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Frank Sinatra
Known for: ActingFrancis 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.
Filmography 69
Ocean's Eleven
as Danny Ocean 
Around the World in 80 Days
as Saloon Pianist 
Suddenly
as John Baron 
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Angelo Maggio 
The Manchurian Candidate
as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco 
Can-Can
as François Durnais 
Von Ryan's Express
as Col. Joseph L. Ryan 
The Detective
as Det. Sgt. Joe Leland 
Guys and Dolls
as Nathan Detroit 
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Frankie Machine 
The Pride and the Passion
as Miguel 
High Society
as Mike Connor 
Never So Few
as Capt. Tom Reynolds 
Double Dynamite
as Johnny Dalton 
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage) 
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Robbo 
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Vince Talmadge 
On the Town
as Chip 
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
as Self (archive footage) 
Paris When It Sizzles
as Frank Sinatra (singing voice) (uncredited) 
Anchors Aweigh
as Clarence Doolittle 
Frank Sinatra Show
as Self - Host 
Some Came Running
as Dave Hirsh 
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as Harry 
4 for Texas
as Zack Thomas 
The First Deadly Sin
as Sgt. Edward X. Delaney 
Advise & Consent
as Self (voice) 
A Hole in the Head
as Tony Manetta 
Lady in Cement
as Tony Rome 
None But the Brave
as Chief Pharmacist Mate 
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Frank Sinatra 
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Dennis Ryan 
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Gypsy 
Marriage on the Rocks
as Dan Edwards 
Assault on a Queen
as Mark Brittain 
Young at Heart
as Barney Sloan 
The Road to Hong Kong
as Twig on Plutomium (uncredited) 
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) 
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator 
Pal Joey
as Joey Evans 
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Dingus Billy Magee 
The Tender Trap
as Charlie Y. Reader 
Tony Rome
as Tony Rome 
Come Blow Your Horn
as Alan Baker 
Not as a Stranger
as Alfred Boone 
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage) 
Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage) 
Step Lively
as Glenn Russell 
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage) 
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Danny Webson Miller 
Kings Go Forth
as Lieutenant Sam Loggins 
Higher and Higher
as Frank 
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
as Self (archive footage) 
X-15
Producer 
The Kissing Bandit
as Ricardo 
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage) 
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
as Self - Host / Singer 
The Ocean's 11 Story
as Self (archive footage) 
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
as Self 
The House I Live In
as Self 
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
as Self - Host / Singer 
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
as Self - Host / Singer 
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
as Self (archive footage) 
Elvis Through the Years
as Self (archive footage) 
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self 
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)