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

• Marilyn and the Mob — archive footage
• 2025Midnight Run — Musician
• 2024New Year, It's Not You — Musician
• 2014Soul Boys of the Western World
• 2008Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
• 2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
• 2004Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
• The Rat Pack — (archive footage)
• 1995Young at Heart — Frank Sinatra
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1993As nascentes
• 1993La Classe américaine — Frankie (archive footage)
• 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound)
• Married... with Children — Theme Song Performance
• 1984Cannonball Run II — Frank Sinatra
• 1984Salute to Lady Liberty
• 1982Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)
• 1982Why was Cairo Calm
• Magnum, P.I. — Michael Doheny
• 1980The First Deadly Sin — Sgt. Edward X. Delaney
• 1978Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace — Self, Director
• 1977Contract on Cherry Street — Frank Hovannes
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1970Dirty Dingus Magee — Dingus Billy Magee
• 1968Lady in Cement — Tony Rome
• 1968The Detective — Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
• 1967Mondo Hollywood
• 1967The Naked Runner — Sam Laker
• 1967Tony Rome — Tony Rome
• 1966Assault on a Queen — Mark Brittain
• 1966Cast a Giant Shadow — Vince Talmadge
• 1966The Oscar — Frank Sinatra
• 1965Marriage on the Rocks — Dan Edwards
• 1965None But the Brave — Chief Pharmacist Mate, Director
• 1965Von Ryan's Express — Col. Joseph L. Ryan
• 1964Paris When It Sizzles — Frank Sinatra (singing voice) (uncredited), Vocals
• 1964Robin and the 7 Hoods — Robbo, Producer
• 19634 for Texas — Zack Thomas
• 1963Come Blow Your Horn — Alan Baker
• 1963The List of Adrian Messenger — Gypsy
• 1962Advise & Consent — Self (voice), Songs
• 1962Chun King Chow Mein Hour — Message Boy
• 1962Sergeants 3 — Mike Merry, Producer
• 1962The Manchurian Candidate — Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
• 1962The Road to Hong Kong — Twig on Plutomium (uncredited)
• 1961The Devil at 4 O'Clock — Harry
• 1961X-15 — Producer
• 1960Can-Can — François Durnais
• 1960Ocean's Eleven — Danny Ocean
• 1960Pepe — Frank Sinatra
• 1959A Hole in the Head — Tony Manetta, Executive Producer
• 1959Never So Few — Capt. Tom Reynolds
• 1959Some of Manie's Friends
• 1958Kings Go Forth — Lieutenant Sam Loggins
• 1958Some Came Running — Dave Hirsh
• Frank Sinatra Show — Self - Host, Director
• 1957Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank — Self - Host, Director
• 1957Pal Joey — Joey Evans
• 1957The Joker is Wild — Joe E. Lewis
• 1957The Pride and the Passion — Miguel
• 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Saloon Pianist
• 1956High Society — Mike Connor
• 1956Johnny Concho — Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins, Producer
• 1956Meet Me in Las Vegas — Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
• 1955Guys and Dolls — Nathan Detroit
• MGM Parade
• 1955Not as a Stranger — Alfred Boone
• 1955Our Town — Stage Manager
• 1955The Man with the Golden Arm — Frankie Machine
• 1955The Tender Trap — Charlie Y. Reader
• 1954Anything Goes — Harry Dane
• 1954Suddenly — John Baron
• 1954Young at Heart — Barney Sloan
• 1953From Here to Eternity — Pvt. Angelo Maggio
• 1952Meet Danny Wilson — Danny Wilson
• 1951Double Dynamite — Johnny Dalton
• The Jack Benny Program — Frank Sinatra
• 1949On the Town — Chip
• 1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game — Dennis Ryan
• 1948The Kissing Bandit — Ricardo
• 1948The Miracle of the Bells — Father Paul
• 1947It Happened in Brooklyn — Danny Webson Miller
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Frank Sinatra
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Clarence Doolittle
• 1944Step Lively — Glenn Russell
• 1944The Road to Victory — Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
• 1943Higher and Higher — Frank
• 1943Reveille with Beverly — Frank Sinatra
• 1942Ship Ahoy — Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
• 1941Las Vegas Nights — Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)
• Sinatra Duets

Appearances as themselves (160)

• 2026My Life As Roger Moore — Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light — Self - Singer (archive footage)
• 2025Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Elis & Tom: It Had to be You — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2022George Michael: Freedom Uncut — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Dark Eyes — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Sinatra: His Way — Self
• 2020Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Sid & Judy — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra — Self (archive footage)
• Elvis Presley: The Searcher — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Becoming Cary Grant — Self (archive footage)
• 2017JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala — Self
• 2017Sinatra in the Movies: The Man and His Motion Pictures — Himself (Archival)
• 2015Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert — Self
• 2015Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America — Self (archive footage)
• Iconic Couples of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• Sinatra: All or Nothing at All — Self (archive footage)
• 2015To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100 — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace — Self
• 2014Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Six by Sondheim — Self (archive footage)
• 2012The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Frank Sinatra: Around the World — Self
• 2011The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Frank Sinatra: TV Performances — Self
• 2009The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best — Self
• 2008The Wrecking Crew — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2007Elvis Through the Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story — Self (archive footage) (voice)
• 2006The Ratpack — Self
• 2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Frank Sinatra: A Reflection — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Judy Garland Duets — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Legendary Christmas Entertainers — Self
• 2004A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli — Self
• 2004Judy Garland: By Myself — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Christmas from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2003Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Sinatra: The Classic Duets — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Vintage Sinatra — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Året var 1953 — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2001All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video — Self (archive footage)
• 2001The Ocean's 11 Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Frank Sinatra Memorial — Self
• 2000Hollywood Musicals of the 40's — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Sinatra: 80 Years My Way — Self - Honoré
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1994Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio — Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self
• 1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self (archive footage)
• 1989Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event — Self
• 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self (archive footage)
• 1989The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast — Self
• 1989The Unforgettable Nat King Cole — Self
• 1988American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? — Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
• 1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration — Self
• 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée — Self (archive footage)
• 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special — Self
• 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self
• 1985All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan — Self - Host
• 1985Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo — Self
• 1985That's Dancing! — Self (archive footage)
• 1984All Star Party for Lucille Ball — Self
• 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra — Self - Guest of Honor
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1982Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas — Self - Host / Singer
• 1982I Love Liberty — Self
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• 1981Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music — Self - Host / Singer
• 1981This Is Elvis — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1980Sinatra at Carnegie Hall — Self
• 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman — Self
• 1979Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years — Self
• 1978Cinderella at the Palace — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1977Sinatra and Friends — Self - Host / Singer
• 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television — Self
• 1974Frank Sinatra: The Main Event — Self
• 1974That's Entertainment! — Self - Host / Narrator
• 1973Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back — Self - Performer
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self
• 1971Fight of the Century — Self-(Audience Member)
• 1971Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall — Self
• Great Performances — Self (archive footage)
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• 1970Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special — Self
• 1969Sinatra — Self - Host / Performer
• 1968Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing — Self - Host / Singer
• 1968Frank Sinatra - Primetime — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• 1967Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras — Self
• 1967Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim — Self - Host / Singer
• 1967Movin' with Nancy — Self
• 1966Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II — Self - Host and singer
• 1965Frank Sinatra Spectacular — Self
• 1965Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I — Self - singer
• 1962The Judy Garland Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self - Guest Host
• 1962This is Sinatra — Self
• 1960Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley — Self - Host
• 1960The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies — Self - Host / Singer
• 1959Happiness and Love in Monaco — Self
• Startime — Self
• 1959The Frank Sinatra Timex Show — Self
• 1959The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra — Self - Host / Singer
• The Grammys — Self
• 1957The Edsel Show — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Jimmy Durante Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• 1950The Costume Designer — Self (archive footage)
• The Frank Sinatra Show — Himself
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1945The All-Star Bond Rally — Self
• 1945The House I Live In — Self
• 1944The Shining Future — Self
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self