George Raft
Known for: Acting
Born: September 26, 1901
Died: November 25, 1980
Place of birth: Los 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.
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Filmography
96 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
NR
Rogues Gallery
1997
NR
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
19948.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.0
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
NR
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
4.0
Sextette
1978
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.8
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
6.2
Deadhead Miles
1972
5.9
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
4.7
Skidoo
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
5.2
Five Golden Dragons
1967
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
6.3
The Upper Hand
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
6.2
The Patsy
1964
5.7
For Those Who Think Young
1964
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.3
The Ladies Man
1961
6.4
Ocean's Eleven
1960
6.0
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
5.8
A Bullet for Joey
1955
6.4
Black Widow
195410.0
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
5.7
Rogue Cop
1954
5.6
The Man From Cairo
1953
6.0
I'm the Law
1953
5.7
Escape Route
1952
5.7
Loan Shark
1952
6.6
I'll Get You for This
1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
5.5
We Will All Go to Paris
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
NR
Riviera Dream
1950
5.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949
5.9
Red Light
1949
6.4
Johnny Allegro
1949
5.3
Outpost in Morocco
1949
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
5.6
Intrigue
1947
5.4
Christmas Eve
1947
5.9
Nocturne
1946
5.8
Mr. Ace
1946
4.4
Whistle Stop
1946
6.0
Johnny Angel
1945
6.3
Nob Hill
1945
5.7
Follow the Boys
1944
6.7
Background to Danger
1943
6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
6.4
Broadway
1942
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
6.5
Manpower
1941
4.0
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
5.6
The House Across the Bay
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939
8.0
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
6.0
Spawn of the North
1938
6.6
You and Me
1938
6.5
Souls at Sea
1937
5.3
Yours for the Asking
1936
6.3
It Had to Happen
1936
6.5
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
5.3
She Couldn't Take It
1935
7.0
Every Night at Eight
1935
6.7
The Glass Key
1935
8.0
Stolen Harmony
1935
6.5
Rumba
1935
4.4
Limehouse Blues
1934
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
6.0
The Trumpet Blows
1934
6.4
Bolero
1934
7.0
All of Me
1934NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
5.4
The Bowery
1933
9.0
Midnight Club
1933
5.1
Pick-up
1933
6.2
Under-Cover Man
1932
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932
6.3
Night After Night
1932
5.3
Madame Racketeer
1932
5.4
Winner Take All
1932
6.8
Night World
1932
7.4
Scarface
1932
5.7
Dancers in the Dark
1932
6.8
Taxi!
1932
7.3
Palmy Days
1931
10.0
Hush Money
1931
7.3
Quick Millions
1931
5.9
Side Street
1929
7.7
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
8.0
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929