George Raft

George Raft

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Biography

George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and the 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 again with Bogart.

"Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly."

George Raft

"Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly."

George Raft

"Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly."

George Raft