Frank Sinatra

1915-1998

Biography: life and films

Frank Sinatra was an American actor and singer whose birth name was Francis Albert Sinatra. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA on 12th December 1915 and died in West Hollywood, California, USA on 14th May 1998, aged 82.

His best films as an actor include George Sidney's comedy Anchors Aweigh (1945), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Guys and Dolls (1955), Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), John Frankenheimer's thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Mark Robson's Von Ryan's Express (1965).

Frank Sinatra appeared in 55 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gordon Douglas (5 films), Tim Whelan (2), Stanley Kramer (2), Richard Whorf (2), John Sturges (2), Jack Donohue (2), George Sidney (2) and Charles Walters (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (23 films), drama (22), comedy-romance (12), Thriller (8), War (7), romance (6), crime-thriller (5), Western (5), Documentary (4) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Frank Sinatra over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director

Higher and Higher (1943) [a]

Reveille with Beverly (1943) [a]

Step Lively (1944) [a]

Anchors Aweigh (1945) [a]

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) [a]

It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) [a]

The Kissing Bandit (1948) [a]

The Miracle of the Bells (1948) [a]

On the Town (1949) [a]

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) [a]

Double Dynamite (1951) [a]

Meet Danny Wilson (1951) [a]

From Here to Eternity (1953) [a]

Suddenly (1954) [a]

Young at Heart (1954) [a]

Guys and Dolls (1955) [a]

Not as a Stranger (1955) [a]

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) [a]

The Tender Trap (1955) [a]

High Society (1956) [a]

Johnny Concho (1956) [a]

Pal Joey (1957) [a]

The Joker Is Wild (1957) [a]

The Pride and the Passion (1957) [a]

Kings Go Forth (1958) [a]

Some Came Running (1958) [a]

A Hole in the Head (1959) [a]

Glück und Liebe in Monaco (1959) [a]

Invitation to Monte Carlo (1959) [a]

Never So Few (1959) [a]

Can-Can (1960) [a]

Ocean's Eleven (1960) [a]

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) [a]

Sergeants 3 (1962) [a]

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) [a]

4 for Texas (1963) [a]

A New Kind of Love (1963) [a]

Come Blow Your Horn (1963) [a]

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) [a]

Paris When It Sizzles (1964) [a]

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) [a]

Marriage on the Rocks (1965) [a]

None But the Brave (1965) [a,d]

Von Ryan's Express (1965) [a]

Assault on a Queen (1966) [a]

The Naked Runner (1967) [a]

Tony Rome (1967) [a]

Lady in Cement (1968) [a]

The Detective (1968) [a]

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) [a]

That's Entertainment! (1974) [a]

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]

The First Deadly Sin (1980) [a]

Brooklyn Bridge (1981) [a]

L.A. Confidential (1997) [a]



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