George Raft

Actor

Born: September 26, 1901
Died: November 25, 1980 (age 79)
From: 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…

Filmography (96)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Himself (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Self (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Petey Cane
Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980)
Self
Sextette (1978)
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
Self (archive footage)
Deadhead Miles (1972)
George Raft
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
Guido Scartucci
Skidoo (1968)
Captain Garbaldo
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Self (archive footage)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Dragon #2
Casino Royale (1967)
Himself
The Upper Hand (1966)
Charles Binnaggio
The Patsy (1964)
George Raft
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Detective (uncredited)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Himself
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Jack Strager
Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)
Stafford
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Spats Colombo
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Saloon Bouncer
A Bullet for Joey (1955)
Joe Victor
Black Widow (1954)
Detective Bruce
Rogue Cop (1954)
Dan Beaumonte
The Man From Cairo (1953)
Mike Canelli
Escape Route (1952)
Steve Rossi
Loan Shark (1952)
Joe Gargen