George Raft

George Raft

American actor (1895–1980) (1901–1980)

George Raft 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, Tony Curtis 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 76 films (1931–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 9 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1968 Skidoo. Sigma Productions Inc. 97 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Ocean's 11 warner brothers 122 min 16mm Color sound
1959 Jet Over The Atlantic Inter-Continent Films, Inc 95 min B&W sound
1959 Some like it hot unknown 120 min 16mm B&W sound
1959 Some like it hot MGM/UA 1:21 16mm Color sound
1959 SOME LIKE IT HOT. Ashton Productions Inc. 120 min 35mm B&W sound
1955 A Bullet For Joey. Bischoff-Diamond Corp. 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1955 The name's the same. [1955-09-30] / a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production ; sponsored by the Ralston-Purina Company ; producers, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman ; directed by Jerome Schnur. 30 16mm B&W sound
1954 Black Widow. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Rogue Cop. Loew’s Incorporated 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 The Man From Cairo MichaelDavid Productions, Inc 81 min B&W sound
1952 Loan Shark Seymour Friedman 1600 B&W
1951 I'll Get You for This Joseph Newman 83 min B&W
1949 A Dangerous Profession Ted Tetzlaff 79 B&W
1949 A Dangerous Profession. Ted Tetzlaff 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Johnny Allegro. Ted Tetzlaff 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Outpost In Morocco. Robert Florey 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 RED LIGHT. Roy Del Ruth 16mm sound
1949 Red Light. Roy Del Ruth 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Race Street Edwin L. Marin 79 B&W
1948 Race Street. Edwin L. Marin 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Christmas Eve. Edwin L. Marin 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Intrigue. Edwin L. Marin 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Nocturne. Edwin L. Marin 87 min. 35mm B&W sound
1946 Mr. Ace. Benedict Bogeaus Productions 84 min 16mm B&W sound
1946 MR. ACE. Edwin L. Marin 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1946 Nocturne Edwin L. Marin 87
1946 Whistle Stop. Léonide Moguy 83 min. B&W
1945 Johnny Angel Edwin L. Marin 79 B&W
1945 Johnny Angel. Edwin L. Marin 79 min. B&W
1945 Nob Hill. Henry Hathaway 8 500 ft. Color
1944 Follow The Boys. A. Edward Sutherland 13 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1943 Background To Danger. Raoul Walsh 80 min. B&W
1942 Broadway. William A. Seiter 10 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1941 Manpower ▶ U.S. Office Of War Information 103 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 Manpower. Raoul Walsh 11 reels. B&W
1940 The House Across The Bay. Archie Mayo 9 reels B&W
1940 They Drive by Night ▶ Raoul Walsh 95 min B&W
1940 They Drive By Night. Raoul Walsh 11 reels. B&W
1939 Each dawn I die. First National. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1939 I STOLE A MILLION. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 10 reels B&W
1939 Invisible Stripes. Lloyd Bacon 9 reels B&W
1939 THE LADY'S FROM KENTUCKY. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 Spawn of the North Henry Hathaway 112 min B&W
1938 Spawn Of The North. Paramount Pictures Inc. 112 min 16mm B&W sound
1938 YOU AND ME. Paramount Pictures Inc. 10 reels
1937 SOULS AT SEA Henry Hathaway 92 min B&W
1937 SOULS AT SEA. Paramount Pictures Inc. 10 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1936 IT HAD TO HAPPEN. Fox Film Corp 79 min B&W
1936 YOURS FOR THE ASKING. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound