George Raft
File:George Raft 1979.jpg
Raft in May 1979
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American actor, comedian and dancer. He was born in New York City.
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).
Raft died in Los Angeles, California of leukemia on November 24, 1980 at the age of 79.
George Raft Media
- William Holden and George Raft in Invisible Stripes trailer.jpg
William Holden and Raft in Invisible Stripes (1939)
Whistle Stop (1946) with Ava Gardner
- Judy Canova and George Raft, 1979.jpg
Judy Canova and Raft in 1979
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- George Raft on IMDb
- George Raft at the Internet Broadway Database
- George Raft's FBI File at Internet Archive
- George Raft at Find a Grave
- George Raft profile, Virtual-History.com
