Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901-09-26
- Died
- 1980-11-24
- Works
- 1
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
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 79,581x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,587x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,882x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,803x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 22,965x
via Crossref · CC0
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
Key dates
- Born
- 26 September 1901
- Died
- 24 November 1980
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- dancer
- Educated at
- Stuyvesant High School
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
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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