George Raft
Born: 1901-09-26 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1980-11-25
Known For: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2011
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
2008
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)
1997
- Rogues Gallery as Self (archive footage)
1994
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
1992
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
- The Man with Bogart's Face as Petey Cane
- Gay, Gay Hollywood as Self
1978
- Sextette as Self
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1973
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)
1972
- Hammersmith Is Out as Guido Scartucci
- Deadhead Miles as George Raft
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- Skidoo as Captain Garbaldo
1967
- Casino Royale as Himself
- Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #2
1966
- Batman as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
- The Upper Hand as Charles Binnaggio
1964
- The Patsy as George Raft
- For Those Who Think Young as Detective (uncredited)
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Ladies Man as Himself
1960
- Ocean's Eleven as Jack Strager
1959
- Some Like It Hot as Spats Colombo
- Jet Over The Atlantic as Stafford
1956
- Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Bouncer
1955
- A Bullet for Joey as Joe Victor
1954
- The Jimmy Durante Show as Self
- Black Widow as Detective Bruce
- Rogue Cop as Dan Beaumonte
1953
- I'm the Law
- The Man From Cairo as Mike Canelli
1952
- Escape Route as Steve Rossi
- Loan Shark as Joe Gargen
1951
- I'll Get You for This as Nick Cain
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self (uncredited)
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Jack Benny Program as The Gang leader
- We Will All Go to Paris as George Raft
- Riviera Dream as George Raft
1949
- Red Light as Johnny Torno
- A Dangerous Profession as Vince Kane
- Outpost in Morocco as Paul Gerard
- Johnny Allegro as Johnny Allegro
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Race Street as Dan Gannin
1947
- Christmas Eve as Mario Torio
- Intrigue as Brad Dunham
1946
- Whistle Stop as Kenny Veech
- Nocturne as Joe Warne
- Mr. Ace as Eddie Ace
1945
- Johnny Angel as Johnny Angel
- Nob Hill as Tony Angelo
1944
- Follow the Boys as Tony West
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as George Raft
- Background to Danger as Joe Barton
1942
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Broadway as George Raft
1941
- Manpower as Johnny Marshall
- Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1940
- They Drive by Night as Joe Fabrini
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- The House Across the Bay as Steve Larwitt
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- Each Dawn I Die as 'Hood' Stacey
- Invisible Stripes as Cliff Taylor
- I Stole a Million as Joe Lourik
- The Lady's from Kentucky as Marty Black
1938
- You and Me as Joe Dennis
- Spawn of the North as Tyler Dawson
1937
- Souls at Sea as Powdah
1936
- Yours for the Asking as Johnny Lamb
- It Had to Happen as Enrico Scaffa
1935
- She Couldn't Take It as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
- The Glass Key as Ed Beaumont
- Every Night at Eight as Tops Cardona
- Rumba as Joe Martin
- Stolen Harmony as Ray Ferraro
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self
1934
- All of Me as Honey Rogers
- Bolero as Raoul De Baere
- The Trumpet Blows as Manuel Montes
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 as Self
- Limehouse Blues as Harry Young
1933
- The Bowery as Steve Brodie
- Pick-up as Harry Glynn
- Midnight Club as Nick Mason
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
- Scarface as Guino Rinaldo
- Taxi! as William Kenny (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million as Eddie Jackson
- Night After Night as Joe Anton
- Winner Take All as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Night World as Ed Powell
- Dancers in the Dark as Louie Brooks
- Madame Racketeer as Jack Houston
- Under-Cover Man as Nick Darrow
1931
- Quick Millions as Jimmy Kirk
- Palmy Days as Joe
- Hush Money as Maxie
1929
- Gold Diggers of Broadway as Dancer (uncredited)
- Side Street as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
- Queen of the Night Clubs as Gigola