
George Raft
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Spats Colombo

Casino Royale (1967)
as George Raft

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Saloon Bouncer

Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Jack Strager

Scarface (1932)
as Guino Rinaldo

The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)

They Drive by Night (1940)
as Joe Fabrini

The Patsy (1964)
as George Raft

The Ladies Man (1961)
as Himself

Five Golden Dragons (1967)
as Dragon #2

Black Widow (1954)
as Detective Bruce

Whistle Stop (1946)
as Kenny Veech

Pick-up (1933)
as Harry Glynn

The Upper Hand (1966)
as Charles Binnaggio

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Cliff Taylor

Riviera Dream (1950)
as George Raft

Red Light (1949)
as Johnny Torno

A Bullet for Joey (1955)
as Joe Victor

Spawn of the North (1938)
as Tyler Dawson

Follow the Boys (1944)
as Tony West

You and Me (1938)
as Joe Dennis

Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as 'Hood' Stacey

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self

A Dangerous Profession (1949)
as Vince Kane

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Angel (1945)
as Johnny Angel

Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as George Raft

The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
as Petey Cane

Christmas Eve (1947)
as Mario Torio

Souls at Sea (1937)
as Powdah

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Eddie Jackson

Palmy Days (1931)
as Joe

Johnny Allegro (1949)
as Johnny Allegro

Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mr. Ace (1946)
as Eddie Ace

Rumba (1935)
as Joe Martin

Nocturne (1946)
as Joe Warne

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
as Self (archive footage)

Sextette (1978)
as Self

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

The Bowery (1933)
as Steve Brodie

The House Across the Bay (1940)
as Steve Larwitt

Rogue Cop (1954)
as Dan Beaumonte

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Manpower (1941)
as Johnny Marshall

Stolen Harmony (1935)
as Ray Ferraro

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
as Self (archive footage)

Skidoo (1968)
as Captain Garbaldo

Race Street (1948)
as Dan Gannin

Background to Danger (1943)
as Joe Barton

Quick Millions (1931)
as Jimmy Kirk

Winner Take All (1932)
as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)

Loan Shark (1952)
as Joe Gargen

For Those Who Think Young (1964)
as Detective (uncredited)

Night World (1932)
as Ed Powell

Every Night at Eight (1935)
as Tops Cardona

She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Joe "Spot" Ricardi

Taxi! (1932)
as William Kenny (uncredited)

Outpost in Morocco (1949)
as Paul Gerard

Side Street (1929)
as Georgie Ames (uncredited)

Deadhead Miles (1972)
as George Raft

Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Guido Scartucci

Escape Route (1952)
as Steve Rossi

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
as Self (archive footage)

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Actor
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Midnight Club (1933)
as Nick Mason

Bolero (1934)
as Raoul De Baere

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
as Himself (archive footage)

Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)
as Stafford

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self

Intrigue (1947)
as Brad Dunham

Yours for the Asking (1936)
as Johnny Lamb

Night After Night (1932)
as Joe Anton

I Stole a Million (1939)
as Joe Lourik

The Glass Key (1935)
as Ed Beaumont

Hush Money (1931)
as Maxie

Nob Hill (1945)
as Tony Angelo

Limehouse Blues (1934)
as Harry Young

We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
as George Raft

All of Me (1934)
as Honey Rogers

Dancers in the Dark (1932)
as Louie Brooks

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Man From Cairo (1953)
as Mike Canelli

The Trumpet Blows (1934)
as Manuel Montes

I'll Get You for This (1951)
as Nick Cain

It Had to Happen (1936)
as Enrico Scaffa

Under-Cover Man (1932)
as Nick Darrow

Madame Racketeer (1932)
as Jack Houston

Broadway (1942)
as George Raft

Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
as Dancer (uncredited)

The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
as Self

Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980)
as Self

Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)
as Self

Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)
as Gigola

The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
as Marty Black





