George Raft
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.
Known for
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
- What's My Line? (1950)
- Batman (1966)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
- The Jack Benny Program (1950)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960)
- I'm the Law (1953)
- Scarface (1932)
- For Those Who Think Young (1964)
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- The Ladies Man (1961)
- The Movie Orgy (1968)
- If I Had a Million (1932)