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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
Poster of Rogue Cop
Poster of The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Poster of Stolen Harmony
Poster of All of Me
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
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