Acting credits
106
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
George Raft
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 95Series: 11
TMDB ID: 3152
IMDb ID: nm0706368
Known for: Acting
Born: September 26, 1901
Died: November 25, 1980
Age: 79
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 2011
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q436187
Also known as
George Ranft • Georgie • Джордж Рафт
Biography
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with George Raft.
as Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Movie
as Petey Cane
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 • Movie
as Self
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980 • Movie
as Self
Sextette
1978 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 • Movie
as George Raft
Deadhead Miles
1972 • Movie
as Guido Scartucci
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 • Movie
as Captain Garbaldo
Skidoo
1968 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Movie
as Dragon #2
Five Golden Dragons
1967 • Movie
as Himself
Casino Royale
1967 • Movie
as Charles Binnaggio
The Upper Hand
1966 • Movie
as George Raft
The Patsy
1964 • Movie
as Detective (uncredited)
For Those Who Think Young
1964 • Movie
as Himself
The Ladies Man
1961 • Movie
as Jack Strager
Ocean's Eleven
1960 • Movie
as Stafford
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959 • Movie
as Spats Colombo
Some Like It Hot
1959 • Movie
as Saloon Bouncer
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Movie
as Joe Victor
A Bullet for Joey
1955 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with George Raft.
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Rogues Gallery
1997 • Series
as Self (uncredited) • 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 • Series
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited) • 1 eps
Batman
1966 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Police Lt. George Kirby • 25 eps
I'm the Law
1953 • Series
as Gang Leader • 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
1950 • Series
as Self (uncredited) • 5 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
What's My Line?
1950 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 • Series