George Raft
ActingBorn: 1901-09-26Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Merv Griffin Show
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Batman
Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
What's My Line?
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Jack Benny Program
Gang Leader
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Some Like It Hot
Spats Colombo