Birthday:
Sep 26, 1895
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
George Raft
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Some Like It Hot | Spats Colombo | 1959 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Jack Strager | 1960 |
| Scarface | Guino Rinaldo | 1932 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Saloon Bouncer | 1956 |
| Rogue Cop | Dan Beaumonte | 1954 |
| Manpower | Johnny Marshall | 1941 |
| Casino Royale | Himself | 1967 |
| Red Light | Johnny Torno | 1949 |
| Sextette | Himself | 1978 |
| Skidoo | Captain Garbaldo | 1968 |
| A Bullet for Joey | Joe Victor | 1955 |
| Follow the Boys | Tony West | 1944 |
| Background to Danger | Joe Barton | 1943 |
| The Ladies Man | Himself | 1961 |
| Johnny Angel | Johnny Angel | 1945 |
| Each Dawn I Die | 'Hood' Stacey | 1939 |
| The Man with Bogart's Face | Petey Cane | 1980 |
| The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont | 1935 |
| Queen of the Night Clubs | Gigola | 1929 |
| Souls at Sea | Powdah | 1937 |
| Johnny Allegro | Johnny Allegro | 1949 |
| Black Widow | Detective Bruce | 1954 |
| Nocturne | Joe Warne | 1946 |
| The House Across the Bay | Steve Larwitt | 1940 |
| You and Me | Joe Dennis | 1938 |
| I Stole a Million | Joe Lourik | 1939 |
| They Drive by Night | Joe Fabrini | 1940 |
| Intrigue | Brad Dunham | 1947 |
| A Dangerous Profession | Vince Kane | 1949 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Night After Night | Joe Anton | 1932 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983 |
| Loan Shark | Joe Gargen | 1952 |
| Race Street | Dan Gannin | 1948 |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Dancer (uncredited) | 1929 |
| Whistle Stop | Kenny Veech | 1946 |
| Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #2 | 1967 |
| The Upper Hand | Charles Binnaggio | 1966 |
| Spawn of the North | Tyler Dawson | 1938 |
| Christmas Eve | Mario Torio | 1947 |
| We Will All Go to Paris | George Raft | 1950 |
| Broadway | Himself | 1942 |
| If I Had a Million | Eddie Jackson | 1932 |
| Jet Over The Atlantic | Stafford | 1959 |
| The Patsy | George Raft | 1964 |
| Palmy Days | Joe | 1931 |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Quick Millions | Jimmy Kirk | 1931 |
| I'll Get You for This | Nick Cain | 1951 |
| Pick-up | Harry Glynn | 1933 |
| Winner Take All | Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Trumpet Blows | Manuel Montes | 1934 |
| Limehouse Blues | Harry Young | 1934 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973 |
| Bolero | Raoul De Baere | 1934 |
| The Man From Cairo | Mike Canelli | 1953 |
| Outpost in Morocco | Paul Gerard | 1949 |
| Midnight Club | Nick Mason | 1933 |
| Nob Hill | Tony Angelo | 1945 |
| She Couldn't Take It | Joe "Spot" Ricardi | 1935 |
| Every Night at Eight | Tops Cardona | 1935 |
| All of Me | Honey Rogers | 1934 |
| Madame Racketeer | Jack Houston | 1932 |
| The Bowery | Steve Brodie | 1933 |
| Dancers in the Dark | Louie Brooks | 1932 |
| Stolen Harmony | Ray Ferraro | 1935 |
| Night World | Ed Powell | 1932 |
| It Had to Happen | Enrico Scaffa | 1936 |
| Yours for the Asking | Johnny Lamb | 1936 |
| Taxi! | William Kenny (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Side Street | Georgie Ames (uncredited) | 1929 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Mr. Ace | Eddie Ace | 1946 |
| Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Under-Cover Man | Nick Darrow | 1932 |
| Escape Route | Steve Rossi | 1952 |
| Stage Door Canteen | George Raft | 1943 |
| Rumba | Joe Martin | 1935 |
| Riviera Dream | George Raft | 1950 |
| Hammersmith Is Out | Guido Scartucci | 1972 |
| The Fashion Side of Hollywood | Self | 1935 |
| Deadhead Miles | George Raft | 1972 |
| Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | Marty Black | 1939 |
| Hush Money | Maxie | 1931 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941 | |
| Invisible Stripes | Cliff Taylor | 1939 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| For Those Who Think Young | Detective (uncredited) | 1964 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Batman | Citizen in Bank (uncredited) | 1966 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
| I'm the Law | 1953 | |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Jack Benny Program | The Gang leader | 1950 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer (uncredited) | 1967 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
