Spats Colombo — Some Like It Hot Character Profile

About Spats Colombo

The ruthless Mafia boss who owns the speakeasy where the protagonists work. He orders the murder of informant Toothpick Charlie and witnesses Joe and Jerry fleeing, later getting executed by rival gangster Little Bonaparte.

Character Facts

Played by

George Raft

Appears in

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Some Like It Hot

• Joe (Josephine) (Tony Curtis)
• Jerry (Daphne) (Jack Lemmon)
• Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe)
• Beinstock (Dave Barry)
• Detective Mulligan (Pat O'Brien)
• Johnny Paradise (Edward G. Robinson Jr.)
• Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown)
• Little Bonaparte (Nehemiah Persoff)
• Band Member (uncredited) (Georgia Joan Hannan)
• Nellie (Barbara Drew)
• Dolores (Beverly Wills)
• Spats' Henchman (Mike Mazurki)