George Raft Died Poor and Alone After His Mistakes | Facts Verse

George Raft born Sept 26, in 1901 - Over 80 roles including Scarface 1932, They Drive by Night, Each Dawn I Die, Some Like It Hot, Bolero, Souls at Sea, Spawn of the North, The Glass Key... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/george-raft/ | Classic Movie Hub

As gangster films were in decline, Star of the Month George Raft embarked on more projects working with all-star casts - reuniting with one of his former costars Marlene Dietrich, for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS ('56). See it as part of tonight's lineup, starting at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 24TH 1980 Gangster Movie actor George Raft died on this day 45 years ago. Best known as an actor George Raft had an interesting life , Born in Hells Kitchen New York in 1901 his boyhood friend was leading Mahattan underworld figure Owney Madden, for whom he later became his personal driver . He had a spell as a boxer, was a rum runner for the mob during prohibition and met Al Capone. A close friend of Bugsy Siegal, in 1944 he gave evidence for Siegel when he was on trial for