George Raft
Birthday: 26 September 1901, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: George Ranft
Height: 170 cm
George Raft was born and grew up in a poor family in Hell's Kitchen, at the time one of the roughest, meanest areas of New York City. He was born George Ranft, and was the son of Eva (Glockner) a ...Show More
[on his acting] I'm afraid to look, because I'm probably awful.
[on his acting] I'm afraid to look, because I'm probably awful.
[April, 1944] Here I am, back in a musical comedy picture. And that's not all. A fan called me from Show more
[April, 1944] Here I am, back in a musical comedy picture. And that's not all. A fan called me from Chicago the other day and told me I was her pin-up boy. How d'ya like that? I'm a boy, now. Hide
[In a 1936 interview, discussing former jobs before getting into the acting profession] My one ambit Show more
[In a 1936 interview, discussing former jobs before getting into the acting profession] My one ambition then was to drive a horse. So I got a job driving a delivery wagon for a large grocery company. I drove up and down Ninth avenue like I was daffy. I raced all the other delivery wagons. I gave all the boys rides. Deliveries were always late, customers complained, and I was fired. Hide
I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for Show more
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. Hide
[on turning down the leading part in one of Hollywood's greatest dramas] Whoever heard of Casablanca Show more
[on turning down the leading part in one of Hollywood's greatest dramas] Whoever heard of Casablanca? I don't want to star opposite an unknown Swedish broad. Hide
[on acting] You see, I found it tough work. What I would do would be to think over the scene in my m Show more
[on acting] You see, I found it tough work. What I would do would be to think over the scene in my mind and try to become whoever I was playing. I would try to feel like the person in that particular scene. Sometimes my words would be different from the script. Hide
George Raft's FILMOGRAPHY
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George Raft'S roles
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