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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-09-26

Deathday

1980-11-25 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

George Ranft
Georgie
Джордж Рафт

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).

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Acting

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)

2008

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980

The Man with Bogart's Face as Petey Cane

1978

Sextette as Himself

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)

1972		Deadhead Miles as George Raft
1972		Hammersmith Is Out as Guido Scartucci

1968		Skidoo as Captain Garbaldo
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Guest Performer (uncredited)
1968		The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

1967		Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #2
1967		Casino Royale as Himself

1966		The Upper Hand as Charles Binnaggio
1966		Batman as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)

1964		The Patsy as George Raft
1964		For Those Who Think Young as Detective (uncredited)

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Ladies Man as Himself

1960

Ocean's Eleven as Jack Strager

1959		Jet Over The Atlantic as Stafford
1959		Some Like It Hot as Spats Colombo

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Saloon Bouncer

1955

A Bullet for Joey as Joe Victor

1954		Black Widow as Detective Bruce
1954		The Jimmy Durante Show as Self
1954		Rogue Cop as Dan Beaumonte

1953		The Man From Cairo as Mike Canelli
1953		I'm the Law

1952		Escape Route as Steve Rossi
1952		Loan Shark as Joe Gargen

1951

I'll Get You for This as Nick Cain

1950		The Jack Benny Program as The Gang leader
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self (uncredited)
1950		We Will All Go to Paris as George Raft
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		Riviera Dream as George Raft

1949		A Dangerous Profession as Vince Kane
1949		Red Light as Johnny Torno
1949		Johnny Allegro as Johnny Allegro
1949		Outpost in Morocco as Paul Gerard

1948		Race Street as Dan Gannin
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1947		Intrigue as Brad Dunham
1947		Christmas Eve as Mario Torio

1946		Nocturne as Joe Warne
1946		Mr. Ace as Eddie Ace
1946		Whistle Stop as Kenny Veech

1945		Johnny Angel as Johnny Angel
1945		Nob Hill as Tony Angelo

1944

Follow the Boys as Tony West

1943		Background to Danger as Joe Barton
1943		Stage Door Canteen as George Raft

1942		Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
1942		Broadway as George Raft

1941		Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941		Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941		Manpower as Johnny Marshall

1940		Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1940		Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
1940		They Drive by Night as Joe Fabrini
1940		The House Across the Bay as Steve Larwitt

1939		Invisible Stripes as Cliff Taylor
1939		Each Dawn I Die as 'Hood' Stacey
1939		I Stole a Million as Joe Lourik
1939		The Lady's from Kentucky as Marty Black

1938		Spawn of the North as Tyler Dawson
1938		You and Me as Joe Dennis

1937

Souls at Sea as Powdah

1936		Yours for the Asking as Johnny Lamb
1936		It Had to Happen as Enrico Scaffa

1935		The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self
1935		She Couldn't Take It as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
1935		Every Night at Eight as Tops Cardona
1935		The Glass Key as Ed Beaumont
1935		Stolen Harmony as Ray Ferraro
1935		Rumba as Joe Martin

1934		Limehouse Blues as Harry Young
1934		The Trumpet Blows as Manuel Montes
1934		Bolero as Raoul De Baere
1934		All of Me as Honey Rogers

1933		Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933		The Bowery as Steve Brodie
1933		Midnight Club as Nick Mason
1933		Pick-up as Harry Glynn

1932		Under-Cover Man as Nick Darrow
1932		If I Had a Million as Eddie Jackson
1932		Night After Night as Joe Anton
1932		Madame Racketeer as Jack Houston
1932		Winner Take All as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932		Night World as Ed Powell
1932		Scarface as Guino Rinaldo
1932		Dancers in the Dark as Louie Brooks

1931		Taxi! as William Kenny (uncredited)
1931		Palmy Days as Joe
1931		Hush Money as Maxie
1931		Quick Millions as Jimmy Kirk

1929		Side Street as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
1929		Gold Diggers of Broadway as Dancer (uncredited)
1929		Queen of the Night Clubs as Gigola