George Raft had some Italian blood in him somewhere. They say he was actually good friends with some real gangsters, including Capone.
I think his original name was "Ranft". Also he started out as a professional dancer.
Yea Salvi Raft liked to be in the company of Gangsters..Here's a picture of him with
"The Boot"(far right), the guy I never knew existed until I had the pleasure of someone on this forum tell me about him **Cough-Ahh!**