Frank Sinatra
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 12, 1915
- Died
- May 14, 1998 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers". His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (for his performance in From Here to Eternity). He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and in 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998. Sinatra also forged a successful career as a film actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, a nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm, and critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Known For
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Filmography
Sinatra Duets
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My Life As Roger Moore
Movie · as Self (Archive film material)
Marilyn and the Mob
TV · as archive footage · 2 eps
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Movie · as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: His Way
Movie · as Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Becoming Cary Grant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Movie · as Self
Sinatra in the Movies: The Man and His Motion Pictures
Movie · as Himself (Archival)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert
Movie · as Self
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace
Movie · as Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Soul Boys of the Western World
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Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
JFK
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: TV Performances
Movie · as Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Movie · as Self
The Wrecking Crew
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
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Elvis Through the Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ratpack
Movie · as Self
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: A Reflection
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Movie · as Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
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Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Christmas from Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vintage Sinatra
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Året var 1953
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ocean's 11 Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack
TV · as (archive footage) · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Young at Heart
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie · as Self - Honoré
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as Frankie (archive footage)
As nascentes
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Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie · as Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
Movie · as Self
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
Movie · as Self
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Movie · as Self
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie · as Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Movie · as Self
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Movie · as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie · as Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
Movie · as Self
That's Dancing!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
Movie · as Self - Host
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Movie · as Self
Salute to Lady Liberty
Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self - Guest of Honor
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
Why was Cairo Calm
Movie
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie · as Self
This Is Elvis
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The First Deadly Sin
Movie · as Sgt. Edward X. Delaney
Sinatra at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Self
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Michael Doheny · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Movie · as Self
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace
Movie · as Self
Cinderella at the Palace
Movie · as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Contract on Cherry Street
Movie · as Frank Hovannes
Sinatra and Friends
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Movie · as Self
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Movie · as Self - Performer
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
Movie · as Self
Fight of the Century
Movie · as Self-(Audience Member)
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Dirty Dingus Magee
Movie · as Dingus Billy Magee
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Movie · as Self
Sinatra
Movie · as Self - Host / Performer
The Detective
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
Lady in Cement
Movie · as Tony Rome
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
Movie · as Self
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Tony Rome
Movie · as Tony Rome
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
Movie · as Self
The Naked Runner
Movie · as Sam Laker
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
Movin' with Nancy
Movie · as Self
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
Assault on a Queen
Movie · as Mark Brittain
Cast a Giant Shadow
Movie · as Vince Talmadge
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
Movie · as Self - Host and singer
The Oscar
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Von Ryan's Express
Movie · as Col. Joseph L. Ryan
None but the Brave
Movie · as Chief Pharmacist Mate
Marriage on the Rocks
Movie · as Dan Edwards
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I
Movie · as Self - singer
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie · as Robbo
Paris When It Sizzles
Movie · as Frank Sinatra (singing voice) (uncredited)
The List of Adrian Messenger
Movie · as Gypsy
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie · as Alan Baker
4 for Texas
Movie · as Zack Thomas
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie · as Twig on Plutomium (uncredited)
Sergeants 3
Movie · as Mike Merry
Advise & Consent
Movie · as Self (voice)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
Movie · as Message Boy
The Judy Garland Show
Movie · as Self
This is Sinatra
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Movie · as Harry
Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as Danny Ocean
Can-Can
Movie · as François Durnais
Pepe
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
Movie · as Self - Host
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
Never So Few
Movie · as Capt. Tom Reynolds
A Hole in the Head
Movie · as Tony Manetta
Some of Manie's Friends
Movie
Happiness and Love in Monaco
Movie · as Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self - Host / Singer
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Movie · as Self
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Startime
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Some Came Running
Movie · as Dave Hirsh
Kings Go Forth
Movie · as Lieutenant Sam Loggins
The Pride and the Passion
Movie · as Miguel
Pal Joey
Movie · as Joey Evans
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Movie · as Self - Host
The Joker is Wild
Movie · as Joe E. Lewis
The Edsel Show
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra Show
TV · as Self - Host · 40 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Saloon Pianist
High Society
Movie · as Mike Connor
Johnny Concho
Movie · as Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · as Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie · as Frankie Machine
Guys and Dolls
Movie · as Nathan Detroit
The Tender Trap
Movie · as Charlie Y. Reader
Not as a Stranger
Movie · as Alfred Boone
Our Town
Movie · as Stage Manager
MGM Parade
TV · 2 eps
Young at Heart
Movie · as Barney Sloan
Suddenly
Movie · as John Baron
Anything Goes
Movie · as Harry Dane
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
From Here to Eternity
Movie · as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Meet Danny Wilson
Movie · as Danny Wilson
Double Dynamite
Movie · as Johnny Dalton
The Costume Designer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Frank Sinatra · 1 ep
The Frank Sinatra Show
TV · as Himself · 62 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
On the Town
Movie · as Chip
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie · as Dennis Ryan
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie · as Father Paul
The Kissing Bandit
Movie · as Ricardo
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
It Happened in Brooklyn
Movie · as Danny Webson Miller
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Anchors Aweigh
Movie · as Clarence Doolittle
The House I Live In
Movie · as Self
The All-Star Bond Rally
Movie · as Self
Step Lively
Movie · as Glenn Russell
The Road to Victory
Movie · as Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
The Shining Future
Movie · as Self
Higher and Higher
Movie · as Frank
Reveille with Beverly
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Show-Business at War
Movie · as Self
Ship Ahoy
Movie · as Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Las Vegas Nights
Movie · as Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)