George Raft
Born September 26, 1901 (Age: 124)
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article George Raft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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Filmography
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
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as
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Age: 90
Sextette
1978
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as Himself
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Age: 76
The Ladies Man
1961
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as Himself
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Age: 59
Ocean's Eleven
1960
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as Jack Strager
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Age: 58
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
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as Stafford
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Age: 58
Some Like It Hot
1959
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as Spats Colombo
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Age: 57
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Saloon Bouncer
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Age: 55
Riviera Dream
1950
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as George Raft
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Age: 48
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
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as Self
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Age: 41
Broadway
1942
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as George Raft
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Age: 40
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
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as
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Age: 40
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Manpower
1941
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as Johnny Marshall
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Age: 39
Under-Cover Man
1932
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as Nick Darrow
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Age: 31
If I Had a Million
1932
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as Eddie Jackson
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Age: 31
Night After Night
1932
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as Joe Anton
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Age: 31
Madame Racketeer
1932
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as Jack Houston
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Age: 30
Winner Take All
1932
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as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 30
Night World
1932
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as Ed Powell
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Age: 30
Scarface
1932
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as Guino Rinaldo
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Age: 30
Dancers in the Dark
1932
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as Louie Brooks
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Age: 30
Taxi!
1932
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as William Kenny (uncredited)
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Age: 30
Hush Money
1931
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as Maxie
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Age: 29