George Raft
Acting

George Raft

Born 1895-09-25 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Died 1980-11-25

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.

ActorCast

Known for

Some Like It Hot★ 8.1Viewing moment
Some Like It Hot
1959
Casino Royale★ 5.3Viewing moment
Casino Royale
1967
Scarface★ 7.5Viewing moment
Scarface
1932
Around the World in Eighty Days★ 6.7Viewing moment
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
Ocean's Eleven★ 6.4Viewing moment
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Winner Take All★ 6.2Viewing moment
Winner Take All
1932
They Drive by Night★ 6.8Viewing moment
They Drive by Night
1940
The Ladies Man★ 6.3Viewing moment
The Ladies Man
1961
Invisible Stripes★ 6.3Viewing moment
Invisible Stripes
1939
Manpower★ 6.8Viewing moment
Manpower
1941
Whistle Stop★ 4.5Viewing moment
Whistle Stop
1946
Breakdowns of 1942Viewing moment
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
If I Had a Million★ 6.7Viewing moment
If I Had a Million
1932
You and Me★ 6.8Viewing moment
You and Me
1938
Johnny Allegro★ 6.2Viewing moment
Johnny Allegro
1949
Nocturne★ 5.6Viewing moment
Nocturne
1946
Stage Door Canteen★ 6.1Viewing moment
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Each Dawn I Die★ 6.7Viewing moment
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Skidoo★ 5.6Viewing moment
Skidoo
1968
Dancers in the Dark★ 4.5Viewing moment
Dancers in the Dark
1932
Background to Danger★ 6.7Viewing moment
Background to Danger
1943
Black Widow★ 6.3Viewing moment
Black Widow
1954
The Patsy★ 6.2Viewing moment
The Patsy
1964
The Trumpet BlowsViewing moment
The Trumpet Blows
1934
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films★ 9Viewing moment
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
The Upper Hand★ 6.3Viewing moment
The Upper Hand
1966
We Will All Go to Paris★ 6.7Viewing moment
We Will All Go to Paris
1950
Rogue Cop★ 5.4Viewing moment
Rogue Cop
1954
Five Golden Dragons★ 5.4Viewing moment
Five Golden Dragons
1967
A Bullet for Joey★ 5.5Viewing moment
A Bullet for Joey
1955
Follow the Boys★ 5.1Viewing moment
Follow the Boys
1944
Hollywood Without Make-Up★ 5.9Viewing moment
Hollywood Without Make-Up
1963
Red Light★ 5.6Viewing moment
Red Light
1949
The Man with Bogart's Face★ 6.4Viewing moment
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage★ 6.5Viewing moment
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Yours for the Asking★ 1Viewing moment
Yours for the Asking
1936
The House Across the Bay★ 5.3Viewing moment
The House Across the Bay
1940
Outpost in Morocco★ 4.9Viewing moment
Outpost in Morocco
1949
Souls at Sea★ 5.6Viewing moment
Souls at Sea
1937
The Bowery★ 5.7Viewing moment
The Bowery
1933

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