Pick-up
1933
Under-Cover Man
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Night After Night
1932
Madame Racketeer
1932
Winner Take All
1932
Night World
1932
Scarface
1932
Dancers in the Dark
1932
Taxi!
1932
Palmy Days
1931
Hush Money
1931
Quick Millions
1931
Side Street
1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929
Rogues Gallery
1997
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Batman
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
I'm the Law
1953
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948