Biography
George Raft
Acting
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). Descri…
Career works
108
Movies
96
Series
12
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
09/26/1901
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death
11/25/1980
Filmography highlights
Movies
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · 9.0
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · 6.9
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992 · 8.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · 7.0
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 · 6.0
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
Sextette
1978 · 3.9
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · 6.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 · 6.8
Deadhead Miles
1972 · 6.0
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 · 5.9
Skidoo
1968 · 4.8
The Movie Orgy
1968 · 6.6
Five Golden Dragons
1967 · 5.2
Series
Rogues Gallery
1997
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · 6.7
Batman
1966 · 7.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · 7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · 6.6
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · 5.8
I'm the Law
1953 · 6.0
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · 7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · 6.9
What's My Line?
1950 · 7.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · 6.8