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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1901
Died
November 25, 1980
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- George Ranft
- Georgie
- Джордж Рафт
George Raft
0.8 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
9.0
Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
5.9
Petey Cane
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
0.0
Self
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
3.7
Himself
Sextette
1978
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.8
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
5.5
George Raft
Deadhead Miles
1972
Credits
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
9.0
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2008
6.9
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1994
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Petey Cane
1980
5.9
Gay, Gay Hollywood
as Self
1980
0.0
Sextette
as Himself
1978
3.7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
1973
6.8
Deadhead Miles
as George Raft
1972
5.5
Hammersmith Is Out
as Guido Scartucci
1972
5.7
Skidoo
as Captain Garbaldo
1968
4.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Guest Performer (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #2
1967
5.1
Casino Royale
as Himself
1967
5.3
The Upper Hand
as Charles Binnaggio
1966
6.3
Batman
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
1966
7.3
The Patsy
as George Raft
1964
6.2
For Those Who Think Young
as Detective (uncredited)
1964
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Ladies Man
as Himself
1961
6.3
Ocean's Eleven
as Jack Strager
1960
6.4
Jet Over The Atlantic
as Stafford
1959
5.4
Some Like It Hot
as Spats Colombo
1959
8.1
Around the World in 80 Days
as Saloon Bouncer
1956
6.6
A Bullet for Joey
as Joe Victor
1955
5.6
Black Widow
as Detective Bruce
1954
6.3
🎬
The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
1954
0.0
Rogue Cop
as Dan Beaumonte
1954
5.3
The Man From Cairo
as Mike Canelli
1953
5.0
I'm the Law
1953
5.7
Escape Route
as Steve Rossi
1952
5.3
Loan Shark
as Joe Gargen
1952
5.5
I'll Get You for This
as Nick Cain
1951
6.8
The Jack Benny Program
as The Gang leader
1950
7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.8
We Will All Go to Paris
as George Raft
1950
5.2
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Riviera Dream
as George Raft
1950
0.0
A Dangerous Profession
as Vince Kane
1949
5.6
Red Light
as Johnny Torno
1949
5.8
Johnny Allegro
as Johnny Allegro
1949
6.4
Outpost in Morocco
as Paul Gerard
1949
4.8
Race Street
as Dan Gannin
1948
5.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Intrigue
as Brad Dunham
1947
5.0
Christmas Eve
as Mario Torio
1947
5.1
Nocturne
as Joe Warne
1946
5.9
Mr. Ace
as Eddie Ace
1946
5.6
Whistle Stop
as Kenny Veech
1946
4.3
Johnny Angel
as Johnny Angel
1945
5.9
Nob Hill
as Tony Angelo
1945
5.7
Follow the Boys
as Tony West
1944
5.3
Background to Danger
as Joe Barton
1943
6.6
Stage Door Canteen
as George Raft
1943
6.1
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
6.0
Broadway
as George Raft
1942
5.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Manpower
as Johnny Marshall
1941
6.7
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1940
4.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
They Drive by Night
as Joe Fabrini
1940
6.9
The House Across the Bay
as Steve Larwitt
1940
5.5
Invisible Stripes
as Cliff Taylor
1939
6.1
Each Dawn I Die
as 'Hood' Stacey
1939
6.8
I Stole a Million
as Joe Lourik
1939
6.0
The Lady's from Kentucky
as Marty Black
1939
0.0
Spawn of the North
as Tyler Dawson
1938
5.7
You and Me
as Joe Dennis
1938
6.5
Souls at Sea
as Powdah
1937
6.3
Yours for the Asking
as Johnny Lamb
1936
3.5
It Had to Happen
as Enrico Scaffa
1936
5.5
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as Self
1935
6.0
She Couldn't Take It
as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
1935
4.5
Every Night at Eight
as Tops Cardona
1935
6.7
The Glass Key
as Ed Beaumont
1935
6.4
Stolen Harmony
as Ray Ferraro
1935
6.0
Rumba
as Joe Martin
1935
6.0
Limehouse Blues
as Harry Young
1934
3.7
The Trumpet Blows
as Manuel Montes
1934
5.0
Bolero
as Raoul De Baere
1934
6.3
All of Me
as Honey Rogers
1934
6.0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
0.0
The Bowery
as Steve Brodie
1933
5.0
Midnight Club
as Nick Mason
1933
0.0
Pick-up
as Harry Glynn
1933
4.0
Under-Cover Man
as Nick Darrow
1932
4.5
If I Had a Million
as Eddie Jackson
1932
6.6
Night After Night
as Joe Anton
1932
6.2
Madame Racketeer
as Jack Houston
1932
4.8
Winner Take All
as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
4.7
Night World
as Ed Powell
1932
6.7
Scarface
as Guino Rinaldo
1932
7.4
Dancers in the Dark
as Louie Brooks
1932
4.8
Taxi!
as William Kenny (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Palmy Days
as Joe
1931
7.0
Hush Money
as Maxie
1931
0.0
Quick Millions
as Jimmy Kirk
1931
7.1
Side Street
as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
1929
5.2
Gold Diggers of Broadway
as Dancer (uncredited)
1929
7.0
Queen of the Night Clubs
as Gigola
1929
0.0