John Raitt (1917 - 2005) جون ريت

Filmography

• Actor (2)
  • • 
    • • The Pajama Game
      • 1957 - Movie
  • • 
    • • Minstrel Man
      • 1944 - Movie

More details

• American actor and singer, born in Santa Ana, California, USA as John Emmett Raitt. He received the Golden Laurel Award in 1958 for The Pajama Game (1957) and also received a star...Read more on the Walk of Fame in 1992. He married Marjorie Haydock (1950-1971), with whom he had 3 children. He then married Kathleen Smith Landry (1972-1981), and Rosemary Kreamer (1981-2005) and remained with her until his death on February 20, 2005 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA, of pneumonia. His most important works include Annie Get Your Gun (1957), The Pajama Game (1957), and Minstrel Man (1944). He studied at Fullerton Union High School, graduated from the University of Redlands, and worked in Broadway musicals. He was a successful singer and he joined several groups before signing a contract with MGM to appear on the cinema screen to sing and act in musical films. He was the father of Steven Raitt, David Raitt and singer Bonnie Raitt.

• Nationality:
• US

• Date of Birth:
• 29 January 1917

• Died on:
• 20 February 2005

Crew worked with

• • George Abbott
• • Eddie Kane
• • Rodney Bieber
• • Buddy Bryan
• • Frank Radcliffe
• • Ralph Dunn

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