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
Filmography
Acting Credits (108)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
2008
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
1997
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
1994
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
