George Raft
Acting
Born September 26, 1901 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Batman
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Jack Benny Program
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Some Like It Hot
The Jimmy Durante Show
Around the World in 80 Days
Casino Royale
Ocean's Eleven
Scarface
I'm the Law
The Movie Orgy
Five Golden Dragons
The Ladies Man
Black Widow
Whistle Stop
A Dangerous Profession
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
For Those Who Think Young
Palmy Days
Riviera Dream
Breakdowns of 1941
They Drive by Night
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Invisible Stripes
If I Had a Million
The Man with Bogart's Face
Breakdowns of 1942
The Patsy
Spawn of the North
Pick-up
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Follow the Boys
Mr. Ace