George Raft
Acting
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.
Born: September 26, 1901
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
Some Like It Hot
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
The Jack Benny Program
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Scarface
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Batman
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
Quick Millions
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
Breakdowns of 1941
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
Palmy Days
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rob the payroll.
Filmography
as Himself (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Petey Cane
as Self
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as George Raft
as Guido Scartucci
as Captain Garbaldo
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Dragon #2
as Himself
as Charles Binnaggio
as Citizen in Bank (uncredited)
as George Raft
as Detective (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Jack Strager
as Stafford
as Spats Colombo
as Saloon Bouncer
as Joe Victor
as Detective Bruce
as Dan Beaumonte
as Mike Canelli
as Steve Rossi
as Joe Gargen
as Nick Cain
as The Gang leader
as Self (uncredited)
as George Raft
as Self
as George Raft
as Vince Kane
as Johnny Torno
as Johnny Allegro
as Paul Gerard
as Dan Gannin
as Self
as Brad Dunham
as Mario Torio
as Joe Warne
as Eddie Ace
as Kenny Veech
as Johnny Angel
as Tony Angelo
as Tony West
as Joe Barton
as George Raft
as Self
as George Raft
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Johnny Marshall
as Self
as Joe Fabrini
as Steve Larwitt
as Cliff Taylor
as 'Hood' Stacey
as Joe Lourik
as Marty Black
as Tyler Dawson
as Joe Dennis
as Powdah
as Johnny Lamb
as Enrico Scaffa
as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
as Tops Cardona
as Ed Beaumont
as Ray Ferraro
as Joe Martin
as Harry Young
as Manuel Montes
as Raoul De Baere
as Honey Rogers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Steve Brodie
as Nick Mason
as Harry Glynn
as Nick Darrow
as Eddie Jackson
as Joe Anton
as Jack Houston
as Band Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Ed Powell
as Guino Rinaldo
as Louie Brooks
as William Kenny (uncredited)
as Joe
as Maxie
as Jimmy Kirk
as Georgie Ames (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Gigola