GEORGE RAFT
Acting
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 – 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).
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- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983
- The Man with Bogart's Face1980
- Sextette1978
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks1973
- Hammersmith Is Out1972
- Deadhead Miles1972
- Skidoo1968
- The Movie Orgy1968
- Five Golden Dragons1967
- Casino Royale1967
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1967
- The Upper Hand1966
- Batman1966
- The Patsy1964
- For Those Who Think Young1964
- The Merv Griffin Show1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
- The Ladies Man1961
- The Mike Douglas Show1961
- Ocean's Eleven1960
- Jet Over The Atlantic1959
- Some Like It Hot1959
- Around the World in Eighty Days1956
- A Bullet for Joey1955
- Rogue Cop1954
- Black Widow1954
- The Jimmy Durante Show1954
- The Man From Cairo1953
- Loan Shark1952
- Escape Route1952
- I'll Get You for This1951
- We Will All Go to Paris1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
- What's My Line?1950
- The Jack Benny Program1950
- Red Light1949
- Johnny Allegro1949
- A Dangerous Profession1949
- Outpost in Morocco1949
- Race Street1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948
- Intrigue1947
- Christmas Eve1947
- Nocturne1946
- Whistle Stop1946
- Mr. Ace1946
- Johnny Angel1945
- Nob Hill1945
- Follow the Boys1944
- Background to Danger1943
- Stage Door Canteen1943
- Broadway1942
- Breakdowns of 19421942
- Manpower1941
- Breakdowns of 19411941
- The House Across the Bay1940
- They Drive by Night1940
- Breakdowns of 19401940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940
- I Stole a Million1939
- The Lady's from Kentucky1939
- Invisible Stripes1939
- Each Dawn I Die1939
- Spawn of the North1938
- You and Me1938
- Souls at Sea1937
- It Had to Happen1936
- Yours for the Asking1936
- The Glass Key1935
- She Couldn't Take It1935
- Every Night at Eight1935
- Stolen Harmony1935
- Rumba1935
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood1935
- The Trumpet Blows1934
- Limehouse Blues1934
- Bolero1934
- All of Me1934
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- Midnight Club1933
- The Bowery1933
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-51933
- Night After Night1932
- Under-Cover Man1932
- If I Had a Million1932
- Madame Racketeer1932
- Scarface1932
- Dancers in the Dark1932
- Night World1932
- Winner Take All1932
- Palmy Days1931
- Quick Millions1931
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- Taxi!1931
- Queen of the Night Clubs1929
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