Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1901
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- George Ranft
- Georgie
- Джордж Рафт
George Raft
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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Known For - Movies
Casino Royale
as Himself
Some Like It Hot
as Spats Colombo
Ocean's Eleven
as Jack Strager
Around the World in 80 Days
as Saloon Bouncer
Scarface
as Guino Rinaldo
Each Dawn I Die
as 'Hood' Stacey
The Ladies Man
as Himself
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Widow
as Detective Bruce
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Batman
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
as The Gang leader
What's My Line?
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)