Frank Sinatra
Acting
🎂 1915-12-12
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra 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.
Cast credits(231)
Self - Guest Host
1962
Michael Doheny
1980
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2017
Self
1956
Self
1953
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self (archive footage)
1987
Self
1950
Self
1950
Self
1978
Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound)
1988
Self
1978
Frank Sinatra
1950
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
1962
Self (archive footage)
2014
1959
Frank Sinatra
1984
Danny Ocean
1960
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Self
1981
Tony Rome
1968
Self
1971
Frank Sinatra
1966
Saloon Pianist
1956
Tony Rome
1967
Self - Host
1960
Self
1959
Self
1973
Self
1991
Mike Connor
1956
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2025
Self
1982
Frank Sinatra
1960
Lieutenant Sam Loggins
1958
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
1965
Self
1983
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
2013
Pvt. Angelo Maggio
1953
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1982
Self (archive footage)
2003
Robbo
1964
Self (archive footage)
2024
Mike Merry
1962
Nathan Detroit
1955
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
Frankie Machine
1955
Self
1979
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
1971
Edward X. Delaney
1980
Frank Sinatra
1943
Self
1986
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
2021
Miguel
1957
John Baron
1954
Self (archive footage)
2003
Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
1968
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self
1990
Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
1956
Barney Sloan
1954
Vince Talmadge
1966
Self
1986
Tony Manetta
1959
Glenn Russell
1944
Chip
1949
Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins
1956
Self (Archive Footage)
2003
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Joe E. Lewis
1957
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Self (voice)
1962
Johnny Dalton
1951
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1954
Self (archive footage)
2022
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1988
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1944
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1987
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2017
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1976
Dave Hirsh
1958
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2022
Clarence Doolittle
1945
Zack Thomas
1963
Self (archive footage)
2015
Capt. Tom Reynolds
1959
Frank Sinatra
1946
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self - Honoré
1995
Self - Host and singer
1966
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mark Brittain
1966
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Self
1984
Stage Manager
1955
Self (archive footage)
1996
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2022
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
François Durnais
1960
Danny Webson Miller
1947
Self
1967
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2014
Dan Edwards
1965
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1994
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2002
Harry
1961
Chief Pharmacist Mate
1965
Self - Host / Singer
1959
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2023
2005
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1990
Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
1991
Self
1979
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self - Host / Singer
1960
Joey Evans
1957
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self - Guest of Honor
1983
Harry Dane
1954
Father Paul
1948
Self (archive footage)
2023
Frank Hovannes
1977
Self (archive footage)
2015
The 'Twig' on Plutomium (uncredited)
1962
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
1988
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self
1949
Self (archive footage)
2006
Frankie (archive footage)
1993
Self - Host
1957
Dennis Ryan
1949
Self (archive footage)
2021
Alan Baker
1963
Self
1945
Self (archive footage)
2020
Dingus Billy Magee
1970
Self
1967
Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1942
Danny Wilson
1952
Self
2000
Message Boy
1962
Charlie Y. Reader
1955
Ricardo
1948
Self
1975
Frank Sinatra
1995
Alfred Boone
1955
1993
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self - Host / Singer
1982
Self (archive footage)
1950
Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
1944
Self (archive footage)
2004
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2005
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2005
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2021
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1999
Self
1943
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2024
Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1997
Gypsy
1963
Self
1974
Self (archive footage)
2005
Sam Laker
1967
Himself
1950
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
2004
Self - Performer
1973
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self - Host / Singer
1981
Self (archive footage)
2025
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1989
Self - Host / Performer
1969
1982
Self
1970
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2007
Frank
1943
Self
2017
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2001
Self
1957
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1959
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2004
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2003
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1962
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2015
Self (archive footage)
1969
Self
1945
Self
2012
Self - Host
1957
Self
1989
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self - Host / Singer
1968
Self
1989
Self
1959
1959
Self
2009
Self - singer
1965
Self
2011
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1965
Self (archive footage)
2019
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1997
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2005
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2010
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1997
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2006
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2014
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self - Host / Singer
1967
Self (archive footage)
2019
1992
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2003
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1994
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1997
Self - Host / Singer
1977
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1985
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1968
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1978
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1997
2008
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1962
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1997
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1980
