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George Raft

Born: 1901-09-26

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

About: 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.


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Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo
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Ocean's Eleven
Jack Strager
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Scarface
Guino Rinaldo
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The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
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Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Bouncer
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Rogue Cop
Dan Beaumonte
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Manpower
Johnny Marshall
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Casino Royale
Himself
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Red Light
Johnny Torno
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Sextette
Himself
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Skidoo
Captain Garbaldo
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A Bullet for Joey
Joe Victor
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Follow the Boys
Tony West
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Background to Danger
Joe Barton
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The Ladies Man
Himself
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Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
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Each Dawn I Die
'Hood' Stacey
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The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
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The Glass Key
Ed Beaumont
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Queen of the Night Clubs
Gigola
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Souls at Sea
Powdah
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Johnny Allegro
Johnny Allegro
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Black Widow
Detective Bruce
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Nocturne
Joe Warne
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The House Across the Bay
Steve Larwitt
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You and Me
Joe Dennis
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I Stole a Million
Joe Lourik
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They Drive by Night
Joe Fabrini
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Intrigue
Brad Dunham
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A Dangerous Profession
Vince Kane
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Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Night After Night
Joe Anton
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Loan Shark
Joe Gargen
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Race Street
Dan Gannin
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Gold Diggers of Broadway
Dancer (uncredited)
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Whistle Stop
Kenny Veech
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Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #2
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The Upper Hand
Charles Binnaggio
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Spawn of the North
Tyler Dawson
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Christmas Eve
Mario Torio
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We Will All Go to Paris
George Raft
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Broadway
George Raft
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If I Had a Million
Eddie Jackson
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Jet Over The Atlantic
Stafford
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The Patsy
George Raft
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Palmy Days
Joe
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
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Quick Millions
Jimmy Kirk
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I'll Get You for This
Nick Cain
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Pick-up
Harry Glynn
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Winner Take All
Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Trumpet Blows
Manuel Montes
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Limehouse Blues
Harry Young
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
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Bolero
Raoul De Baere
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The Man From Cairo
Mike Canelli
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Outpost in Morocco
Paul Gerard
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Midnight Club
Nick Mason
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Nob Hill
Tony Angelo
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All of Me
Honey Rogers
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She Couldn't Take It
Joe "Spot" Ricardi
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Every Night at Eight
Tops Cardona
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Madame Racketeer
Jack Houston
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The Bowery
Steve Brodie
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Dancers in the Dark
Louie Brooks
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Stolen Harmony
Ray Ferraro
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Night World
Ed Powell
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It Had to Happen
Enrico Scaffa
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Yours for the Asking
Johnny Lamb
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Taxi!
William Kenny (uncredited)
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Side Street
Georgie Ames (uncredited)
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
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Mr. Ace
Eddie Ace
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
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Under-Cover Man
Nick Darrow
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Escape Route
Steve Rossi
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Stage Door Canteen
George Raft
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Rumba
Joe Martin
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Riviera Dream
George Raft
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Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
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Deadhead Miles
George Raft
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Breakdowns of 1940
Self
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
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The Lady's from Kentucky
Marty Black
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Hush Money
Maxie
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
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Invisible Stripes
Cliff Taylor
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Breakdowns of 1942
Self
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For Those Who Think Young
Detective (uncredited)
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Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
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