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George Raft

Acting Born Sep 26, 1901 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Batman (1966) as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Gang Leader
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self (uncredited)
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959) as Spats Colombo
  • Casino Royale (1967) as Himself
  • Ocean's Eleven (1960) as Jack Strager
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Saloon Bouncer
  • Scarface (1932) as Guino Rinaldo
  • The Jimmy Durante Show (1954) as Self
  • I'm the Law (1953) as Police Lt. George Kirby
  • The Ladies Man (1961) as Himself
  • You and Me (1938) as Joe Dennis
  • Black Widow (1954) as Detective Bruce
  • Rogue Cop (1954) as Dan Beaumonte
  • The Patsy (1964) as George Raft
  • Rogues Gallery (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)