Actor
George Raft
Born 26 September 1901 · Los Angeles, California, USA — died 25 November 1980
George Raft (1901–1980) was an American actor and former dancer, best known for playing gangsters and tough guys in Hollywood crime films of the 1930s and 1940s. His career took off with the original Scarface, and he later gently parodied his screen image in Some Like It Hot.
Key films
Scarface (1932)
His breakout role as the coin-flipping henchman Guido Rinaldo made him a star and defined his gangster image.
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
A prison drama in which he starred opposite James Cagney, showing his strength as a leading man in tough dramas.
They Drive by Night (1940)
He played a trucker in this Warner Bros. drama, showing range beyond straight gangster parts.
Some Like It Hot (1959)On Cinespective
A late-career comic turn spoofing his own gangster persona in Billy Wilder's classic comedy.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 96
- 1929Side Street · as Georgie Ames (uncredited)Actor
- 1929Gold Diggers of Broadway · as Dancer (uncredited)Actor
- 1929Queen of the Night Clubs · as GigolaActor
- 1931Quick Millions · as Jimmy KirkActor
- 1931Palmy Days · as JoeActor
- 1931Hush Money · as MaxieActor
- 1932Scarface · as Guino RinaldoActor
- 1932If I Had a Million · as Eddie JacksonActor
- 1932Taxi! · as William Kenny (uncredited)Actor
- 1932Night After Night · as Joe AntonActor
- 1932Night World · as Ed PowellActor
- 1932Winner Take All · as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1932Madame Racketeer · as Jack HoustonActor
- 1932Dancers in the Dark · as Louie BrooksActor
- 1932Under-Cover Man · as Nick DarrowActor
- 1933The Bowery · as Steve BrodieActor
- 1933Pick-up · as Harry GlynnActor
- 1933Midnight Club · as Nick MasonActor
- 1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1934Bolero · as Raoul De BaereActor
- 1934Limehouse Blues · as Harry YoungActor
- 1934All of Me · as Honey RogersActor
- 1934The Trumpet Blows · as Manuel MontesActor
- 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 · as SelfActor
- 1935The Glass Key · as Ed BeaumontActor
- 1935Rumba · as Joe MartinActor
- 1935Every Night at Eight · as Tops CardonaActor
- 1935She Couldn't Take It · as Joe "Spot" RicardiActor
- 1935Stolen Harmony · as Ray FerraroActor
- 1935The Fashion Side of Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1936It Had to Happen · as Enrico ScaffaActor
- 1936Yours for the Asking · as Johnny LambActor
- 1937Souls at Sea · as PowdahActor
- 1938You and Me · as Joe DennisActor
- 1938Spawn of the North · as Tyler DawsonActor
- 1939Each Dawn I Die · as 'Hood' StaceyActor
- 1939Invisible Stripes · as Cliff TaylorActor
- 1939I Stole a Million · as Joe LourikActor
- 1939The Lady's from Kentucky · as Marty BlackActor
- 1940They Drive by Night · as Joe FabriniActor
- 1940The House Across the Bay · as Steve LarwittActor
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · as SelfActor
- 1940Breakdowns of 1940 · as SelfActor
- 1941Manpower · as Johnny MarshallActor
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2Actor
- 1942Broadway · as George RaftActor
- 1942Breakdowns of 1942 · as SelfActor
- 1943Background to Danger · as Joe BartonActor
- 1943Stage Door Canteen · as George RaftActor
- 1944Follow the Boys · as Tony WestActor
- 1945Johnny Angel · as Johnny AngelActor
- 1945Nob Hill · as Tony AngeloActor
- 1946Nocturne · as Joe WarneActor
- 1946Whistle Stop · as Kenny VeechActor
- 1946Mr. Ace · as Eddie AceActor
- 1947Christmas Eve · as Mario TorioActor
- 1947Intrigue · as Brad DunhamActor
- 1948Race Street · as Dan GanninActor
- 1949Red Light · as Johnny TornoActor
- 1949Johnny Allegro · as Johnny AllegroActor
- 1949A Dangerous Profession · as Vince KaneActor
- 1949Outpost in Morocco · as Paul GerardActor
- 1950We Will All Go to Paris · as George RaftActor
- 1950Riviera Dream · as George RaftActor
- 1951I'll Get You for This · as Nick CainActor
- 1952Loan Shark · as Joe GargenActor
- 1952Escape Route · as Steve RossiActor
- 1953The Man From Cairo · as Mike CanelliActor
- 1954Black Widow · as Detective BruceActor
- 1954Rogue Cop · as Dan BeaumonteActor
- 1955A Bullet for Joey · as Joe VictorActor
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days · as Saloon BouncerActor
- 1959Some Like It Hot · as Spats ColomboActor
- 1959Jet Over The Atlantic · as StaffordActor
- 1960Ocean's Eleven · as Jack StragerActor
- 1961The Ladies Man · as HimselfActor
- 1964The Patsy · as George RaftActor
- 1964For Those Who Think Young · as Detective (uncredited)Actor
- 1966The Upper Hand · as Charles BinnaggioActor
- 1967Casino Royale · as George RaftActor
- 1967Five Golden Dragons · as Dragon #2Actor
- 1968Skidoo · as Captain GarbaldoActor
- 1968The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1972Deadhead Miles · as George RaftActor
- 1972Hammersmith Is Out · as Guido ScartucciActor
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1978Sextette · as SelfActor
- 1980The Man with Bogart's Face · as Petey CaneActor
- 1980Gay, Gay Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films · as Himself (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.