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Known for: Some Like It Hot, They Drive by Night, Scarface
Birth name: George Ranft
Birthday: 26 September 1895, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

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Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Court of Remembrance.
He turned down High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and Double Indemnity.
Not much is known about his marriage to Grace Mulrooney except that she was some years his senior. Although seperated early, they were never divorced, and he continued to support her faithfully until her death in 1970.
Was a close friend of notorious gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel since they were boys together in New York. Siegel actually lived at Raft's home in Hollywood for a time while trying to make inroads for organized crime within the movie colony.
Second actor to portray the title role for CBS Radio's "The Adventures of Rocky Jordan" (1951-1953).
Banned from entering Britain in 1966 because of his Mafia connections.
Was with Mae West for both her first (Night After Night) and last (Sextette) films.
According to James Cagney's autobiography Cagney By Cagney, (Published by Doubleday and Company Inc 1976), A Mafia plan to murder Cagney by dropping a several hundred pound klieg light on top of him was stopped at the insistence of George Raft. Cagney at that time was President of the Screen Actors Guild, and was determined not to let the mob infiltrate the industry. Raft used his 'many' mob connections to cancel the hit.
Died two days after his Night After Night and Sextette co-star Mae West.
Is portrayed by Nicholas Mayer in Mae West
July 1939: Signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros. Studios.
As a teenager he was a bat-boy for the New York Highlanders (Yankees), tried out for semi-pro baseball, boxed at the Polo Athletic Club and hustled pool.
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