Frank Sinatra

Acting · Born 1915-12-12 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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…

Filmography

• Ocean's Eleven as Danny Ocean
• The Manchurian Candidate as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
• The Man with the Golden Arm as Frankie Machine
• Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America as Self (archive footage)
• Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Pianist
• Never So Few as Capt. Tom Reynolds
• Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit
• Von Ryan's Express as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
• The Pride and the Passion as Miguel
• High Society as Mike Connor