Frank Sinatra
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
Series
Great Performances
Self (archive footage)
1971
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Michael Doheny
1980
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Frank Sinatra
1950
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Film
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound)
1988
Series
Startime
Self
1959
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Series
Cadet Rousselle
Self
1971
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
Ocean's Eleven
Danny Ocean
1960
Film
High Society
Mike Connor
1956
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Pianist
1956
Film
From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Angelo Maggio
1953
Series
Frank Sinatra Show
Self - Host
1957
Film
Cannonball Run II
Frank Sinatra
1984
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
1962
Series
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Man with the Golden Arm
Frankie Machine
1955
Series
JFK
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Step Lively
Glenn Russell
1944
Film
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robbo
1964
Series
The Frank Sinatra Show
Himself
1950
Film
On the Town
Chip
1949
Film
Von Ryan's Express
Col. Joseph L. Ryan
1965
Film
Guys and Dolls
Nathan Detroit
1955
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Film
Paris When It Sizzles
Frank Sinatra (singing voice) (uncredited)
1964
Film
The Oscar
Frank Sinatra
1966
Series
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Double Dynamite
Johnny Dalton
1951
Film
The Pride and the Passion
Miguel
1957
Series
Marilyn and the Mob
archive footage
2026
Film
Till the Clouds Roll By
Frank Sinatra
1946
Film
Cast a Giant Shadow
Vince Talmadge
1966
Film
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Film
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Advise & Consent
Self (voice)
1962
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
The Joker is Wild
Joe E. Lewis
1957
Film
The First Deadly Sin
Sgt. Edward X. Delaney
1980
Film
Some Came Running
Dave Hirsh
1958
Film
Anchors Aweigh
Clarence Doolittle
1945
Film
Suddenly
John Baron
1954
Film
None but the Brave
Chief Pharmacist Mate
1965
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Breakdown: 1975
(archive footage)
2025
Film
Happiness and Love in Monaco
Self
1959
Film
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Dennis Ryan
1949
Film
The List of Adrian Messenger
Gypsy
1963
Film
Lady in Cement
Tony Rome
1968
Film
Not as a Stranger
Alfred Boone
1955
Film
The Tender Trap
Charlie Y. Reader
1955
Film
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Harry
1961
Film
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
1950
Film
Can-Can
François Durnais
1960
Series
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
The Rat Pack
(archive footage)
1999
Film
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Young at Heart
Barney Sloan
1954
Film
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Never So Few
Capt. Tom Reynolds
1959
Film
Pal Joey
Joey Evans
1957
Film
The Road to Hong Kong
Twig on Plutomium (uncredited)
1962
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
1956
Film
Assault on a Queen
Mark Brittain
1966
Film
A Hole in the Head
Tony Manetta
1959
Film
Christmas from Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Film
The Detective
Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
1968
Film
The Wrecking Crew
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Film
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage) (voice)
2006
Film
My Life As Roger Moore
Self (Archive film material)
2026
Film
Pepe
Frank Sinatra
1960
Film
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
It Happened in Brooklyn
Danny Webson Miller
1947
Film
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
1991
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
La Classe américaine
Frankie (archive footage)
1993
Film
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Marriage on the Rocks
Dan Edwards
1965
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Las Vegas Nights
Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)
1941
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982
Film
The Miracle of the Bells
Father Paul
1948
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Honoré
1995
Film
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
4 for Texas
Zack Thomas
1963
Film
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Naked Runner
Sam Laker
1967
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
1991
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
The Kissing Bandit
Ricardo
1948
Film
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Film
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Contract on Cherry Street
Frank Hovannes
1977
Film
Tony Rome
Tony Rome
1967
Film
Meet Danny Wilson
Danny Wilson
1952
Film
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Self - Host
1957
Film
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
Film
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1986
Film
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
Self - Host / Singer
1982
Film
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Self
1974
Film
Come Blow Your Horn
Alan Baker
1963
Film
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014
Film
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Sinatra in the Movies: The Man and His Motion Pictures
Himself (Archival)
2017
Film
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
Self - Host
1985
Film
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Sergeants 3
Mike Merry
1962
Film
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self - Guest of Honor
1983
Film
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Reveille with Beverly
Frank Sinatra
1943
Film
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
Self (archive footage)
2001
The Road to Victory
Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
1944
Film
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
1988
Film
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Ship Ahoy
Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1942
Film
The All-Star Bond Rally
Self
1945
Film
The Ocean's 11 Story
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
2000
Film
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
Self
1967
Film
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Self
1989
Film
Elvis Through the Years
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Self - Host / Singer
1981
Film
Dirty Dingus Magee
Dingus Billy Magee
1970
Film
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Higher and Higher
Frank
1943
Film
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
1979
Film
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Film
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Self (archive footage)
1992
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
2004
Film
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Self
2011
Film
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
1988
Film
Cinderella at the Palace
Self
1978
Film
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Johnny Concho
Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins
1956
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Self
1984
Film
Kings Go Forth
Lieutenant Sam Loggins
1958
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Self
1975
Film
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
Film
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self
1979
Film
Our Town
Stage Manager
1955
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Self
2004
Film
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self (archive footage)
2006
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Self
1970
Film
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
Self (archive footage)
2012
Salute to Lady Liberty
1984
Film
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Shining Future
Self
1944
Film
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Film
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Self
1965
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Self
2009
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The House I Live In
Self
1945
Film
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I
Self - singer
1965
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
2017
Film
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Self - Host / Singer
1967
Film
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1962
Film
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Self - Host / Singer
1968
Film
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
2022
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Self (Archive Footage)
2003
Film
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Self - Performer
1973
Film
Movin' with Nancy
Self
1967
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Self
2005
Film
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
Self - Host and singer
1966
Film
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
Film
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
Self - Host / Singer
1959
Film
Sinatra at Carnegie Hall
Self
1980
Film
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Film
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Film
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
Self
1989
Film
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
Self
1971
Film
Sinatra and Friends
Self - Host / Singer
1977
Film
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Self
1959
Film
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
Self - Host
1960
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert
Self
2015
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Self (archive footage)
1997
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Young at Heart
Frank Sinatra
1995
Film
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
Self
1985
Film
Anything Goes
Harry Dane
1954
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
Self
1989
Film
Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
2008
Film
This is Sinatra
Self
1962
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Dark Eyes
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
Self
1968
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
Message Boy
1962
Film
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Self - Host / Singer
1960
Film
The Edsel Show
Self
1957
Film
Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace
Self
2014
Film
As nascentes
1993
Film
Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road
Self (archive footage)
2019
Frank Sinatra: A Reflection
Self (archive footage)
2005
Frank Sinatra: TV Performances
Self
2010
Film
Året var 1953
Self (archive footage)
2003
Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Sinatra
Self - Host / Performer
1969
Film
Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace
Self
1978
Film
The Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Ratpack
Self
2006
Film
Sinatra: His Way
Self
2021
Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years
Self (archive footage)
1997
Vintage Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Sinatra Duets