George Raft

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-09-26

Day of death

1980-11-25 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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 Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Batman

    Batman

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

  • If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

  • Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

  • Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

  • Rogue Cop

    Rogue Cop

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

  • Stolen Harmony

    Stolen Harmony

  • Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die

  • Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • Night World

    Night World

  • Loan Shark

    Loan Shark

  • The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man

  • Skidoo

    Skidoo

  • Hammersmith Is Out

    Hammersmith Is Out

  • Scarface

    Scarface

  • I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million

  • Quick Millions

    Quick Millions

  • Limehouse Blues

    Limehouse Blues

  • The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

  • Madame Racketeer

    Madame Racketeer

  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

  • Queen of the Night Clubs

    Queen of the Night Clubs

  • Hush Money

    Hush Money

  • Side Street

    Side Street

  • Breakdowns of 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

  • Under-Cover Man

    Under-Cover Man

  • Midnight Club

    Midnight Club

  • Taxi!

    Taxi!

  • Broadway

    Broadway

  • Race Street

    Race Street

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • Sextette

    Sextette

  • Christmas Eve

    Christmas Eve

  • The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

  • Bolero

    Bolero

  • The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

  • A Bullet for Joey

    A Bullet for Joey

  • The Bowery

    The Bowery

  • Outpost in Morocco

    Outpost in Morocco

  • The Upper Hand

    The Upper Hand

  • Nocturne

    Nocturne

  • The Glass Key

    The Glass Key

  • The Man From Cairo

    The Man From Cairo

  • You and Me

    You and Me

  • Red Light

    Red Light

  • Invisible Stripes

    Invisible Stripes

  • Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

  • Rumba

    Rumba

  • Manpower

    Manpower

  • I'm the Law

    I'm the Law

  • Deadhead Miles

    Deadhead Miles

  • Johnny Angel

    Johnny Angel

  • The Trumpet Blows

    The Trumpet Blows

  • Johnny Allegro

    Johnny Allegro

  • The Patsy

    The Patsy

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Dancers in the Dark

    Dancers in the Dark

  • Spawn of the North

    Spawn of the North

  • A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

  • Intrigue

    Intrigue

  • Mr. Ace

    Mr. Ace

  • Night After Night

    Night After Night

  • They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

  • Escape Route

    Escape Route

  • The Man with Bogart's Face

    The Man with Bogart's Face

  • We Will All Go to Paris

    We Will All Go to Paris

  • Jet Over The Atlantic

    Jet Over The Atlantic

  • Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

  • Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • Every Night at Eight

    Every Night at Eight

  • It Had to Happen

    It Had to Happen

  • All of Me

    All of Me

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

  • Palmy Days

    Palmy Days

  • For Those Who Think Young

    For Those Who Think Young

  • Whistle Stop

    Whistle Stop

  • Five Golden Dragons

    Five Golden Dragons

  • Riviera Dream

    Riviera Dream

  • Yours for the Asking

    Yours for the Asking

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

  • Background to Danger

    Background to Danger

  • I'll Get You for This

    I'll Get You for This

  • She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

  • Gay, Gay Hollywood

    Gay, Gay Hollywood

  • Gold Diggers of Broadway

    Gold Diggers of Broadway

  • The Lady's from Kentucky

    The Lady's from Kentucky