George Raft
American actor (1895-1980) · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1901 to 1980 · aged 79
George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and the 1940s.
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The Man with Bogart's FaceFilm, 1980Petey Cane1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries
SkidooFilm, 1968Captain Garbaldo1966
BatmanSeries, Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
The Upper HandFilm, 1966Charles Binnaggio1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries
The Ladies ManFilm, 1961Himself1959
Some Like It HotFilm, Spats Colombo1955
A Bullet for JoeyFilm, Joe Victor1954The Jimmy Durante ShowSeries1953
I'm the LawSeries, Police Lt. George Kirby1952
Loan SharkFilm, Joe Gargen1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
The Jack Benny ProgramSeries, 1950Gang Leader1949
A Dangerous ProfessionFilm, Vince Kane1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
Christmas EveFilm, Mario Torio1945
Johnny AngelFilm, Johnny Angel1943
Background to DangerFilm, Joe Barton1940
The House Across the BayFilm, Steve Larwitt1938
Spawn of the NorthFilm, Tyler Dawson1932
If I Had a MillionFilm, Eddie Jackson1901Born26 September 1901People around George
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Raoul Walsh Directed They Drive by Night and Manpower
Alexander Hall Directed Madame Racketeer and Limehouse Blues
Roy Del Ruth Directed Gold Diggers of Broadway and Taxi!
Edwin L. Marin Directed Christmas Eve and Intrigue
William LeBaron Produced Yours for the Asking and Side Street
Henry Hathaway Directed Souls at Sea and Spawn of the North
Hal B. Wallis Produced They Drive by Night (1940)
Samuel Bischoff Produced A Bullet for Joey (1956)
Benedict Bogeaus Produced Christmas Eve and Jet Over the Atlantic
Jerry Lewis Directed The Ladies Man and The Patsy
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Bowery and It Had to Happen
William Fox Produced Goldie and Quick Millions
Archie Mayo Directed Night After Night (1932)
A. Edward Sutherland Directed Follow the Boys (1944)
Frank Tuttle Directed The Glass Key and I Stole a Million
Ken Hughes Directed Casino Royale and Sextette
Walter Wanger Produced Every Night at Eight (1935)
William A. Seiter Directed If I Had a Million and Broadway
William B. Davidson Also in Scarface and Invisible Stripes
Jerry Wald Produced Background to Danger (1943)
Ted Tetzlaff Directed A Dangerous Profession (1949)- Charles K. Feldman Produced Casino Royale and Follow the Boys
B. P. Schulberg Produced She Couldn't Take It and Pick-Up
James Flood Directed Under Cover Man and All of Me
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Some Like It Hot 1959
Scarface 1932
They Drive by Night 1940
Each Dawn I Die 1939
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
Filmography 40
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Television 12
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About this person
A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Quick Millions (1931) with Spencer Tracy, Scarface (1932) with Paul Muni, Each Dawn I Die (1939) with James Cagney, Invisible Stripes (1939) with Humphrey Bogart, and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon; and as a dancer in Bolero (1934) with Carole Lombard and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940) with Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino and again with Bogart.
