1895-09-26 Los Angeles, California, USA
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 – 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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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | 1994-08-09 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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The Man with Bogart's Face | Petey Cane | 1980-10-03 |
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Sextette | Himself | 1978-03-03 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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Deadhead Miles | George Raft | 1972-08-08 |
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Hammersmith Is Out | Guido Scartucci | 1972-05-12 |
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Skidoo | Captain Garbaldo | 1968-12-19 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Casino Royale | Himself | 1967-04-13 |
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Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #2 | 1967-08-03 |
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Du rififi à Paname | Charles Binnaggio | 1966-03-02 |
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For Those Who Think Young | Detective (uncredited) | 1964-06-01 |
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The Patsy | George Raft | 1964-06-24 |
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The Ladies Man | Himself | 1961-06-21 |
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Ocean's Eleven | Jack Strager | 1960-08-10 |
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Jet Over The Atlantic | Stafford | 1959-11-04 |
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Some Like It Hot | Spats Colombo | 1959-03-19 |
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Around the World in Eighty Days | Saloon Bouncer | 1956-10-17 |
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A Bullet for Joey | Joe Victor | 1955-04-15 |
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Rogue Cop | Dan Beaumonte | 1954-09-17 |
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Black Widow | Detective Bruce | 1954-10-28 |
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The Man From Cairo | Mike Canelli | 1953-09-03 |
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Loan Shark | Joe Gargen | 1952-05-23 |
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Escape Route | Steve Rossi | 1952-12-01 |
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I'll Get You for This | Nick Cain | 1951-01-01 |
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Nous irons à Paris | George Raft | 1950-02-08 |
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Riviera Dream | George Raft | 1950-01-01 |
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A Dangerous Profession | Vince Kane | 1949-12-10 |
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Outpost in Morocco | Paul Gerard | 1949-05-02 |
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Red Light | Johnny Torno | 1949-09-30 |
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Johnny Allegro | Johnny Allegro | 1949-05-26 |
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Race Street | Dan Gannin | 1948-09-11 |
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Intrigue | Brad Dunham | 1947-12-06 |
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Christmas Eve | Mario Torio | 1947-10-31 |
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Mr. Ace | Eddie Ace | 1946-08-02 |
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Whistle Stop | Kenny Veech | 1946-01-25 |
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Nocturne | Joe Warne | 1946-10-29 |
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Nob Hill | Tony Angelo | 1945-06-13 |
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Johnny Angel | Johnny Angel | 1945-10-25 |
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Follow the Boys | Tony West | 1944-05-05 |
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Background to Danger | Joe Barton | 1943-07-03 |
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Stage Door Canteen | George Raft | 1943-06-24 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Broadway | George Raft | 1942-05-08 |
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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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Manpower | Johnny Marshall | 1941-08-09 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
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Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940-12-31 |
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The House Across the Bay | Steve Larwitt | 1940-03-01 |
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They Drive by Night | Joe Fabrini | 1940-07-26 |
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
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The Lady's from Kentucky | Marty Black | 1939-04-27 |
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Each Dawn I Die | 'Hood' Stacey | 1939-08-19 |
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Invisible Stripes | Cliff Taylor | 1939-12-30 |
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I Stole a Million | Joe Lourik | 1939-08-01 |
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You and Me | Joe Dennis | 1938-06-01 |
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Spawn of the North | Tyler Dawson | 1938-08-26 |
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Souls at Sea | Powdah | 1937-09-03 |
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It Had to Happen | Enrico Scaffa | 1936-02-14 |
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Yours for the Asking | Johnny Lamb | 1936-07-23 |
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Stolen Harmony | Ray Ferraro | 1935-04-20 |
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Rumba | Joe Martin | 1935-02-08 |
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The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont | 1935-06-15 |
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She Couldn't Take It | Joe "Spot" Ricardi | 1935-10-08 |
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Every Night at Eight | Tops Cardona | 1935-08-02 |
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood | Self | 1935-11-04 |
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Limehouse Blues | Harry Young | 1934-12-11 |
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All of Me | Honey Rogers | 1934-02-01 |
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Bolero | Raoul De Baere | 1934-02-23 |
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The Trumpet Blows | Manuel Montes | 1934-04-14 |
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Pick-up | Harry Glynn | 1933-03-24 |
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Midnight Club | Nick Mason | 1933-07-28 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
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The Bowery | Steve Brodie | 1933-10-07 |
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If I Had a Million | Eddie Jackson | 1932-11-18 |
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Winner Take All | Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
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Night After Night | Joe Anton | 1932-10-29 |
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Scarface | Guino Rinaldo | 1932-04-09 |
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Madame Racketeer | Jack Houston | 1932-07-23 |
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Dancers in the Dark | Louie Brooks | 1932-03-11 |
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Under-Cover Man | Nick Darrow | 1932-12-02 |
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Night World | Ed Powell | 1932-05-04 |
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Hush Money | Maxie | 1931-07-05 |
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Palmy Days | Joe | 1931-09-23 |
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Taxi! | William Kenny (uncredited) | 1931-12-29 |
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Quick Millions | Jimmy Kirk | 1931-04-17 |
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Queen of the Night Clubs | Gigola | 1929-03-23 |
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Gold Diggers of Broadway | Dancer (uncredited) | 1929-08-30 |
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Side Street | Georgie Ames (uncredited) | 1929-09-14 |
