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George Raft 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, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940).
Birth Name
George Ranft
Born
Thursday, 26 September 1901
Died
Monday, 24 November 1980
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Momo: The Sam Giancana Story | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes | Self | 2010 |
| Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Actor | 2009 |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' | Self / Joe Fabrini | 2003 |
| Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter | (archive footage) | 1992 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Momo: The Sam Giancana Story | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes | Self | 2010 |
| Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Actor | 2009 |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' | Self / Joe Fabrini | 2003 |
| Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter | (archive footage) | 1992 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Joe Anton | 1986 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook | Muggsy Lasagna | 1981 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Self (clip from "The Bowery") | 1981 |
| The Man with Bogart's Face | Petey Cane | 1980 |
| Sextette | George Raft / Himself | 1977 |
| All This and World War II | Self | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Various unspecified characters in various archival movie clips | 1973 |
| Deadhead Miles | George Raft / Gas Station Customer | 1972 |
| Hammersmith Is Out | Guido Scartucci | 1972 |
| Happy Days | (archive footage) | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| Skidoo | Captain Garbaldo / The Skipper | 1968 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #2 | 1967 |
| Casino Royale | George Raft / Himself | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Hippodrome | Hoofer | 1966 |
| The Upper Hand | Charles Binnaggio | 1966 |
| Batman | Citizen in Bank | 1966 |
| The New London Palladium Show | Self - Hoofer | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| The Patsy | George Raft | 1964 |
| For Those Who Think Young | Detective | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Joe Fabrini | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Himself / George Raft | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Jack Strager | 1960 |
| Jet Over the Atlantic | Stafford | 1959 |
| About Faces | Self | 1959 |
| Some Like It Hot | Spats Colombo | 1959 |
| The Gisele MacKenzie Show | Self | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Barbary Coast Saloon Bouncer / Saloon Bouncer | 1956 |
| A Bullet for Joey | Joe Victor | 1955 |
| Black Widow | Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce / C.A. Bruce | 1954 |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | Self / Self - Actor | 1954 |
| Rogue Cop | Dan Beaumonte | 1954 |
| Stage Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Man from Cairo | Mike Canelli | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Police Lt. George Kirby | 1953 |
| I'll Get You | Steve Rossi | 1952 |
| Loan Shark | Joe Gargen | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self / Celebrity Guest | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Self / Mike McCluskey / Big Jack - Speakeasy Operator / Ace Williams - Gangster | 1951 |
| Lucky Nick Cain | Nick Cain | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | The Gang leader | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actor / Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| We Will All Go to Paris | George Raft | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| A Dangerous Profession | Vince Kane | 1949 |
| Red Light | John Torno / Johnny Torno | 1949 |
| Johnny Allegro | Johnny Allegro | 1949 |
| Outpost in Morocco | Capt. Paul Gerard / Paul Gerard | 1949 |
| Race Street | Gannin / Dan Gannin | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Tango Dancer / Self / Dancer / Self - Actor | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Christmas Eve | Mario Torio | 1947 |
| Intrigue | Brad Dunham | 1947 |
| Nocturne | Joe Warne / Police Lt. Joe Warne | 1946 |
| Mr. Ace | Eddie Ace | 1946 |
| Whistle Stop | Kenny Veech | 1946 |
| Johnny Angel | Johnny Angel | 1945 |
| Nob Hill | Tony Angelo | 1945 |
| Follow the Boys | Tony West | 1944 |
| Background to Danger | Joe Barton | 1943 |
| Stage Door Canteen | George Raft | 1943 |
| Broadway | George Raft / Himself | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Self - at Mocambo | 1941 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
| Manpower | Johnny Marshall | 1941 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Himself / Self | 1940 |
| They Drive by Night | Joe Fabrini | 1940 |
| The House Across the Bay | Steve Larwitt | 1940 |
| Invisible Stripes | Cliff Taylor | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Joe Lourik | 1939 |
| Each Dawn I Die | 'Hood' Stacey | 1939 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | Marty Black | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Steve Brodie (edited from 'The Bowery') | 1939 |
| Spawn of the North | Tyler Dawson | 1938 |
| You and Me | Joe Dennis | 1938 |
| Souls at Sea | Powdah | 1937 |
| Yours for the Asking | Johnny Lamb | 1936 |
| It Had to Happen | Enrico Scaffa | 1936 |
| She Couldn't Take It | Joseph 'Spot' Ricardi / Joe "Spot" Ricardi | 1935 |
| Every Night at Eight | 'Tops' Cardona / Tops Cardona | 1935 |
| The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont | 1935 |
| Stolen Harmony | Ray Angelo, alias Ray Ferraro / Ray Ferraro | 1935 |
| Rumba | Joe Martin | 1935 |
| Limehouse Blues | Harry Young | 1934 |
| The Trumpet Blows | Manuel Montes | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self | 1934 |
| Bolero | Raoul De Baere | 1934 |
| All of Me | Honey Rogers | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
| The Bowery | Steve Brodie | 1933 |
| Midnight Club | Nick Mason | 1933 |
| Pick-up | Harry Glynn | 1933 |
| Under-Cover Man | Nick Darrow | 1932 |
| If I Had a Million | Eddie Jackson | 1932 |
| Night After Night | Joe Anton | 1932 |
| Madame Racketeer | Jack Houston | 1932 |
| Winner Take All | Bandleader at Guinan's | 1932 |
| Love Is a Racket | Sneaky | 1932 |
| Night World | Ed Powell | 1932 |
| Scarface | Rinaldo / Guino Rinaldo | 1932 |
| Dancers in the Dark | Louie Brooks | 1932 |
| Taxi | William Kenny - Dance Contestant | 1931 |
| Palmy Days | Joe - Yolando's Henchman / Joe | 1931 |
| Hush Money | Maxie | 1931 |
| Goldie | Pickpocket | 1931 |
| Quick Millions | Jimmy Kirk | 1931 |
| Side Street | Georgie Ames - the Dancer | 1929 |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Dancer | 1929 |
| Queen of the Night Clubs | Gigola | 1929 |
