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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. He eventually made it to Broadway, then went to Hollywood in the late '20s.
George Raft. George Raft (geboren als George Ranft), ( New York, 26 september 1901 – Los Angeles, 24 november 1980) was een Amerikaanse filmacteur die het bekendst werd door de uitbeelding van gangsters in de speelfilms van de jaren 1930 en 1940.
George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in
28 ott 2023 · Born George Ranft on 26 September 1895, the eldest son of ten children, he grew up in an area around 41st Street known as Hell’s Kitchen, which was little more than a forcing ground for gangsters. Having first tried baseball, boxing and pool with limited success, Goerge Raft eventually settled on dancing as his meal ticket out of the gutter.
George Raft. George Raft ( Nueva York; 26 de septiembre de 1901 – Los Ángeles, California; 24 de noviembre de 1980) fue un actor cinematográfico estadounidense identificado por sus interpretaciones de gángsters en melodramas criminales de las décadas de 1930 y 1940.
A ctor George Raft established himself as a top movie gangster by casually flipping a half-dollar as Paul Muni shot him to death with a .45 in the 1932 film "Scarface." Actor, gambler, fighter, dancer, lover and profligate Raft had made the journey from childhood poverty to film opulence and back to near destruction with style and bravado.
8 mag 2022 · Born George Ranft on Sept. 26, 1901, Raft grew up in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen and was a childhood friend of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel.
