GEORGE RAFT IS DICK MAGNUS. Chapter 12."Stay away from nuts"
The Red Skelton Show - George Raft 4/5 (1960)
GEORGE RAFT IS DICK MAGNUS. Chapter 5. "Thick Magma"
The Making of George Raft is Dick Magnus. Part 2 of 3.
- Date of Birth: 26 September, 1895
- Place of Birth: New York City, New York , U.S.
- Biography: George Raft (September 26, 1895 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.
Filmography
- The Man with Bogart's Face (1981)
- Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
- Skidoo (1968)
- Five Golden Dragons (1967)
- Du rififi à Paname (The Upper Hand) (1966)
- For Those Who Think Young (1964)
- Two Guys Abroad (1962)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960)
- Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- A Bullet for Joey (1956)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
News
Top 10 wine movies
sfgate.com –
2006-06-22
Perhaps it's because most Americans didn't appreciate wine until recently.Perhaps it's because wine is more complex than whiskey, and Hollywood is all about simplicity. ... Full Article
Ellen Drew
mtv.com –
2003-12-03
One of the most popular--and overworked--second-echelon leading ladies of the 1930s and 1940s, Ellen Drew was the daughter of a Kansas City barber. She came to Hollywood after winning a beauty contest, playing bits under her given name of Terry... ... Full Article
George Raft
mtv.com –
1995-09-26
Raft spent his childhood in the tough Hell's Kitchen area of New York, then left home at 13. He went on to be a prizefighter, ballroom dancer, and taxi-driver, meanwhile maintaining close contacts with New York's gangster underworld. ... Full Article
Full Summary It's hardly a coincidence that George Raft made so many films outside the U.S. when he began to have income-tax problems in the early 1950s. ... Full Article