Trailer for "The George Raft Story" (1961) · Public domain

Born Raymond Caplan, Danton became known for playing real-life gangsters on screen, starring as bootlegger Jack "Legs" Diamond in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) and as the mobster in The George Raft Story (1961). He built a long career across radio, stage, film, and television before moving into directing later in life. His specialization in true-crime biographical roles made him a recognizable face of that genre in the early 1960s.