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George Raft

1901 - 1980

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George Raft (né 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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Raft is the 2,616th most popular actor (down from 2,225th in 2019), the 4,539th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,571st in 2019) and the 1,266th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, George Raft ranks 2,616 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Atkins, Miriam Margolyes, Rossano Brazzi, Ng Man-tat, Gabriel Macht, and Barbara Steele. After him are Liz Sheridan, Loretta Swit, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Ray Bolger, Federico Luppi, and Lesley Nicol.

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Among people born in 1901, George Raft ranks 155. Before him are Ernest Nagel, Franz Konwitschny, Yuliya Solntseva, Antal Szerb, György Orth, and Prince Christoph of Hesse. After him are Kwon Ki-ok, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Henri Tomasi, André Parrot, Lanza del Vasto, and Ebbe Schwartz. Among people deceased in 1980, George Raft ranks 144. Before him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Charley Borah, Celia Sánchez, Alberto Demicheli, Andrei Amalrik, and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. After him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Alfred Andersch, André Parrot, Oskar Kummetz, Miliza Korjus, and Roza Eskenazi.

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Among people born in United States, George Raft ranks 4,539 out of 20,380. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Tom Atkins (1935), Barbara Hutton (1912), Peter Senge (1947), Brian Herbert (1947), and Gabriel Macht (1972). After him are Liz Sheridan (1929), Loretta Swit (1937), James Quinn (1906), Robert Ressler (1937), Francis Lane (1874), and Ray Bolger (1904).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Raft ranks 1,266. Before him are Leo Penn (1921), Jason Alexander (1959), Seymour Cassel (1935), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Tom Atkins (1935), and Gabriel Macht (1972). After him are Liz Sheridan (1929), Loretta Swit (1937), Ray Bolger (1904), Bruno Kirby (1949), Josephine Hull (1877), and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905).

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