Frank Sinatra
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.
Acting (179 movies)
Ocean's Eleven
1960
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
2015
Young at Heart
1995
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
Never So Few
1959
Guys and Dolls
1955
Von Ryan's Express
1965
The Pride and the Passion
1957
High Society
1956
From Here to Eternity
1953
Sinatra: His Way
2021
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
On the Town
1949
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
Cannonball Run II
1984
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
Tony Rome
1967
A Hole in the Head
1959
Can-Can
1960
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
Pal Joey
1957
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
The First Deadly Sin
1980
I Love Liberty
1982
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967
Lady in Cement
1968
The Detective
1968
Assault on a Queen
1966
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
The Tender Trap
1955
Johnny Concho
1956
Young at Heart
1954
None But the Brave
1965
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
Step Lively
1944
Higher and Higher
1943
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Becoming Cary Grant
2017
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957
La Classe américaine
1993
Some Came Running
1958
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Sergeants 3
1962
4 for Texas
1963
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Suddenly
1954
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
Pepe
1960
Double Dynamite
1951
Not as a Stranger
1955
Kings Go Forth
1958
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Dark Eyes
2021
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
1989
Reveille with Beverly
1943
The Wrecking Crew
2008
Marriage on the Rocks
1965
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
Advise & Consent
1962
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
The Kissing Bandit
1948
The Naked Runner
1967
The Joker is Wild
1957
The House I Live In
1945
Meet Danny Wilson
1952
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
1982
As nascentes
1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Las Vegas Nights
1941
The Ocean's 11 Story
2001
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
1997
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
The Shining Future
1944
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
2001
Ship Ahoy
1942
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
1968
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
This Is Elvis
1981
The Rat Pack
2004
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
1974
Rat Pack
2022
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
That's Entertainment!
1974
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
2019
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Concho | 1956 | Producer |
| A Hole in the Head | 1959 | Executive Producer |
| X-15 | 1961 | Producer |
| Sergeants 3 | 1962 | Producer |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | 1964 | Producer |
| JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | 2017 | Producer |