George Raft 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, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940).
George Raft
Active - 1929 - 2013 |
Birth - Sep 26, 1901 |
Death - Nov 24, 1980 |
Genres - Drama, Crime, Comedy, Romance, Documentary
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Subgenres - Film Noir, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Detective Film, Parody Film
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George Ranft, Georgie-
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Film Noir, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Detective Film, Parody Film, Prison Film, Spy Film, Action Comedy Film, Beach Party Film, Christmas Film, Collage Film, Comedy Drama, Heist Film, LGBT-Related Film, Political Drama, Propaganda Film, Road Movie, Satire, Screwball Comedy Film, World War II Propaganda