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
1935 EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT. Paramount Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W
1935 RUMBA. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1935 STOLEN HARMONY. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1935 THE GLASS KEY. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1934 ALL OF ME. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1934 BOLERO. Paramount Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W
1934 LIMEHOUSE BLUES. Paramount Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1934 THE TRUMPET BLOWS. Paramount Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 MIDNIGHT CLUB. Paramount Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 PICK UP. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 THE BOWERY. 20th Century Pictures 11 reels. B&W
1932 DANCERS IN THE DARK. Paramount Publix Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 If I had a million H. Bruce Humberstone, Norman Taurog, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Z. McLeod, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes 88 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 If I had a million Blackhawk 9 16mm B&W sound
1932 IF I HAD A MILLION New York University Film Library 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1932 LOVE IS A RACKET. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 MADAME RACKETEER. Paramount Publix Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. Paramount Publix Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 NIGHT WORLD. Universal Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1932 SCARFACE. united artists 10 reels
1932 Taxi! Roy Del Ruth 69 min B&W
1932 UNDER-COVER MAN. Paramount Publix Corp. 8 reels B&W
1931 HUSH MONEY. Fox Film Corp 5 reels B&W
1931 PALMY DAYS. Samuel Goldwyn 9 reels B&W
1931 Quick Millions Fox Film Corporation 72 min 16mm B&W sound
1931 QUICK MILLIONS. Fox Film Corp 72 min B&W