ACTOR

George Raft

Best known as George Raft in Casino Royale.

7 Appearances

1 Series

6 Films

8.1 Top rated

Personal details

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

26 September 1901

Died

25 November 1980

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as

George Ranft · Georgie · Джордж Рафт

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.