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George Raft, born George Ranft in New York City, was an American actor who worked in film, television, and stage. He began his career in 1929 and was employed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. Raft is associated with the gangster film genre and appeared in the 1932 work *Scarface*. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Raft attended Stuyvesant High School and spoke English. He died of leukemia in Los Angeles in 1980. His remains are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Scarface (1932)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Himself (archive footage)2011
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film — Self (archive footage)2008
- Rogues Gallery — Self (archive footage)1997
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her — Self (archive footage)1994
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files — (archive footage) (uncredited)1992
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
- The Man with Bogart's Face — Petey Cane1980
- Gay, Gay Hollywood — Self1980
- Sextette — Self1978
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1901
- Active to
- 1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,956x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,659x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,947x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,702x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,211x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.”
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Key facts
- Born
- George Ranft , ( 1901-09-26 ) September 26, 1901, Hell's Kitchen, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 24, 1980 (1980-11-24) (aged 79), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor dancer film producer
- Years active
- 1924–1980
- Spouse
- Grace Mulrooney ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1923 ; died 1970 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
George Raft (né 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 the 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Quick Millions (1931) with Spencer Tracy, Scarface (1932) with Paul Muni, Each Dawn I Die (1939) with James Cagney, Invisible Stripes (1939) with Humphrey Bogart, and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon; and as a dancer in Bolero (1934) with Carole Lombard and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940) with Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino and again with Bogart.
Raft's association with organized crime figures resulted in controversy throughout his life, and led to a ban from Great Britain in 1967.
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