Filmography
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Known For
Some Like It Hot Spats Colombo (1959) -
They Drive by Night Joe Fabrini (1940) -
Scarface Rinaldo (1932) -
Known For
Johnny Angel Johnny Angel (1945) -
Actor
The Man with Bogart's Face Petey Cane (1980) -
Sextette George Raft (1977) -
Hammersmith Is Out Guido Scartucci (1972) -
Deadhead Miles Gas Station Customer (1972) -
The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971) -
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1971) -
Skidoo The Skipper (1968) -
Five Golden Dragons Dragon #2 (1967) -
Casino Royale George Raft (1967) -
Batman Citizen in Bank (1967) -
![The Upper Hand]( "The Upper Hand")
The Upper Hand Charles Binnaggio (1966) -
![The Patsy]( "The Patsy")
The Patsy George Raft (1964) -
![For Those Who Think Young]( "For Those Who Think Young")
For Those Who Think Young Detective (1964) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show Tango Dancer (1964) -
![Two Guys Abroad]( "Two Guys Abroad")
Two Guys Abroad Nightclub co-owner (1962) -
![The Ladies Man]( "The Ladies Man")
The Ladies Man George Raft (1961) -
![Ocean's Eleven]( "Ocean's Eleven")
Ocean's Eleven Jack Strager (1960) -
![The Red Skelton Hour]( "The Red Skelton Hour")
The Red Skelton Hour Mike McCluskey (1955-1960) -
![Jet Over the Atlantic]( "Jet Over the Atlantic")
Jet Over the Atlantic Stafford (1959) -
![Some Like It Hot]( "Some Like It Hot")
Some Like It Hot Spats Colombo (1959) -
![Around the World in 80 Days]( "Around the World in 80 Days")
Around the World in 80 Days Barbary Coast Saloon Bouncer (1956) -
![A Bullet for Joey]( "A Bullet for Joey")
A Bullet for Joey Joe Victor (1955) -
![The Jack Benny Program]( "The Jack Benny Program")
The Jack Benny Program The Gang leader (1955) -
![Black Widow]( "Black Widow")
Black Widow Detective Lt. C.A. Bruce (1954) -
![Rogue Cop]( "Rogue Cop")
Rogue Cop Dan Beaumonte (1954) -
![I'm the Law]( "I'm the Law")
I'm the Law Police Lt. George Kirby (1953) -
![The Man from Cairo]( "The Man from Cairo")
The Man from Cairo Mike Canelli (1953) -
![I'll Get You]( "I'll Get You")
I'll Get You Steve Rossi (1952) -
![Loan Shark]( "Loan Shark")
Loan Shark Joe Gargen (1952) -
![Lucky Nick Cain]( "Lucky Nick Cain")
Lucky Nick Cain Nick Cain (1951) -
![Let's Go to Paris]( "Let's Go to Paris")
Let's Go to Paris George Raft (1950) -
![A Dangerous Profession]( "A Dangerous Profession")
A Dangerous Profession Vince Kane (1949) -
![Red Light]( "Red Light")
Red Light John Torno (1949) -
![Johnny Allegro]( "Johnny Allegro")
Johnny Allegro Johnny Allegro (1949) -
![Outpost in Morocco]( "Outpost in Morocco")
Outpost in Morocco Capt. Paul Gerard (1949) -
![Race Street]( "Race Street")
Race Street Gannin (1948) -
![Christmas Eve]( "Christmas Eve")
Christmas Eve Mario Torio (1947) -
![Intrigue]( "Intrigue")
Intrigue Brad Dunham (1947) -
![Nocturne]( "Nocturne")
Nocturne Police Lt. Joe Warne (1946) -
![Mr. Ace]( "Mr. Ace")
Mr. Ace Eddie Ace (1946) -
![Whistle Stop]( "Whistle Stop")
Whistle Stop Kenny Veech (1946) -
![Johnny Angel]( "Johnny Angel")
Johnny Angel Johnny Angel (1945) -
![Nob Hill]( "Nob Hill")
Nob Hill Tony Angelo (1945) -
![Follow the Boys]( "Follow the Boys")
Follow the Boys Tony West (1944) -
Air Force: The Radio Play Joe Winocki (1943)
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![Background to Danger]( "Background to Danger")
Background to Danger Joe Barton (1943) -
![Stage Door Canteen]( "Stage Door Canteen")
Stage Door Canteen George Raft (1943) -
![Broadway]( "Broadway")
Broadway George Raft (1942) -
![Manpower]( "Manpower")
Manpower Johnny Marshall (1941) -
![They Drive by Night]( "They Drive by Night")
They Drive by Night Joe Fabrini (1940) -
![The House Across the Bay]( "The House Across the Bay")
The House Across the Bay Steve Larwitt (1940) -
![Invisible Stripes]( "Invisible Stripes")
Invisible Stripes Cliff Taylor (1939) -
![I Stole a Million]( "I Stole a Million")
I Stole a Million Joe Lourik (1939) -
![Each Dawn I Die]( "Each Dawn I Die")
Each Dawn I Die 'Hood' Stacey (1939) -
![The Lady's from Kentucky]( "The Lady's from Kentucky")
The Lady's from Kentucky Marty Black (1939) -
![Spawn of the North]( "Spawn of the North")
Spawn of the North Tyler Dawson (1938) -
![You and Me]( "You and Me")
You and Me Joe Dennis (1938) -
![Souls at Sea]( "Souls at Sea")
Souls at Sea Powdah (1937) -
![Yours for the Asking]( "Yours for the Asking")
Yours for the Asking Johnny Lamb (1936) -
![It Had to Happen]( "It Had to Happen")
It Had to Happen Enrico Scaffa (1936) -
![She Couldn't Take It]( "She Couldn't Take It")
She Couldn't Take It Joseph 'Spot' Ricardi (1935) -
![Every Night at Eight]( "Every Night at Eight")
Every Night at Eight 'Tops' Cardona (1935) -
![The Glass Key]( "The Glass Key")
The Glass Key Ed Beaumont (1935) -
![Stolen Harmony]( "Stolen Harmony")
Stolen Harmony Ray Angelo, alias Ray Ferraro (1935) -
![Rumba]( "Rumba")
Rumba Joe Martin (1935) -
![Limehouse Blues]( "Limehouse Blues")
Limehouse Blues Harry Young (1934) -
![The Trumpet Blows]( "The Trumpet Blows")
The Trumpet Blows Manuel Montes (1934) -
![Bolero]( "Bolero")
Bolero Raoul De Baere (1934) -
![All of Me]( "All of Me")
All of Me Honey Rogers (1934) -
![The Bowery]( "The Bowery")
The Bowery Steve Brodie (1933) -
![Midnight Club]( "Midnight Club")
Midnight Club Nick Mason (1933) -
![Pick-up]( "Pick-up")
Pick-up Harry Glynn (1933) -
![Under-Cover Man]( "Under-Cover Man")
Under-Cover Man Nick Darrow (1932) -
![If I Had a Million]( "If I Had a Million")
If I Had a Million Eddie Jackson (1932) -
![Night After Night]( "Night After Night")
Night After Night Joe Anton (1932) -
![Madame Racketeer]( "Madame Racketeer")
Madame Racketeer Jack Houston (1932) -
![Love Is a Racket]( "Love Is a Racket")
Love Is a Racket Sneaky (1932) -
![Night World]( "Night World")
Night World Ed Powell (1932) -
![Scarface]( "Scarface")
Scarface Rinaldo (1932) -
![Dancers in the Dark]( "Dancers in the Dark")
Dancers in the Dark Louie Brooks (1932) -
![Taxi]( "Taxi")
Taxi William Kenny - Dance Contestant (1931) -
![Palmy Days]( "Palmy Days")
Palmy Days Joe - Yolando's Henchman (1931) -
![Hush Money]( "Hush Money")
Hush Money Maxie (1931) -
![Goldie]( "Goldie")
Goldie Pickpocket (1931) -
![Quick Millions]( "Quick Millions")
Quick Millions Jimmy Kirk (1931) -
![Side Street]( "Side Street")
Side Street Georgie Ames - the Dancer (1929) -
![Gold Diggers of Broadway]( "Gold Diggers of Broadway")
Gold Diggers of Broadway Dancer (1929) -
Actor
![Queen of the Night Clubs]( "Queen of the Night Clubs")
Queen of the Night Clubs Gigola (1929) -
Soundtrack
![The Jimmy Durante Show]( "The Jimmy Durante Show")
The Jimmy Durante Show (1956) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1949) -
![Follow the Boys]( "Follow the Boys")
Follow the Boys (1944) -
![Spawn of the North]( "Spawn of the North")
Spawn of the North (1938) -
![Stolen Harmony]( "Stolen Harmony")
Stolen Harmony (1935) -
![Scarface]( "Scarface")
Scarface (1932) -
![Taxi]( "Taxi")
Taxi (1931) -
Soundtrack
![Side Street]( "Side Street")
Side Street (1929) -
Archive footage
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (2020) -
![Sinatra: All or Nothing at All]( "Sinatra: All or Nothing at All")
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Compression (2015)
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![Momo: The Sam Giancana Story]( "Momo: The Sam Giancana Story")
Momo: The Sam Giancana Story (2011) -
![Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films]( "Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films")
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![Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film]( "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film")
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![Bullets Over Hollywood]( "Bullets Over Hollywood")
Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) -
![Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night']( "Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'")
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![Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra']( "Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra'")
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![Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album]( "Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album")
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (2001) -
![Century of Cinema]( "Century of Cinema")
Century of Cinema (1995) -
![Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her]( "Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her")
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![American Justice: Target - Mafia]( "American Justice: Target - Mafia")
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![Red Skelton: A Career of Laughter]( "Red Skelton: A Career of Laughter")
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![Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter]( "Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter")
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![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]( "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson")
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![The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic]( "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic")
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![Entertaining the Troops]( "Entertaining the Troops")
Entertaining the Troops (1988) -
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![Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage]( "Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage")
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Presidential Blooper Reel (1981)
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![James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy]( "James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy")
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![Brooklyn Bridge]( "Brooklyn Bridge")
Brooklyn Bridge (1981) -
![All This and World War II]( "All This and World War II")
All This and World War II (1976) -
![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks]( "The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks")
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Happy Days (1970)
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![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964) -
![Hollywood Without Make-Up]( "Hollywood Without Make-Up")
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) -
![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
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![Breakdowns of 1940]( "Breakdowns of 1940")
Breakdowns of 1940 (1940) -
![Land of Liberty]( "Land of Liberty")
Land of Liberty (1939) -
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![The Fashion Side of Hollywood]( "The Fashion Side of Hollywood")
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Archive footage
![Hollywood on Parade No. B-5]( "Hollywood on Parade No. B-5")
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933) -
![Winner Take All]( "Winner Take All")
Winner Take All (1932)
All Filmography
Videos
Awards
2 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
He turned down High Sierra (1941), which gave Humphrey Bogart his big break, The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Double Indemnity (1944).
Quotes
I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.
Trademark
In films, he frequently tossed a coin with one hand, while looking straight-on.
Nickname
Georgie
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
George Ranft
New York, New York, USA
Died
(age 79)
Los Angeles, California, USA
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