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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 (mob films) of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, today George Raft is mostly known for his gangster roles in Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some Like it Hot, the original Scarface (1932), and Each Dawn I Die (1939), and as a dancer in Bolero (1934) and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940). Raft’s real-life association with the New York mob gave his on-screen image an added realism.[citation needed]

• Born: George Ranft September 26, 1901 New York City, New York, U.S.
• Died: November 24, 1980 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Occupation: Actor
• Years active: 1929–1978
• Spouse: Grace Mulrooney (1923-1970; her death)

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In Otto Preminger's 1968 comedy “Skidoo”: from far left, John Phillip Law, Frankie Avalon, Alexandra Hay and George Raft.