George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 – 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
Scarface
(1932)
Guino Rinaldo
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Spats Colombo
Casino Royale
(1967)
Himself
Ocean's Eleven
(1960)
Jack Strager
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Saloon Bouncer
The Patsy
(1964)
George Raft
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Joe Fabrini
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
George Raft
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Himself
Full Filmography
Acting
Side Street
(1929)
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
Queen of the Night Clubs
(1929)
Gigola
Gold Diggers of Broadway
(1929)
Dancer (uncredited)
Palmy Days
(1931)
Joe
Quick Millions
(1931)
Jimmy Kirk
Taxi!
(1931)
William Kenny (uncredited)
Hush Money
(1931)
Maxie
Scarface
(1932)
Guino Rinaldo
Night After Night
(1932)
Joe Anton
If I Had a Million
(1932)
Eddie Jackson
Madame Racketeer
(1932)
Jack Houston
Dancers in the Dark
(1932)
Louie Brooks
Night World
(1932)
Ed Powell
Under-Cover Man
(1932)
Nick Darrow
Winner Take All
(1932)
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pick-up
(1933)
Harry Glynn
Midnight Club
(1933)
Nick Mason
The Bowery
(1933)
Steve Brodie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
(1933)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trumpet Blows
(1934)
Manuel Montes
Limehouse Blues
(1934)
Harry Young
Bolero
(1934)
Raoul De Baere
All of Me
(1934)
Honey Rogers
The Glass Key
(1935)
Ed Beaumont
She Couldn't Take It
(1935)
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
Every Night at Eight
(1935)
Tops Cardona
Stolen Harmony
(1935)
Ray Ferraro
Rumba
(1935)
Joe Martin
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
(1935)
Self
It Had to Happen
(1936)
Enrico Scaffa
Yours for the Asking
(1936)
Johnny Lamb
Souls at Sea
(1937)
Powdah
You and Me
(1938)
Joe Dennis
Spawn of the North
(1938)
Tyler Dawson
Each Dawn I Die
(1939)
'Hood' Stacey
I Stole a Million
(1939)
Joe Lourik
The Lady's from Kentucky
(1939)
Marty Black
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Cliff Taylor
The House Across the Bay
(1940)
Steve Larwitt
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Joe Fabrini
Breakdowns of 1940
(1940)
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(1940)
Self
Manpower
(1941)
Johnny Marshall
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
(1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway
(1942)
Himself
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
Background to Danger
(1943)
Joe Barton
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
George Raft
Follow the Boys
(1944)
Tony West
Johnny Angel
(1945)
Johnny Angel
Nob Hill
(1945)
Tony Angelo
Nocturne
(1946)
Joe Warne
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Kenny Veech
Mr. Ace
(1946)
Eddie Ace
Intrigue
(1947)
Brad Dunham
Christmas Eve
(1947)
Mario Torio
Race Street
(1948)
Dan Gannin
Red Light
(1949)
Johnny Torno
Johnny Allegro
(1949)
Johnny Allegro
A Dangerous Profession
(1949)
Vince Kane
Outpost in Morocco
(1949)
Paul Gerard
We Will All Go to Paris
(1950)
George Raft
I'll Get You for This
(1951)
Nick Cain
Loan Shark
(1952)
Joe Gargen
Escape Route
(1952)
Steve Rossi
The Man From Cairo
(1953)
Mike Canelli
Rogue Cop
(1954)
Dan Beaumonte
Black Widow
(1954)
Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce
A Bullet for Joey
(1955)
Joe Victor
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Saloon Bouncer
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Spats Colombo
Jet Over The Atlantic
(1959)
Stafford
Ocean's Eleven
(1960)
Jack Strager
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Himself
For Those Who Think Young
(1964)
Detective (uncredited)
The Patsy
(1964)
George Raft
The Upper Hand
(1966)
Charles Binnaggio
Casino Royale
(1967)
Himself
Five Golden Dragons
(1967)
Dragon #2
Skidoo
(1968)
Captain Garbaldo
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
Hammersmith Is Out
(1972)
Guido Scartucci
Deadhead Miles
(1972)
George Raft
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
(1973)
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
Sextette
(1978)
Himself
The Man with Bogart's Face
(1980)
Petey Cane
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)