George Raft
Birthday
Sep 26, 1901
Day of Death
Nov 25, 1980 (79 years)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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).
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Movies (96)
Scarface
1932
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
I'll Get You for This
1951
For Those Who Think Young
1964
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Nob Hill
1945
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Casino Royale
1967
Yours for the Asking
1936
Some Like It Hot
1959
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
Background to Danger
1943
Stolen Harmony
1935
Deadhead Miles
1972
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
Rumba
1935
TV Shows (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
Batman
1966
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
I'm the Law
1953