George Raft
Known for: 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Batman
Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
1966
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited)
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Gang Leader
1950
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Film
Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo
1959
Film
Casino Royale
George Raft
1967
Film
Ocean's Eleven
Jack Strager
1960
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Bouncer
1956
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Series
I'm the Law
Police Lt. George Kirby
1953
Film
Scarface
Guino Rinaldo
1932
Film
They Drive by Night
Joe Fabrini
1940
Film
The Ladies Man
Himself
1961
Series
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
The Upper Hand
Charles Binnaggio
1966
Film
The Patsy
George Raft
1964
Film
Black Widow
Detective Bruce
1954
Film
Whistle Stop
Kenny Veech
1946
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Film
If I Had a Million
Eddie Jackson
1932
Film
A Bullet for Joey
Joe Victor
1955
Film
Stage Door Canteen
George Raft
1943
Film
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
Each Dawn I Die
'Hood' Stacey
1939
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Film
Invisible Stripes
Cliff Taylor
1939
Film
Spawn of the North
Tyler Dawson
1938
Film
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #2
1967
Film
Pick-up
Harry Glynn
1933
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
Rumba
Joe Martin
1935
Film
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Film
Yours for the Asking
Johnny Lamb
1936
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Mr. Ace
Eddie Ace
1946
Film
You and Me
Joe Dennis
1938
Film
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
1972
Film
Skidoo
Captain Garbaldo
1968
Film
The House Across the Bay
Steve Larwitt
1940
Film
Riviera Dream
George Raft
1950
Film
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
I Stole a Million
Joe Lourik
1939
Film
She Couldn't Take It
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
1935
Film
Palmy Days
Joe
1931
Film
Sextette
Self
1978
Film
Jet Over The Atlantic
Stafford
1959
Film
Outpost in Morocco
Paul Gerard
1949
Film
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1935
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Film
Dancers in the Dark
Louie Brooks
1932
Film
Johnny Allegro
Johnny Allegro
1949
Film
The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
1980
Film
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
1945
Film
A Dangerous Profession
Vince Kane
1949
Film
For Those Who Think Young
Detective (uncredited)
1964
Film
Rogue Cop
Dan Beaumonte
1954
Film
Background to Danger
Joe Barton
1943
Film
Manpower
Johnny Marshall
1941
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Film
Taxi!
William Kenny (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Lady's from Kentucky
Marty Black
1939
Film
I'll Get You for This
Nick Cain
1951
Film
Broadway
George Raft
1942
Film
Deadhead Miles
George Raft
1972
Film
Every Night at Eight
Tops Cardona
1935
Film
Loan Shark
Joe Gargen
1952
Film
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Dancer (uncredited)
1929
Film
Souls at Sea
Powdah
1937
Film
We Will All Go to Paris
George Raft
1950
Film
Follow the Boys
Tony West
1944
Film
Queen of the Night Clubs
Gigola
1929
Film
Red Light
Johnny Torno
1949
Film
The Man From Cairo
Mike Canelli
1953
Film
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Film
Winner Take All
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
Film
Night World
Ed Powell
1932
Film
Bolero
Raoul De Baere
1934
Film
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
1980
Film
The Bowery
Steve Brodie
1933
Film
Christmas Eve
Mario Torio
1947
Film
The Glass Key
Ed Beaumont
1935
Film
It Had to Happen
Enrico Scaffa
1936
Film
Race Street
Dan Gannin
1948
Film
Night After Night
Joe Anton
1932
Film
Nocturne
Joe Warne
1946
Film
All of Me
Honey Rogers
1934
Film
Side Street
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
1929
Film
Hush Money
Maxie
1931
Film
Stolen Harmony
Ray Ferraro
1935
Film
Quick Millions
Jimmy Kirk
1931
Film
Escape Route
Steve Rossi
1952
Film
Madame Racketeer
Jack Houston
1932
Film
Intrigue
Brad Dunham
1947
Film
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
1940
Film
Under-Cover Man
Nick Darrow
1932
Film
The Trumpet Blows
Manuel Montes
1934
Film
Midnight Club
Nick Mason
1933
Film
Limehouse Blues
Harry Young
1934
Film
Nob Hill
Tony Angelo
1945