Frank Sinatra filmography
| Frank Sinatra | |
|---|---|
 Sinatra in 1960 | |
| Born |
Francis Albert Sinatra December 12, 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey, USA |
| Died |
May 14, 1998 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | singer, actor, film director, film producer, founder of Reprise Records |
| Years active | As an actor: 1943-1995 |
| Spouse(s) |
Nancy Barbato (married 1939, divorced 1951) Ava Gardner (married 1951, divorced 1957) Mia Farrow (married 1966, divorced 1968) Barbara Marx (1976-1998) |
This a list of Frank Sinatra's appearances in motion pictures, as an actor, in a cameo role and as himself, and a list of his television specials.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Higher and Higher | Himself | |
| Step Lively | Glen Russell | ||
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Clarence "Brooklyn" Doolittle | "I Fall In Love Too Easily" nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Film Nominated for Best Picture |
| The House I Live In | Himself | Awarded Special Golden Globe and Academy Award for Merit of a Film That Speaks Up Against Racism and Anti-Semitism | |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Himself | |
| 1947 | It Happened in Brooklyn | Danny Webson Miller | |
| 1948 | The Kissing Bandit | Ricardo | |
| The Miracle of the Bells | Father Paul | ||
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Dennis Ryan | |
| On the Town | Chip | ||
| 1951 | Double Dynamite | Johnny Dalton | |
| 1952 | Meet Danny Wilson | Danny Wilson | |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1954 | Young at Heart | Barney Sloan | |
| Suddenly | John Baron | ||
| 1955 | The Man With The Golden Arm | Frankie Machine | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Guys and Dolls | Nathan Detroit | ||
| The Tender Trap | Charlie Y. Reader | ||
| Not as a Stranger | Alfred Boone | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Finian's Rainbow | – | Animated musical, recorded songs with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, film never completed | |
| 1956 | High Society | Mike Connor | |
| Johnny Concho | Johnny Concho (aka Johnny Collins) | ||
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Saloon pianist | Cameo | |
| Carousel | Billy Bigelow | Recorded two songs, walked off set when he discovered each scene was to be filmed twice, and was replaced by Gordon MacRae | |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | Himself | Cameo | |
| 1957 | Pal Joey | Joey Evans | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| The Joker Is Wild | Joe E. Lewis | "All the Way" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song | |
| The Pride and the Passion | Miguel | ||
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Dave Hirsh | |
| Kings Go Forth | 1st Lt. Sam Loggins | ||
| 1959 | Never So Few | Capt. Tom Reynolds | |
| A Hole in the Head | Tony Manetta | "High Hopes" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song | |
| 1960 | Can-Can | François Durnais | |
| Ocean's Eleven | Danny Ocean | ||
| Pepe | Himself | Cameo | |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Harry | |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco | |
| The Road to Hong Kong | Uncredited, The 'Twig' on plutomium | ||
| Sergeants 3 | First-Sergeant Mike Merry | ||
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Zack Thomas | |
| Come Blow Your Horn | Alan Baker | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
| The List of Adrian Messenger | – | Cameo | |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Robbo | "My Kind of Town" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks | Dan Edwards | |
| Von Ryan's Express | Colonel Joseph L. Ryan | Academy Award nominated for Best Special Effects | |
| None but the Brave | Chief Pharmacist Mate | Only film directed by Sinatra | |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Mark Brittain | |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Vince Talmadge | ||
| The Oscar | Himself | ||
| 1967 | Tony Rome | Tony Rome | |
| The Naked Runner | Sam Laker | ||
| 1968 | The Detective | Det. Sgt. Joe Leland | |
| Lady In Cement | Tony Rome | ||
| 1970 | Dirty Dingus Magee | Dingus Billy Magee | |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Sgt. Edward Delaney | |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Himself | |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Singing Sword (voice)[1] | Cameo |
Producer
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | |
| 1959 | A Hole in the Head | Executive producer |
| 1961 | X-15 | Uncredited |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | |
| 1965 | None but the Brave | |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Executive producer |
As a director
| Year | Title | Production Company | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | None but the Brave | Warner Bros./Toho | Also produced and starred. First Japanese/American co-production. |
Documentaries, appearances as himself
- Major Bowes Amateur Theatre of the Air (1935) (short subject)
- Las Vegas Nights (1941)
- Ship Ahoy (1942)
- Reveille with Beverly (1943)
- Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
- Upbeat in Music (1943) (short subject) (scenes deleted)
- Higher and Higher (1944)
- Road to Victory (1944) (short subject)
- A Thousand and One Nights (1945) (voice)
- The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) (short subject)
- MGM Christmas Trailer (1945) (short subject)
- Screen Snapshots: Out-of-This-World Series (1947) (short subject)
- Lucky Strike Salesman's Movie 48-A (1948) (short subject)
- Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952) (short subject)
- Person to Person
- Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) (voice)
- Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (1956) (short subject)
- Invitation to Monte Carlo (1959)
- Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959) (documentary)
- Sinatra in Israel (1962) (short documentary)
- Advise and Consent (1962) (voice)
- Paris - When It Sizzles (1964) (voice)
- A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (1965) (short subject)
- That's Entertainment! (1974)
- Rene Simard in Japan (1974)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra
- Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) (documentary)
- In Person (1993) (voice) (short subject)
- Sinatra: Duets (1994)
- Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
- Sinatra: Vegas (2006)
Television cameos
- Burke's Law (1963)
- Make Room for Granddaddy (1970)
- Magnum, P.I. (1987)
- Who's the Boss? (1989)
- Daddy Dearest (1993)
Television series
- The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS) (1950–52)
- The Frank Sinatra Show (ABC) (1957–58)
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show (ABC) (1959)
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon With Frank Sinatra (ABC) (1959)
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Here's To The Ladies (ABC) (1960)
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis (ABC) (1960)
Television specials
- A Man and His Music (1965)
- A Man and His Music - Part II (1966)
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967)
- Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968)
- Sinatra (1969)
- Sinatra in Concert at the Royal Festival Hall (1971)
- Ol' Blue Eyes is Back (1973)
- The Main Event - Live (1974)
- John Denver and Friend (1976)
- Sinatra and Friends (1977)
- The First Forty Years (1980)
- The Man and His Music (1981)
- Concert for the Americas (1982)
- Portrait of an Album (1985)
- Sinatra in Japan (1985)
Television films
- Our Town (1955)
- Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
- Young at Heart (1995)
