George Raft
Born: 1901-09-26
Place of Birth: 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
Casino Royale
1967★ 5.3
Some Like It Hot
1959★ 8.1
Souls at Sea
1937★ 6.3
Ocean's Eleven
1960★ 6.4
Scarface
1932★ 7.4
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935★ 6.0
The Bowery
1933★ 5.0
Johnny Allegro
1949★ 6.4
The Ladies Man
1961★ 6.3
Taxi!
1932★ 6.6
Johnny Angel
1945★ 5.9
Broadway
1942★ 5.5
We Will All Go to Paris
1950★ 5.2
Black Widow
1954★ 6.3
Hush Money
1931★ 0.0
Night World
1932★ 6.7
Nocturne
1946★ 5.9
Bolero
1934★ 6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940★ 6.5
Palmy Days
1931★ 7.0
Sextette
1978★ 3.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956★ 6.6
Race Street
1948★ 5.8
Pick-up
1933★ 4.0
Intrigue
1947★ 5.0
Rogue Cop
1954★ 5.3
Rumba
1935★ 6.0
Five Golden Dragons
1967★ 5.1
Outpost in Morocco
1949★ 4.8
Red Light
1949★ 5.8
The Trumpet Blows
1934★ 5.0
Madame Racketeer
1932★ 4.8
Manpower
1941★ 6.7
Invisible Stripes
1939★ 6.1
Quick Millions
1931★ 7.1
Loan Shark
1952★ 5.5
Skidoo
1968★ 4.7
Hammersmith Is Out
1972★ 5.7
They Drive by Night
1940★ 6.9
Under-Cover Man
1932★ 4.5
Whistle Stop
1946★ 4.3
Mr. Ace
1946★ 5.6
The Movie Orgy
1968★ 6.3
Limehouse Blues
1934★ 3.7
The Glass Key
1935★ 6.4
You and Me
1938★ 6.5
Winner Take All
1932★ 4.7
The Patsy
1964★ 6.2
A Bullet for Joey
1955★ 5.6
Follow the Boys
1944★ 5.3
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980★ 0.0
Riviera Dream
1950★ 0.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942★ 6.0
If I Had a Million
1932★ 6.6
The Upper Hand
1966★ 6.3
Spawn of the North
1938★ 5.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949★ 5.6
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983★ 6.5
Dancers in the Dark
1932★ 4.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939★ 6.8
Background to Danger
1943★ 6.6
Stage Door Canteen
1943★ 6.1
Breakdowns of 1941
1941★ 7.0
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980★ 5.9
For Those Who Think Young
1964★ 5.3
I Stole a Million
1939★ 6.0
Night After Night
1932★ 6.2
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975★ 6.1
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008★ 6.9
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959★ 5.4
Breakdowns of 1940
1940★ 4.0
All of Me
1934★ 6.0
Stolen Harmony
1935★ 6.0
Yours for the Asking
1936★ 3.5
Escape Route
1952★ 5.3
Every Night at Eight
1935★ 6.7
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994★ 0.0
Deadhead Miles
1972★ 5.5
She Couldn't Take It
1935★ 4.5
Nob Hill
1945★ 5.7
Christmas Eve
1947★ 5.1
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011★ 9.0
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929★ 0.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941★ 6.0
I'll Get You for This
1951★ 6.8
Midnight Club
1933★ 0.0
The House Across the Bay
1940★ 5.5
The Man From Cairo
1953★ 5.0
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929★ 7.0
Side Street
1929★ 5.2
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973★ 6.8
It Had to Happen
1936★ 5.5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933★ 0.0
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939★ 0.0