George Raft

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).

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Filmography (108 Appearances)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008

Rogues Gallery

1997

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

1992

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980

Gay, Gay Hollywood

1980

Sextette

1978

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

Deadhead Miles

1972

Hammersmith Is Out

1972

Skidoo

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

The Movie Orgy

1968

Five Golden Dragons

1967

Casino Royale

1967

The Upper Hand

1966

Batman

1966

The Patsy

1964

For Those Who Think Young

1964

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Ladies Man

1961

Ocean's Eleven

1960

Jet Over The Atlantic

1959

Some Like It Hot

1959

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

A Bullet for Joey

1955

Black Widow

1954

The Jimmy Durante Show

1954

Rogue Cop

1954

The Man From Cairo

1953

I'm the Law

1953

Escape Route

1952

Loan Shark

1952

I'll Get You for This

1951

The Jack Benny Program

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

We Will All Go to Paris

1950

What's My Line?

1950

Riviera Dream

1950

A Dangerous Profession

1949

Red Light

1949

Johnny Allegro

1949

Outpost in Morocco

1949

Race Street

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Intrigue

1947

Christmas Eve

1947

Nocturne

1946

Mr. Ace

1946

Whistle Stop

1946

Johnny Angel

1945

Nob Hill

1945

Follow the Boys

1944

Background to Danger

1943

Stage Door Canteen

1943

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

Broadway

1942

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

Manpower

1941

Breakdowns of 1940

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

They Drive by Night

1940

The House Across the Bay

1940

Invisible Stripes

1939

Each Dawn I Die

1939

I Stole a Million

1939

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

Spawn of the North

1938

You and Me

1938

Souls at Sea

1937

Yours for the Asking

1936

It Had to Happen

1936

The Fashion Side of Hollywood

1935

She Couldn't Take It

1935

Every Night at Eight

1935

The Glass Key

1935

Stolen Harmony

1935

Rumba

1935

Limehouse Blues

1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

1934

The Trumpet Blows

1934

Bolero

1934

All of Me

1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

The Bowery

1933

Midnight Club

1933

Pick-up

1933

Under-Cover Man

1932

If I Had a Million

1932

Night After Night

1932

Madame Racketeer

1932

Winner Take All

1932

Night World

1932

Scarface

1932

Dancers in the Dark

1932

Taxi!

1932

Palmy Days

1931

Hush Money

1931

Quick Millions

1931

Side Street

1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway

1929

Queen of the Night Clubs

1929 Debut
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