George Raft Net Worth

George Raft net worth is
$1 Million

George Raft Wiki Biography

George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer known for his roles in gangster films, such as the original Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Some Like it Hot (1959). He was also a dancer in Bolero (1934) and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940). Raft’s real-life association with New York gangsters gave his screen image in mob films an added realism. He also gained notoriety for turning down leading roles which later became breakout hits for other actors, notably Humphrey Bogart.

Structural Info

Full Name	George Raft
Net Worth	$1 Million
Date Of Birth	September 26, 1901
Died	1980-11-24
Place Of Birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
Height	5′ 7″ (1.7 m)
Profession	Actor, Soundtrack
Education	Stuyvesant High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Grace Mulrooney
Parents	Conrad Ranft, Eva Glockner
Siblings	Eva Ranft
IMDB
Movies	Some Like It Hot, Scarface, They Drive by Night, Each Dawn I Die, Background to Danger, Night After Night, Manpower, Johnny Angel, Invisible Stripes, Nocturne, Outpost in Morocco, Souls at Sea, Whistle Stop, Race Street, Nob Hill, The Man with Bogart’s Face, A Dangerous Profession, Rogue Cop, Spawn …
TV Shows	I’m the Law

Quotes

[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
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.
[on his acting] I’m afraid to look, because I’m probably awful.

Facts

During the late-1950s, Raft was employed as a celebrity greeter at the Mafia-owned Hotel Capri casino in Havana, a job that played off his image as a movie mobster and tough guy. He was present on January 1, 1959 when rebels stormed Havana, overthrowing dictator Fulgencio Batista. According to Raft, as the rebels began looting the Capri, they recognized him and he was able to convince them not to hurt anyone.
Raft never looked at himself on film. After not watching a clip of his movies on the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked why. Raft said he said he would find so much wrong with his performance that he would spend his next film worried about his acting and never get it right. He only wanted to worry if people stopped going to his movies.
He played himself in ten films: Broadway (1942), Stage Door Canteen (1943), Nous irons à Paris (1950), The Ladies Man (1961), The Patsy (1964), Casino Royale (1967), Silent Treatment (1968), The Great Sex War (1969), Deadhead Miles (1973) and Sextette (1978).