George Raft
George Raft (September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas (mob films) of the 1930s and 1940s. Today George Raft is mostly known for his role in Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like it Hot and also Scarface (1932), Bolero (1934), and 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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- Born:
- Sep 26, 1895 In Los Angeles, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 94
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Queen of the Night Clubs 1929-03-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films 2011-04-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
| Movie | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Movie | The Man with Bogart's Face | Petey Cane | 1980-10-03 |
| Movie | Sextette | Himself | 1978-03-03 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | Hammersmith Is Out | Guido Scartucci | 1972-05-12 |
| Movie | Deadhead Miles | George Raft | 1972-08-08 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Skidoo | Captain Garbaldo | 1968-12-19 |
| Movie | Casino Royale | Himself | 1967-04-13 |
| Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #2 | 1967-08-03 |
| Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
| Movie | The Upper Hand | Charles Binnaggio | 1966-03-02 |
| Movie | For Those Who Think Young | Detective (uncredited) | 1964-06-01 |
| Movie | The Patsy | George Raft | 1964-06-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | The Ladies Man | Himself | 1961-06-21 |
| Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Jack Strager | 1960-08-10 |
| Movie | Some Like It Hot | Spats Colombo | 1959-03-19 |
| Movie | Jet Over The Atlantic | Stafford | 1959-11-04 |
| Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Saloon Bouncer | 1956-10-17 |
| Movie | A Bullet for Joey | Joe Victor | 1955-04-15 |
| Movie | Rogue Cop | Dan Beaumonte | 1954-09-17 |
| Series | The Jimmy Durante Show | Unknown | 1954-10-02 |
| Movie | Black Widow | Detective Bruce | 1954-10-28 |
| Series | I'm the Law | 1953-02-13 | |
| Movie | The Man From Cairo | Mike Canelli | 1953-09-03 |
| Movie | Escape Route | Steve Rossi | 1952-12-01 |
| Movie | Loan Shark | Joe Gargen | 1952-05-23 |
| Movie | I'll Get You for This | Nick Cain | 1951-01-01 |
| Movie | We Will All Go to Paris | George Raft | 1950-02-08 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Movie | Outpost in Morocco | Paul Gerard | 1949-05-02 |
| Movie | Johnny Allegro | Johnny Allegro | 1949-05-26 |
| Movie | Red Light | Johnny Torno | 1949-09-30 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Profession | Vince Kane | 1949-12-10 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Race Street | Dan Gannin | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | Intrigue | Brad Dunham | 1947-12-06 |
| Movie | Christmas Eve | Mario Torio | 1947-10-31 |
| Movie | Whistle Stop | Kenny Veech | 1946-01-25 |
| Movie | Nocturne | Joe Warne | 1946-10-29 |
| Movie | Mr. Ace | Eddie Ace | 1946-08-02 |
| Movie | Nob Hill | Tony Angelo | 1945-06-13 |
| Movie | Johnny Angel | Johnny Angel | 1945-10-25 |
| Movie | Follow the Boys | Tony West | 1944-05-05 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | George Raft | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Background to Danger | Joe Barton | 1943-07-03 |
| Movie | Broadway | Himself | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Manpower | Johnny Marshall | 1941-08-09 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | The House Across the Bay | Steve Larwitt | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Joe Fabrini | 1940-07-26 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | I Stole a Million | Joe Lourik | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Invisible Stripes | Cliff Taylor | 1939-12-30 |
| Movie | Each Dawn I Die | 'Hood' Stacey | 1939-08-19 |
| Movie | You and Me | Joe Dennis | 1938-06-01 |
| Movie | Spawn of the North | Tyler Dawson | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Souls at Sea | Powdah | 1937-09-03 |
| Movie | It Had to Happen | Enrico Scaffa | 1936-02-14 |
| Movie | Yours for the Asking | Johnny Lamb | 1936-07-23 |
| Movie | Stolen Harmony | Ray Ferraro | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Rumba | Joe Martin | 1935-02-08 |
| Movie | The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont | 1935-06-15 |
| Movie | Every Night at Eight | Tops Cardona | 1935-08-02 |
| Movie | The Fashion Side of Hollywood | Self | 1935-11-04 |
| Movie | She Couldn't Take It | Joe "Spot" Ricardi | 1935-10-08 |
| Movie | Bolero | Raoul De Baere | 1934-02-23 |
| Movie | All of Me | Honey Rogers | 1934-02-01 |
| Movie | The Trumpet Blows | Manuel Montes | 1934-04-14 |
| Movie | Limehouse Blues | Harry Young | 1934-12-11 |
| Movie | Midnight Club | Nick Mason | 1933-07-28 |
| Movie | Pick-up | Harry Glynn | 1933-03-24 |
| Movie | The Bowery | Steve Brodie | 1933-10-07 |
| Movie | Night World | Ed Powell | 1932-05-04 |
| Movie | Winner Take All | Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Scarface | Guino Rinaldo | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | Dancers in the Dark | Louie Brooks | 1932-03-11 |
| Movie | Night After Night | Joe Anton | 1932-10-29 |
| Movie | Madame Racketeer | Jack Houston | 1932-07-23 |
| Movie | Under-Cover Man | Nick Darrow | 1932-12-02 |
| Movie | If I Had a Million | Eddie Jackson | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | Quick Millions | Jimmy Kirk | 1931-04-17 |
| Movie | Hush Money | Maxie | 1931-07-05 |
| Movie | Palmy Days | Joe | 1931-09-23 |
| Movie | Taxi! | William Kenny (uncredited) | 1931-12-29 |
| Movie | Queen of the Night Clubs | Gigola | 1929-03-23 |
| Movie | Side Street | Georgie Ames (uncredited) | 1929-09-14 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of Broadway | Dancer (uncredited) | 1929-08-30 |