George Raft
September 26, 1895 (129 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2011 · Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
- 2008 · Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1980 · The Man with Bogart's Face as Petey Cane
- 1978 · Sextette as Himself
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Deadhead Miles as George Raft
- 1972 · Hammersmith Is Out as Guido Scartucci
- 1968 · Skidoo as Captain Garbaldo
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Guest Performer (uncredited)
- 1967 · Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #2
- 1967 · Casino Royale as Himself
- 1966 · The Upper Hand as Charles Binnaggio
- 1966 · Batman as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
- 1964 · The Patsy as George Raft
- 1964 · For Those Who Think Young as Detective (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Ladies Man as Himself
- 1960 · Ocean's Eleven as Jack Strager
- 1959 · Jet Over The Atlantic as Stafford
- 1959 · Some Like It Hot as Spats Colombo
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as Saloon Bouncer
- 1955 · A Bullet for Joey as Joe Victor
- 1954 · Black Widow as Detective Bruce
- 1954 · The Jimmy Durante Show as Self
- 1954 · Rogue Cop as Dan Beaumonte
- 1953 · The Man From Cairo as Mike Canelli
- 1953 · I'm the Law as
- 1952 · Escape Route as Steve Rossi
- 1952 · Loan Shark as Joe Gargen
- 1951 · I'll Get You for This as Nick Cain
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as The Gang leader
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self (uncredited)
- 1950 · We Will All Go to Paris as George Raft
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Riviera Dream as George Raft
- 1949 · A Dangerous Profession as Vince Kane
- 1949 · Red Light as Johnny Torno
- 1949 · Johnny Allegro as Johnny Allegro
- 1949 · Outpost in Morocco as Paul Gerard
- 1948 · Race Street as Dan Gannin
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Tango Dancer
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Actor / Dancer
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1947 · Intrigue as Brad Dunham
- 1947 · Christmas Eve as Mario Torio
- 1946 · Nocturne as Joe Warne
- 1946 · Mr. Ace as Eddie Ace
- 1946 · Whistle Stop as Kenny Veech
- 1945 · Johnny Angel as Johnny Angel
- 1945 · Nob Hill as Tony Angelo
- 1944 · Follow the Boys as Tony West
- 1943 · Background to Danger as Joe Barton
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as George Raft
- 1942 · Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 1942 · Broadway as Himself
- 1941 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 as
- 1941 · Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 · Manpower as Johnny Marshall
- 1940 · Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- 1940 · They Drive by Night as Joe Fabrini
- 1940 · The House Across the Bay as Steve Larwitt
- 1939 · Invisible Stripes as Cliff Taylor
- 1939 · Each Dawn I Die as 'Hood' Stacey
- 1939 · I Stole a Million as Joe Lourik
- 1939 · The Lady's from Kentucky as Marty Black
- 1938 · Spawn of the North as Tyler Dawson
- 1938 · You and Me as Joe Dennis
- 1937 · Souls at Sea as Powdah
- 1936 · Yours for the Asking as Johnny Lamb
- 1936 · It Had to Happen as Enrico Scaffa
- 1935 · The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self
- 1935 · She Couldn't Take It as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
- 1935 · Every Night at Eight as Tops Cardona
- 1935 · The Glass Key as Ed Beaumont
- 1935 · Stolen Harmony as Ray Ferraro
- 1935 · Rumba as Joe Martin
- 1934 · Limehouse Blues as Harry Young
- 1934 · The Trumpet Blows as Manuel Montes
- 1934 · Bolero as Raoul De Baere
- 1934 · All of Me as Honey Rogers
- 1933 · Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1933 · The Bowery as Steve Brodie
- 1933 · Midnight Club as Nick Mason
- 1933 · Pick-up as Harry Glynn
- 1932 · Under-Cover Man as Nick Darrow
- 1932 · If I Had a Million as Eddie Jackson
- 1932 · Night After Night as Joe Anton
- 1932 · Madame Racketeer as Jack Houston
- 1932 · Winner Take All as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932 · Night World as Ed Powell
- 1932 · Scarface as Guino Rinaldo
- 1932 · Dancers in the Dark as Louie Brooks
- 1931 · Taxi! as William Kenny (uncredited)
- 1931 · Palmy Days as Joe
- 1931 · Hush Money as Maxie
- 1931 · Quick Millions as Jimmy Kirk
- 1929 · Side Street as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
- 1929 · Gold Diggers of Broadway as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1929 · Queen of the Night Clubs as Gigola