George Raft

Born:September 26, 1895

Place of Birth:Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:November 25, 1980

Known For:Acting

Biography

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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Filmography

Acting

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Some Like It Hot

Spats Colombo

1959

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Casino Royale

Himself

1967

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Scarface

Guino Rinaldo

1932

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Ocean's Eleven

Jack Strager

1960

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Around the World in Eighty Days

Saloon Bouncer

1956