George Raft

George Raft

  • Birthday: 1895-09-26
  • Deathday: 1980-11-25
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: George Ranft

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.

Filmography

Red Light

1949

As Johnny Torno

Follow the Boys

1944

As Tony West

Background to Danger

1943

As Joe Barton

Johnny Angel

1945

As Johnny Angel

The Glass Key

1935

As Ed Beaumont

The House Across the Bay

1940

As Steve Larwitt

Johnny Allegro

1949

As Johnny Allegro

Nocturne

1946

As Joe Warne

I Stole a Million

1939

As Joe Lourik

They Drive by Night

1940

As Joe Fabrini

Intrigue

1947

As Brad Dunham

A Dangerous Profession

1949

As Vince Kane

Night After Night

1932

As Joe Anton

Loan Shark

1952

As Joe Gargen

Race Street

1948

As Dan Gannin

Whistle Stop

1946

As Kenny Veech

Christmas Eve

1947

As Mario Torio

Spawn of the North

1938

As Tyler Dawson

Broadway

1942

As Himself

I'll Get You for This

1951

As Nick Cain

The Trumpet Blows

1934

As Manuel Montes

Limehouse Blues

1934

As Harry Young

Bolero

1934

As Raoul De Baere

The Man From Cairo

1953

As Mike Canelli

Outpost in Morocco

1949

As Paul Gerard

Nob Hill

1945

As Tony Angelo

She Couldn't Take It

1935

As Joe "Spot" Ricardi

Every Night at Eight

1935

As Tops Cardona

Stolen Harmony

1935

As Ray Ferraro

It Had to Happen

1936

As Enrico Scaffa

Yours for the Asking

1936

As Johnny Lamb

Mr. Ace

1946

As Eddie Ace

Under-Cover Man

1932

As Nick Darrow

Escape Route

1952

As Steve Rossi

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

As Marty Black

Invisible Stripes

1939

As Cliff Taylor

A Bullet for Joey

1955

As Joe Victor

Each Dawn I Die

1939

As 'Hood' Stacey

Souls at Sea

1937

As Powdah

You and Me

1938

As Joe Dennis

Pick-up

1933

As Harry Glynn

Midnight Club

1933

As Nick Mason

The Bowery

1933

As Steve Brodie

Rumba

1935

As Joe Martin

Rogue Cop

1954

As Dan Beaumonte

Manpower

1941

As Johnny Marshall

The Upper Hand

1966

As Charles Binnaggio

If I Had a Million

1932

As Eddie Jackson

Jet Over The Atlantic

1959

As Stafford

All of Me

1934

As Honey Rogers

Madame Racketeer

1932

As Jack Houston

Some Like It Hot

1959

As Spats Colombo

The Ladies Man

1961

As Himself

Scarface

1932

As Guino Rinaldo

Black Widow

1954

As Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce

Dancers in the Dark

1932

As Louie Brooks

Palmy Days

1931

As Joe

Quick Millions

1931

As Jimmy Kirk

Hammersmith Is Out

1972

As Guido Scartucci

Deadhead Miles

1972

As George Raft

Hush Money

1931

As Maxie

Breakdowns of 1940

1940

As Self

Skidoo

1968

As Captain Garbaldo

Five Golden Dragons

1967

As Dragon #2

Night World

1932

As Ed Powell

Casino Royale

1967

As Himself

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980

As Petey Cane

Taxi!

1931

As William Kenny (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

As Self (archive footage)

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

As Saloon Bouncer

Sextette

1978

As Himself

Winner Take All

1932

As Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)

Side Street

1929

As Georgie Ames (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of Broadway

1929

As Dancer (uncredited)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

As Himself (archive footage)

Ocean's Eleven

1960

As Jack Strager

We Will All Go to Paris

1950

As George Raft

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

As Self (archive footage)

Stage Door Canteen

1943

As George Raft

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Patsy

1964

As George Raft

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

As Self

For Those Who Think Young

1964

As Detective (uncredited)

The Movie Orgy

1968

As Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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