George Raft

George Raft

George Ranft

Birth Date

9/26/1901 (Age 79)

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Death Date

11/25/1980

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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.

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

17

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Best Known For

Spats Colombo

Joe Fabrini

Guino Rinaldo

Himself

Saloon Bouncer

Cliff Taylor

Frequent Collaborators

Edwin L. Marin

Edwin L. Marin

2 films together

Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh

1 film together

Leigh Harline

Leigh Harline

3 films together

Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Bacon

1 film together

Harry J. Wild

2 films together

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