Acting

George Raft

1901–1980 · Acting

67.3avg grm
4titles
#88best rank
1honors
Sbest title · #88 on siteSome Like It Hot1959 · as Spats Colombo82.1

Honors

1
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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1950s1 titleSSome Like It Hot1959 · as Spats Colombo82.1
1940s1 titleTThey Drive by Night1940 · as Joe Fabrini54.4
1930s2 titlesEEach Dawn I Die1939 · as 'Hood' Stacey55.4SScarface1932 · as Rinaldo77.5

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George Raft

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born1901
died1980
known forActing
titles on site4
best title rank#88 · Some Like It Hot (1959)
avg GRM67.3
honors1 · star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Honors
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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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