George Raft
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.
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Movies (39)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Petey Cane
1980
Gay, Gay Hollywood
as Self
1980
Sextette
as Himself
1978
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Deadhead Miles
as George Raft
1972
Hammersmith Is Out
as Guido Scartucci
1972
Skidoo
as Captain Garbaldo
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #2
1967
Casino Royale
as Himself
1967
The Upper Hand
as Charles Binnaggio
1966
The Patsy
as George Raft
1964
For Those Who Think Young
as Detective (uncredited)
1964
The Ladies Man
as Himself
1961
Ocean's Eleven
as Jack Strager
1960
Jet Over The Atlantic
as Stafford
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Spats Colombo
1959
Around the World in 80 Days
as Saloon Bouncer
1956
A Bullet for Joey
as Joe Victor
1955
Black Widow
as Detective Bruce
1954
Rogue Cop
as Dan Beaumonte
1954
The Man From Cairo
as Mike Canelli
1953
Escape Route
as Steve Rossi
1952
Loan Shark
as Joe Gargen
1952
I'll Get You for This
as Nick Cain
1951
We Will All Go to Paris
as George Raft
1950
Riviera Dream
as George Raft
1950
A Dangerous Profession
as Vince Kane
1949
Red Light
as Johnny Torno
1949
Johnny Allegro
as Johnny Allegro
1949
Outpost in Morocco
as Paul Gerard
1949
Race Street
as Dan Gannin
1948
Intrigue
as Brad Dunham
1947
Christmas Eve
as Mario Torio
1947
TV Shows (11)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Batman
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
1954
I'm the Law
1953
The Jack Benny Program
as The Gang leader
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948