George Raft (1901 - 1980)

American film actor and dancer.

* September 26, 1901 New York City, New York, USA
 as George Ranft
 November 24, 1980 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, June 1932
Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, July 1932

Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, November 1932

Photoplay, November 1932
Photoplay, December 1932
Photoplay, January 1933

Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, February 1933

Photoplay, February 1933
Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, March 1936

Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, April 1936
Photoplay, April 1936

Photoplay, May 1936
Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 9 1937
Le film complet, nr. 2335, 14-11 1939


Books on George Raft

Lewis Yablonsky
George Raft
San Francisco, 1989

Lewis Yablonsky
George Raft
New York, 1974

James Robert Parish, with Steven Whitney
The George Raft file, The unauthorized biography
New York, 1973

Books with substantial mentioning of George Raft

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Bad Boys Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Bad Boys, The Actors of Film Noir
Jefferson, NC and London, 2003

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Books with an entry on George Raft

Lloyd Hughes
The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies
London, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles on George Raft

Jim Beaver, George Raft, in: Films in Review, vol. 29, 1978 pp. 193-207


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