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George Raft

Born 1901-09-26

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

Some Like It Hot 1959 · 8.2 Casino Royale 1967 · 5.0 Scarface 1932 · 7.7 Around the World in 80 Days 1956 · 6.7 They Drive by Night 1940 · 7.2 The Ladies Man 1961 · 6.3 If I Had a Million 1932 · 6.9 Skidoo 1968 · 4.7 Manpower 1941 · 6.6 You and Me 1938 · 6.8 A Bullet for Joey 1955 · 6.0 The Upper Hand 1966 · 6.1 Palmy Days 1931 · 6.9 Spawn of the North 1938 · 6.7 Five Golden Dragons 1967 · 4.9 Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 6: Hollywood Police Files 1992 · 8.0