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George Raft (1901–1980)

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George Raft was born and grew up in a poor family in Hell's Kitchen, at the time, one of the roughest, meanest areas of New York City. In his youth he showed a great interest in, and aptitude for, dancing. That, combined with his dark good looks and sharp dressing, made him a local favorite at such spots as the El Fey Club with Texas Guinan... See full bio »

Born:

George Ranft
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 79) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Milton Berle and George Raft, c. 1965. Ann Sheridan, George Raft George Raft Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft Film Set Some Like It Hot (1959) 0053291
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1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
Petey Cane
 
1978 Sextette
George Raft
 
1972 Hammersmith Is Out
Guido Scartucci
 
1971 The Chicago Teddy Bears (TV series)
– The Rivalry (1971)
 
1968 Skidoo
Capt. Garbaldo
 
1967 Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #2
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Citizen in Bank
– Black Widow Strikes Again (1967) … Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
 
1966 The Upper Hand
Charles Binnaggio
 
1964 The Patsy
George Raft
 
1964 For Those Who Think Young
Detective (uncredited)
 
1962 Two Guys Abroad
Nightclub co-owner
 
1960 Ocean's Eleven
Jack Strager
 
1955-1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Ace Williams - Gangster / Big Jack - Speakeasy Operator / Mike McCluskey / …
– Cauliflower and the Syndicate (1960) … Mike McCluskey
– Reporter Clem (1957) … Ace Williams - Gangster
– Episode #5.4 (1955) … Big Jack - Speakeasy Operator
– The Smog Czar (1955) … Muggsy Lasagna - Gangster
 
1959 Jet Over the Atlantic
Stafford
 
1959 Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Barbary Coast Saloon Bouncer
 
1955 A Bullet for Joey
Joe Victor aka Steiner
 
1954 Black Widow
Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce
 
1954 Rogue Cop
Dan Beaumonte
 
1953 The Man from Cairo
Mike Canelli
 
1953 I'm the Law (TV series)
Police Lt. George Kirby
– The Button Story (1953) … Police Lt. George Kirby
– Falling Star (1953) … Police Lt. George Kirby
– Sob Sister (1953) … Police Lt. George Kirby
– Sleep with Terror (1953) … Police Lt. George Kirby
– The Killer (1953) … Police Lt. George Kirby
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1952 I'll Get You
Steve Rossi
 
1952 Loan Shark
Joe Gargen
 
1951 Lucky Nick Cain
Nick Cain
 
1949 A Dangerous Profession
Vince Kane
 
1949 Red Light
Johnny Torno
 
1949 Johnny Allegro
Johnny Allegro
 
1949 Outpost in Morocco
Capt. Paul Gerard
 
1948 Race Street
Daniel J. 'Dan' Gannin
 
1947 Intrigue
Brad Dunham
 
1947 Christmas Eve
Mario Torio
 
1946 Nocturne
Police Lt. Joe Warne
 
1946 Mr. Ace
Eddie Ace
 
1946 Whistle Stop
Kenny Veech
 
1945 Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
 
1945 Nob Hill
Tony Angelo
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Tony West
 
1943 Background to Danger
Joe Barton
 
1942 Broadway
George Raft
 
1941 Manpower
Johnny Marshall
 
1940 They Drive by Night
Joe Fabrini
 
1940 The House Across the Bay
Steve Larwitt
 
1939 Invisible Stripes
Cliff Taylor
 
1939 I Stole a Million
Joe Lourik, alias Joe Harris
 
1939 Each Dawn I Die
'Hood' Stacey
 
1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
Marty Black
 
1938 Spawn of the North
Tyler Dawson
 
1938 You and Me
Joe Dennis
 
1937 Souls at Sea
Powdah
 
1936 Yours for the Asking
Johnny Lamb
 
1936 It Had to Happen
Enrico Scaffa
 
1935 She Couldn't Take It
Spot Ricardi/Joseph Ricard
 
1935 Every Night at Eight
'Tops' Cardona
 
1935 The Glass Key
Ed Beaumont
 
1935 Stolen Harmony
Ray Angelo, alias Ray Ferraro
 
1935 Rumba
Joe Martin
 
1934 Limehouse Blues
Harry Young
 
1934 The Trumpet Blows
Manuel Montes
 
1934 Bolero
Raoul De Baere
 
1934 All of Me
Honey Rogers
 
1933 The Bowery
Steve Brodie
 
1933 Midnight Club
Nick Mason
 
1933 Pick-up
Harry Glynn
 
1932 Under-Cover Man
Nick Darrow
 
1932 If I Had a Million
Eddie Jackson
 
1932 Night After Night
Joe Anton
 
1932 Madame Racketeer
Jack Houston
 
1932 Love Is a Racket
Sneaky (scenes deleted)
 
1932 Night World
Ed Powell
 
1932 Scarface
Rinaldo
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
Louie Brooks
 
1932 Taxi!
William Kenny - Dance Contestant (uncredited)
 
1931 Palmy Days
Joe - Yolando's Henchman
 
1931 Hush Money
Maxie
 
1931 Goldie
Pickpocket (uncredited)
 
1931 Quick Millions
Jimmy Kirk
 
1929 Side Street
Georgie Ames - the Dancer (uncredited)
 
1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway
Dancer (uncredited)
 
1929 Queen of the Night Clubs
Gigola
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.23 (1956) (performer: "The Second Boy From The Right" - uncredited)
 
1944 Follow the Boys (performer: "Tonight" 1944, "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 - uncredited, "I Feel a Song Coming On" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1938 Spawn of the North (performer: "I Wish I Was the Willow" - uncredited)
 
1935 Stolen Harmony (performer: "BRADLEY'S DANCE")
 
1932 Taxi! (performer: "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" 1917 - uncredited)
 
1929 Side Street (performer: "Take a Look at Her Now" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (43 titles)
1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Edward G. Robinson (1979) … Himself
 
1966-1974 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 June 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1974 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (TV special documentary)
Himself (table bow)
 
1973 Deadhead Miles
Himself
 
1972 Tribute to Bogart (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1970-1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.83 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.122 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Great Sex War
Himself
 
1967-1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.19 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.149 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.148 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.147 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.19 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 Silent Treatment (documentary)
George Raft
 
1967 Casino Royale
Himself
 
1966 Hippodrome (TV series)
Hoofer
– Episode #1.8 (1966) … Hoofer
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.21 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The New London Palladium Show (TV series)
Himself - Hoofer
– Episode dated 30 October 1965 (1965) … Himself - Hoofer
 
1957-1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Tango Dancer
– Episode #17.22 (1964) … Tango Dancer
– Episode #11.1 (1957) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 The Ladies Man
Himself
 
1960 Red Skelton Timex Special (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 February 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.53 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1957) … Himself
 
1955-1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.23 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1956) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.6 (1955) … Himself
 
1956 Inside Beverly Hills (TV movie)
Himself
 
1951-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself
– Episode #6.11 (1955) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #5.26 (1955) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.20 (1952) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode #2.12 (1951) … Himself - Actor
 
1953-1955 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Celebrity Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 30 September 1955 (1955) … Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 1 December 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1953-1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #6.25 (1954) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #6.7 (1953) … Himself - Actor
 
1953 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 2 December 1953 (1953) … Mystery Guest
 
1953 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1950 We Will All Go to Paris
Himself
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Vacation at Del Mar (short)
Himself
 
1946 Hollywood Park (short)
Himself
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Himself
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself - at Mocambo (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (TV documentary)
 
2005 Bullets Over Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2003 Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (video short)
Tops Cardona
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 American Justice: Target - Mafia
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 Brooklyn Bridge (documentary)
Himself (clip from "The Bowery") (uncredited)
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 Happy Days (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932 Winner Take All
Bandleader at Guinan's in clip from 'Queen of the Night Clubs' (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1925) Stage: Appeared (as "George Spelvin"; Broadway debut) in "The City Chap" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by James Montgomery. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Based on a play by Winchell Smith. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle... See more »

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on acting] You see, I found it tough work. What I would do would be to think over the scene in my mind and try to become whoever I was playing. I would try to feel like the person in that particular scene. Sometimes my words would be different from the script. See more »

Trivia:

According to The Lewiston Daily Sun newspaper June 1936, George was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, had an olive complexion, black hair and brown eyes. See more »

Nickname:

Georgie See more »

Star Sign:

Libra