
George Raft
Acting
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 β 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
2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
1980Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
1978Sextette
Self
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
1972Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
1972Deadhead Miles
George Raft
1968The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968Skidoo
Captain Garbaldo
1967Casino Royale
Himself
1967Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #2
1966The Upper Hand
Charles Binnaggio
1964The Patsy
George Raft
1964For Those Who Think Young
Detective (uncredited)
1961The Ladies Man
Himself
1960Ocean's Eleven
Jack Strager
1959Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo
1959Jet Over The Atlantic
Stafford
1956Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Bouncer