Frank Sinatra
Acting • Born 1915-12-12 – Died 1998-05-14
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.
Filmography
238 credits
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 1960
Danny Ocean
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 1962
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie • 1955
Frankie Machine
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Young at Heart
Movie • 1995
Frank Sinatra
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Saloon Pianist
Never So Few
Movie • 1959
Capt. Tom Reynolds
Guys and Dolls
Movie • 1955
Nathan Detroit
Von Ryan's Express
Movie • 1965
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
The Pride and the Passion
Movie • 1957
Miguel
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Pvt. Angelo Maggio
High Society
Movie • 1956
Mike Connor
Sinatra: His Way
Movie • 2021
Self
The List of Adrian Messenger
Movie • 1963
Gypsy
On the Town
Movie • 1949
Chip
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie • 1962
The 'Twig' on Plutomium (uncredited)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Movie • 1961
Harry
Cannonball Run II
Movie • 1984
Frank Sinatra
Tony Rome
Movie • 1967
Tony Rome
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie • 1963
Alan Baker
Can-Can
Movie • 1960
François Durnais
A Hole in the Head
Movie • 1959
Tony Manetta
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie • 1949
Dennis Ryan
Pal Joey
Movie • 1957
Joey Evans
The First Deadly Sin
Movie • 1980
Edward X. Delaney
I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
Movie • 1967
Self
Lady in Cement
Movie • 1968
Tony Rome
The Detective
Movie • 1968
Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
Assault on a Queen
Movie • 1966
Mark Brittain
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie • 1988
Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound)
The Tender Trap
Movie • 1955
Charlie Y. Reader
Johnny Concho
Movie • 1956
Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins
Young at Heart
Movie • 1954
Barney Sloan
None But the Brave
Movie • 1965
Chief Pharmacist Mate
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
Father Paul
Step Lively
Movie • 1944
Glenn Russell
Higher and Higher
Movie • 1943
Frank
Sinatra Duets
Movie
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie • 1995
Self - Honoré
Becoming Cary Grant
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Movie • 1957
Self - Host
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Frankie (archive footage)
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Dave Hirsh
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Clarence Doolittle
Sergeants 3
Movie • 1962
Mike Merry
4 for Texas
Movie • 1963
Zack Thomas
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie • 1964
Robbo
Dirty Dingus Magee
Movie • 1970
Dingus Billy Magee
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Frank Sinatra
Suddenly
Movie • 1954
John Baron
It Happened in Brooklyn
Movie • 1947
Danny Webson Miller
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Movie • 2005
Self
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: A Reflection
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Frank Sinatra
Double Dynamite
Movie • 1951
Johnny Dalton
Not as a Stranger
Movie • 1955
Alfred Boone
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Movie • 1984
Self
Kings Go Forth
Movie • 1958
Lieutenant Sam Loggins
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie • 2005
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra at Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1980
Self
Dark Eyes
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
Movie • 1989
Self
Reveille with Beverly
Movie • 1943
Frank Sinatra
The Wrecking Crew
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marriage on the Rocks
Movie • 1965
Dan Edwards
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Movie • 1970
Self
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Advise & Consent
Movie • 1962
Self (voice)
Contract on Cherry Street
Movie • 1977
Frank Hovannes
The Kissing Bandit
Movie • 1948
Ricardo
The Naked Runner
Movie • 1967
Sam Laker
The Joker is Wild
Movie • 1957
Joe E. Lewis
The House I Live In
Movie • 1945
Self
Meet Danny Wilson
Movie • 1952
Danny Wilson
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
Movie • 1982
Self - Host / Singer
The Road to Victory
Movie • 1944
Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
As nascentes
Movie • 1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
Movie • 1941
Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)
The Ocean's 11 Story
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Shining Future
Movie • 1944
Self
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Some of Manie's Friends
Movie • 1959
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1942
Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
Movie • 1968
Self
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
This Is Elvis
Movie • 1981
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rat Pack
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Movie • 1988
Self
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Cast a Giant Shadow
Movie • 1966
Vince Talmadge
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Movie • 2009
Self
Happiness and Love in Monaco
Movie • 1959
Self
Blade Runner 2049
Movie • 2017
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Movie • 1974
Self
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
Self - Host / Narrator
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Movie • 2003
Self (Archive Footage)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1983
Self - Guest of Honor
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
Movie • 1989
Self
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Movie • 1989
Self
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Movie • 1973
Self - Performer
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
Movie • 1966
Self - Host and singer
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Movie • 1981
Self - Host / Singer
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Movie • 1967
Self - Host / Singer
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I
Movie • 1965
Self - singer
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
Movie • 1985
Self
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
Movie • 1971
Self
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
Movie • 1962
Message Boy
Christmas in Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Why was Cairo Calm
Movie • 1982
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra
Movie • 1969
Self - Host / Performer
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Movie • 1968
Self - Host / Singer
Vintage Sinatra
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra and Friends
Movie • 1977
Self - Host / Singer
Frank Sinatra: TV Performances
Movie • 2010
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie • 1986
Self
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie • 1956
Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Fight of the Century
Movie • 1971
Self-(Audience Member)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 1990
Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Movie • 2004
Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie • 2000
Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace
Movie • 2014
Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert
Movie • 2015
Self
Movin' with Nancy
Movie • 1967
Self
Six by Sondheim
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Bond Rally
Movie • 1945
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie • 1986
Self
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
Movie • 1960
Self - Host
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1959
Self - Host / Singer
The Costume Designer
Movie • 1950
Self (archive footage)
The Ratpack
Movie • 2006
Self
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Self
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Anything Goes
Movie • 1954
Harry Dane
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Movie • 2011
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Movie • 1962
Self
Our Town
Movie • 1955
Stage Manager
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Movie • 1979
Self
Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace
Movie • 1978
Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Movie • 1959
Self
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Movie • 1965
Self
This is Sinatra
Movie • 1962
Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Movie • 1960
Self - Host / Singer
The Oscar
Movie • 1966
Frank Sinatra
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Movie • 2017
Self
The Edsel Show
Movie • 1957
Self
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie • 2006
Self - Actor (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Movie • 1988
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie • 1975
Self
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Through the Years
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1953
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie • 1991
Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
Movie • 2008
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Movie • 2025
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Cinderella at the Palace
Movie • 1978
Self
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie • 1979
Self
Quincy Jones | Music Man
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
Movie • 2004
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: A Life in Music
Movie • 2026
Self (archive footage)
My Life As Roger Moore
Movie
Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
Soul Boys of the Western World
Movie • 2014
Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Movie • 2022
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Michael Doheny
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Frank Sinatra Show
TV • 1957
Self - Host
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Frank Sinatra
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
The Frank Sinatra Show
TV • 1950
Himself
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Startime
TV • 1959
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Cadet Rousselle
TV • 1971
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack
TV • 1999
(archive footage)
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self (archive footage)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
MGM Parade
TV • 1955