Actor
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). Description above from the ...

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