George Raft
Acting
Born September 26, 1901 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died November 25, 1980
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 · Petey Cane
Sextette
1978 · Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 · Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
Skidoo
1968 · Captain Garbaldo
Casino Royale
1967 · Himself
Five Golden Dragons
1967 · Dragon #2
The Upper Hand
1966 · Charles Binnaggio
The Patsy
1964 · George Raft
For Those Who Think Young
1964 · Detective (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
1961 · Himself
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Jack Strager
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Spats Colombo
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Saloon Bouncer
A Bullet for Joey
1955 · Joe Victor
Rogue Cop
1954 · Dan Beaumonte
Black Widow
1954 · Detective Bruce
Loan Shark
1952 · Joe Gargen
Red Light
1949 · Johnny Torno
Johnny Allegro
1949 · Johnny Allegro
A Dangerous Profession
1949 · Vince Kane
Outpost in Morocco
1949 · Paul Gerard
Race Street
1948 · Dan Gannin
Christmas Eve
1947 · Mario Torio
Nocturne
1946 · Joe Warne
Whistle Stop
1946 · Kenny Veech
Johnny Angel
1945 · Johnny Angel
Follow the Boys
1944 · Tony West
Background to Danger
1943 · Joe Barton
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · George Raft
Manpower
1941 · Johnny Marshall
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Steve Larwitt
They Drive by Night
1940 · Joe Fabrini
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · 'Hood' Stacey
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Cliff Taylor
You and Me
1938 · Joe Dennis
Spawn of the North
1938 · Tyler Dawson
Souls at Sea
1937 · Powdah
The Glass Key
1935 · Ed Beaumont
Bolero
1934 · Raoul De Baere
The Bowery
1933 · Steve Brodie
Scarface
1932 · Guino Rinaldo
Night After Night
1932 · Joe Anton
If I Had a Million
1932 · Eddie Jackson
Night World
1932 · Ed Powell
Taxi!
1932 · William Kenny (uncredited)
Quick Millions
1931 · Jimmy Kirk