George Raft
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-09-26
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
George Raft
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.
Also Known For
Some Like It Hot
Mar 19, 1959
Ocean's Eleven
Aug 10, 1960
Scarface
Apr 09, 1932
The Movie Orgy
Jan 01, 1968
Around the World in Eighty Days
Oct 17, 1956
Rogue Cop
Sep 17, 1954
Manpower
Aug 09, 1941
Casino Royale
Apr 13, 1967
Red Light
Sep 30, 1949
Sextette
Mar 03, 1978
Skidoo
Dec 19, 1968
A Bullet for Joey
Apr 15, 1955
Follow the Boys
May 05, 1944
Background to Danger
Jul 03, 1943
The Ladies Man
Jun 21, 1961
Johnny Angel
Oct 25, 1945
Each Dawn I Die
Aug 19, 1939
The Man with Bogart's Face
Oct 03, 1980
The Glass Key
Jun 15, 1935
Queen of the Night Clubs
Mar 23, 1929
Souls at Sea
Sep 03, 1937
Johnny Allegro
May 26, 1949
Black Widow
Oct 28, 1954
Nocturne
Oct 29, 1946
The House Across the Bay
Mar 01, 1940
You and Me
Jun 01, 1938
I Stole a Million
Aug 01, 1939
They Drive by Night
Jul 26, 1940
Intrigue
Dec 06, 1947
A Dangerous Profession
Dec 10, 1949
Breakdowns of 1941
Nov 14, 1941
Night After Night
Oct 29, 1932
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Feb 25, 1983
Loan Shark
May 23, 1952
Race Street
Sep 11, 1948
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Aug 30, 1929
Whistle Stop
Jan 25, 1946
Five Golden Dragons
Aug 03, 1967
The Upper Hand
Mar 02, 1966
Spawn of the North
Aug 26, 1938
Christmas Eve
Oct 31, 1947
We Will All Go to Paris
Feb 08, 1950
Broadway
May 08, 1942
If I Had a Million
Nov 18, 1932
Jet Over The Atlantic
Nov 04, 1959
The Patsy
Jun 24, 1964
Palmy Days
Sep 23, 1931
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Oct 21, 2008
Quick Millions
Apr 17, 1931
I'll Get You for This
Jan 01, 1951
Pick-up
Mar 24, 1933
Winner Take All
Jul 16, 1932
The Trumpet Blows
Apr 14, 1934
Limehouse Blues
Dec 11, 1934
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Jan 01, 1973
Bolero
Feb 23, 1934
The Man From Cairo
Sep 03, 1953
Outpost in Morocco
May 02, 1949
Midnight Club
Jul 28, 1933
Nob Hill
Jun 13, 1945
She Couldn't Take It
Oct 08, 1935
Every Night at Eight
Aug 02, 1935
All of Me
Feb 01, 1934
Madame Racketeer
Jul 23, 1932
The Bowery
Oct 07, 1933
Dancers in the Dark
Mar 11, 1932
Stolen Harmony
Apr 20, 1935
Night World
May 04, 1932
It Had to Happen
Feb 14, 1936
Yours for the Asking
Jul 23, 1936
Taxi!
Dec 29, 1931
Side Street
Sep 14, 1929
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Dec 01, 1933
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Apr 03, 2011
Mr. Ace
Aug 02, 1946
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Aug 09, 1994
Under-Cover Man
Dec 02, 1932
Escape Route
Dec 01, 1952
Stage Door Canteen
Jun 24, 1943
Rumba
Feb 08, 1935
Riviera Dream
Jan 01, 1950
Hammersmith Is Out
May 12, 1972
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Nov 04, 1935
Deadhead Miles
Aug 08, 1972
Breakdowns of 1940
Dec 31, 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Jul 31, 1940
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aug 06, 1975
The Lady's from Kentucky
Apr 27, 1939
Hush Money
Jul 05, 1931
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Dec 05, 1941
Invisible Stripes
Dec 30, 1939
Breakdowns of 1942
Dec 31, 1942
For Those Who Think Young
Jun 01, 1964
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sep 10, 1950
Batman
Jan 12, 1966
The Merv Griffin Show
Oct 01, 1962
I'm the Law
Feb 13, 1953
The Jimmy Durante Show
Oct 02, 1954
The Jack Benny Program
Oct 28, 1950
The Mike Douglas Show
Dec 11, 1961
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jan 22, 1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
