George Raft

George Raft

9/26/1901 – 11/25/1980Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (108 titles)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films9.0Movie

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Himself (archive footage) · 2011

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film6.9Movie

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Self (archive footage) · 2008

Rogues GalleryShow

Rogues Gallery

Self (archive footage) · 1997

Mae West and the Men Who Knew HerMovie

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Self (archive footage) · 1994

8.0Movie

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

(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage7.0Movie

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983

The Man with Bogart's Face6.0Movie

The Man with Bogart's Face

Petey Cane · 1980

Gay, Gay HollywoodMovie

Gay, Gay Hollywood

Self · 1980

Sextette3.9Movie

Sextette

Self · 1978

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?6.3Movie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) · 1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks6.8Movie

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Self (archive footage) · 1973

Deadhead Miles6.0Movie

Deadhead Miles

George Raft · 1972

Hammersmith Is Out5.9Movie

Hammersmith Is Out

Guido Scartucci · 1972

Skidoo4.7Movie

Skidoo

Captain Garbaldo · 1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In6.8Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited) · 1968

The Movie Orgy6.7Movie

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage) · 1968

Five Golden Dragons5.2Movie

Five Golden Dragons

Dragon #2 · 1967

Casino Royale5.3Movie

Casino Royale

Himself · 1967

The Upper Hand6.4Movie

The Upper Hand

Charles Binnaggio · 1966

Batman7.3Show

Batman

Citizen in Bank (uncredited) · 1966

The Patsy6.2Movie

The Patsy

George Raft · 1964

For Those Who Think Young5.7Movie

For Those Who Think Young

Detective (uncredited) · 1964

The Merv Griffin Show6.6Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson7.5Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show5.8Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

The Ladies Man6.3Movie

The Ladies Man

Himself · 1961

Ocean's Eleven6.4Movie

Ocean's Eleven

Jack Strager · 1960

Jet Over The Atlantic6.0Movie

Jet Over The Atlantic

Stafford · 1959

Some Like It Hot8.1Movie

Some Like It Hot

Spats Colombo · 1959

Around the World in 80 Days6.7Movie

Around the World in 80 Days

Saloon Bouncer · 1956