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George Raft | |
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 Trailer for Invisible Stripes (1939) | |
| Born | George Ranft September 26, 1895 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 24, 1980 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1924–1980 |
| Spouse |
Grace Mulrooney
(m. 1923; died 1970) |
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895[1] or 1901[2][3] – 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, 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 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 Bogart.[4]
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- ^ "They Drive by Night (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-12.