George Raft
Birthday
1895/09/26
Day of death
1980/11/25 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
George Ranft, Georgie, Джордж Рафт
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 Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1959) Some Like It Hot
as Spats Colombo
(1960) Ocean's Eleven
as Jack Strager
(1932) Scarface
as Guino Rinaldo
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Saloon Bouncer
(1954) Rogue Cop
as Dan Beaumonte
(1941) Manpower
as Johnny Marshall
(1967) Casino Royale
as Himself
(1949) Red Light
as Johnny Torno
(1978) Sextette
as Himself
(1968) Skidoo
as Captain Garbaldo
(1955) A Bullet for Joey
as Joe Victor
(1944) Follow the Boys
as Tony West
(1943) Background to Danger
as Joe Barton
(1961) The Ladies Man
as Himself
(1945) Johnny Angel
as Johnny Angel
(1939) Each Dawn I Die
as 'Hood' Stacey
(1980) The Man with Bogart's Face
as Petey Cane
(1935) The Glass Key
as Ed Beaumont
(1929) Queen of the Night Clubs
as Gigola
(1937) Souls at Sea
as Powdah
(1949) Johnny Allegro
as Johnny Allegro
(1954) Black Widow
as Detective Bruce
(1946) Nocturne
as Joe Warne
(1940) The House Across the Bay
as Steve Larwitt
(1938) You and Me
as Joe Dennis
(1939) I Stole a Million
as Joe Lourik
(1940) They Drive by Night
as Joe Fabrini
(1947) Intrigue
as Brad Dunham
(1949) A Dangerous Profession
as Vince Kane
(1941) Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932) Night After Night
as Joe Anton
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1952) Loan Shark
as Joe Gargen
(1948) Race Street
as Dan Gannin
(1929) Gold Diggers of Broadway
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1946) Whistle Stop
as Kenny Veech
(1967) Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #2
(1966) The Upper Hand
as Charles Binnaggio
(1938) Spawn of the North
as Tyler Dawson
(1947) Christmas Eve
as Mario Torio
(1950) We Will All Go to Paris
as George Raft
(1942) Broadway
as Himself
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Eddie Jackson
(1959) Jet Over The Atlantic
as Stafford
(1964) The Patsy
as George Raft
(1931) Palmy Days
as Joe
(2008) Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Quick Millions
as Jimmy Kirk
(1951) I'll Get You for This
as Nick Cain
(1933) Pick-up
as Harry Glynn
(1932) Winner Take All
as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1934) The Trumpet Blows
as Manuel Montes
(1934) Limehouse Blues
as Harry Young
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
(1934) Bolero
as Raoul De Baere
(1953) The Man From Cairo
as Mike Canelli
(1949) Outpost in Morocco
as Paul Gerard
(1933) Midnight Club
as Nick Mason
(1945) Nob Hill
as Tony Angelo
(1935) She Couldn't Take It
as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
(1935) Every Night at Eight
as Tops Cardona
(1934) All of Me
as Honey Rogers
(1932) Madame Racketeer
as Jack Houston
(1933) The Bowery
as Steve Brodie
(1932) Dancers in the Dark
as Louie Brooks
(1935) Stolen Harmony
as Ray Ferraro
(1932) Night World
as Ed Powell
(1936) It Had to Happen
as Enrico Scaffa
(1936) Yours for the Asking
as Johnny Lamb
(1931) Taxi!
as William Kenny (uncredited)
(1929) Side Street
as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
(1946) Mr. Ace
as Eddie Ace
(1994) Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) Under-Cover Man
as Nick Darrow
(1952) Escape Route
as Steve Rossi
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as George Raft
(1935) Rumba
as Joe Martin
(1950) Riviera Dream
as George Raft
(1972) Hammersmith Is Out
as Guido Scartucci
(1935) The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as Self
(1972) Deadhead Miles
as George Raft
(1940) Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) The Lady's from Kentucky
as Marty Black
(1931) Hush Money
as Maxie
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Cliff Taylor
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1964) For Those Who Think Young
as Detective (uncredited)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
(1966) Batman
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1953) I'm the Law
as ---
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as The Gang leader
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Guest Performer (uncredited)
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest