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name: "Frank Sinatra"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-sinatra"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 December 1915"
died: "14 May 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T15:41:24.738940+00:00"
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# Frank Sinatra

Actor. Born 12 December 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Died 14 May 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 December 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 14 May 1998
- **Active:** 1960–1988
- **Also known as:** Francis Albert Sinatra
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 55 (1), 1980s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4347

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## Fi1m on Frank Sinatra

> Frank Sinatra was best as tough men with something wrong underneath, played fast and on instinct, and the 1950s gave him several. In *Ocean's Eleven* he plays a man nothing can surprise and looks like a man nothing can interest.

In *Ocean's Eleven* (1960) Frank Sinatra spends much of the film in an orange mohair jumper, looking as if he is between sets. He plays Danny Ocean as a man nothing can surprise, and the effect is of a man nothing can interest. Dean Martin gets away with the same half-asleep manner because Sam Harmon is written as a sceptic who thinks the whole plan is a bad idea; Danny is supposed to want it. We kept waiting for him to want something, anything, and after an hour we gave up and started watching Richard Conte instead, who plays an electrician with a bad heart and seems to have read the script.

Sinatra was a singer first, famous with Tommy Dorsey and then on his own from the mid-1930s, and the films of the 1940s used him as a light presence beside Gene Kelly, most happily in *On the Town* (1949). By the early 1950s the film work had stalled. What brought it back was a supporting part, Private Maggio in *From Here to Eternity* (1953), and it set the pattern for the decade that followed: tough men with something wrong underneath, Frankie Machine in *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Bennett Marco in *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962). Those are the parts the reputation rests on, and they are the ones to see.

The method, such as it was, was to do it once. He did not care to rehearse and did not like second takes, and on a damaged man that instinct reads as nerve: the cocky exterior is thin because he has not had time to thicken it, and what shows through looks like fear. On a man who is meant to be in charge there is nothing underneath to show, and one take of nothing is still nothing. The Rat Pack pictures with Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were built on the second kind of part, and the ease the group sold in nightclubs does not survive the trip into a screenplay. On screen it looks like men waiting for their cue.

He worked less from the late 1970s and died in 1998. If you are coming to him fresh, start with the damaged men of the 1950s and early 1960s, and save the heist for a night when you want the Strip in wide screen and Nelson Riddle's brass and do not much mind who is standing in front of them. Danny Ocean will be there, in his jumper, waiting for the show to end.

## Biography

Frank Sinatra, also credited as Francis Albert Sinatra, was an American singer and actor. He played Danny Ocean in the heist film *Ocean's Eleven* (1960).

Sinatra was born on 12 December 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and died on 14 May 1998. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in *From Here to Eternity* (1953). His other film roles include *Guys and Dolls* (1955), *High Society* (1956) and *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962). He was a member of the Rat Pack and appeared alongside Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop in several films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988), Fi1m 89, as Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound) — [page](https://film.one/film/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md)
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Fi1m 55, as Danny Ocean — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)

## Complete filmography (91)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Midnight Run* (2025), Musician
- *New Year, It's Not You* (2024), Musician
- *Soul Boys of the Western World* (2014), Actor
- *Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best* (2008), Actor
- *Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas* (2005), Actor
- *Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth* (2004), Actor
- *The Rat Pack* (1999), series, as (archive footage)
- *Young at Heart* (1995), as Frank Sinatra
- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *La Classe américaine* (1993), as Frankie (archive footage)
- *As nascentes* (1993), Actor
- *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988), as Singing Sword (voice) (archive sound) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md)
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *Salute to Lady Liberty* (1984), Actor
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), as Frank Sinatra
- *Showbiz Goes to War* (1982), as (archive footage)
- *Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady* (1982), Actor
- *Why was Cairo Calm* (1982), Actor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Michael Doheny
- *The First Deadly Sin* (1980), as Sgt. Edward X. Delaney
- *Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace* (1978), Director
- *Contract on Cherry Street* (1977), as Frank Hovannes
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage)
- *Dirty Dingus Magee* (1970), as Dingus Billy Magee
- *Lady in Cement* (1968), as Tony Rome
- *The Detective* (1968), as Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
- *Tony Rome* (1967), as Tony Rome
- *The Naked Runner* (1967), as Sam Laker
- *Mondo Hollywood* (1967), Actor
- *Assault on a Queen* (1966), as Mark Brittain
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), as Vince Talmadge
- *The Oscar* (1966), as Frank Sinatra
- *Marriage on the Rocks* (1965), as Dan Edwards
- *Von Ryan's Express* (1965), as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
- *None But the Brave* (1965), as Chief Pharmacist Mate · Director
- *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964), as Robbo · Producer
- *Paris When It Sizzles* (1964), as Vocals
- *4 for Texas* (1963), as Zack Thomas
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), as Alan Baker
- *The List of Adrian Messenger* (1963), as Gypsy
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), as Songs
- *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962), as Twig on Plutomium (uncredited)
- *Sergeants 3* (1962), as Mike Merry · Producer
- *Chun King Chow Mein Hour* (1962), as Message Boy
- *X-15* (1961), Producer
- *The Devil at 4 O'Clock* (1961), as Harry
- *Pepe* (1960), as Frank Sinatra
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), as Danny Ocean — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)
- *Can-Can* (1960), as François Durnais
- *Never So Few* (1959), as Capt. Tom Reynolds
- *A Hole in the Head* (1959), as Tony Manetta · Executive Producer
- *Some of Manie's Friends* (1959), Actor
- *Some Came Running* (1958), as Dave Hirsh
- *Kings Go Forth* (1958), as Lieutenant Sam Loggins
- *Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank* (1957), Director
- *Pal Joey* (1957), as Joey Evans
- *Frank Sinatra Show* (1957), series, Director
- *The Joker is Wild* (1957), as Joe E. Lewis
- *The Pride and the Passion* (1957), as Miguel
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Saloon Pianist
- *High Society* (1956), as Mike Connor
- *Johnny Concho* (1956), as Johnny Concho / Johnny Collins · Producer
- *Meet Me in Las Vegas* (1956), as Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), as Frankie Machine
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), as Nathan Detroit
- *The Tender Trap* (1955), as Charlie Y. Reader
- *Our Town* (1955), as Stage Manager
- *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor
- *Not as a Stranger* (1955), as Alfred Boone
- *Young at Heart* (1954), as Barney Sloan
- *Suddenly* (1954), as John Baron
- *Anything Goes* (1954), as Harry Dane
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
- *Meet Danny Wilson* (1952), as Danny Wilson
- *Double Dynamite* (1951), as Johnny Dalton
- *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Frank Sinatra
- *On the Town* (1949), as Chip
- *Take Me Out to the Ball Game* (1949), as Dennis Ryan
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), as Ricardo
- *The Miracle of the Bells* (1948), as Father Paul
- *It Happened in Brooklyn* (1947), as Danny Webson Miller
- *Till the Clouds Roll By* (1946), as Frank Sinatra
- *Anchors Aweigh* (1945), as Clarence Doolittle
- *Step Lively* (1944), as Glenn Russell
- *The Road to Victory* (1944), as Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
- *Higher and Higher* (1943), as Frank
- *Reveille with Beverly* (1943), as Frank Sinatra
- *Ship Ahoy* (1942), as Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- *Las Vegas Nights* (1941), as Frank Sinatra - Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band (uncredited)
- *Sinatra Duets*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-447f400bcf2d.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Photograph by Capitol Records, per a credit found in the 1959 edition of the International Celebrity Register at page 696. No known source credits an individual photographer., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Frank_Sinatra_%281957_studio_portrait_close-up%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Amerikaanse tv-show "Laat Polen Polen zijn" op de televisie. Frank Sin (1982)](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-a496c6f5cad7.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Amerikaanse tv-show "Laat Polen Polen zijn" op de televisie. Frank Sin (1982) — Rob Croes for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Amerikaanse_tv-show_Laat_Polen_Polen_zijn_op_de_televisie._Frank_Sinatra_op_de%2C_Bestanddeelnr_931-9474.jpg/1280px-Amerikaanse_tv-show_Laat_Polen_Polen_zijn_op_de_televisie._Frank_Sinatra_op_de%2C_Bestanddeelnr_931-9474.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eight Track Museum (Roxbury, NY) exhibits (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-874c82950cd8.jpg) Eight Track Museum (Roxbury, NY) exhibits (2014) — Leonard Nevarez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Exhibit_dedicated_to_the_rarest_8_track_tape_Frank_Sinatra%27s_1969_%22Sinatra_Jobim%22_%2814198970307%29.jpg/1280px-Exhibit_dedicated_to_the_rarest_8_track_tape_Frank_Sinatra%27s_1969_%22Sinatra_Jobim%22_%2814198970307%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Frank Sinatra in 1957 from the publication TV-Radio Mirror.](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-83458584d5d8.jpg) Photo of Frank Sinatra in 1957 from the publication TV-Radio Mirror. — Publisher-Macfadden Publications, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Frank_Sinatra_%281957%29.jpg/1280px-Frank_Sinatra_%281957%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-7ea404fbd54f.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-e64a63a95ba0.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-9bf09c67741e.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo taken March 7, 1989 at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, as he was leaving for a concert with Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis, Jr. I sat by the ele (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-93582331a54d.jpg) Photo taken March 7, 1989 at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, as he was leaving for a concert with Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis, Jr. I sat by the ele (2006) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Frank_Sinatra_%28211213392%29.jpg/1280px-Frank_Sinatra_%28211213392%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philippe Halsman's photo of Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-0b25af05d3fc.jpg) Philippe Halsman's photo of Frank Sinatra — Philippe Halsman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Frank_Sinatra_-_Philippe_Halsman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-1c053aa75e1b.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-ae3162c1965e.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/media/person/306991/gallery-278637d6dac1.jpg) Frank Sinatra — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1956: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Man with the Golden Arm*
- 1954: Best Supporting Actor (won), for *From Here to Eternity*

### Golden Globes — 2 won

- 1971: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (won)
- 1967: Best Original Song (won), for *Strangers in the Night*

### Other awards — 9 won

- New Jersey Hall of Fame 2008: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won)
- Grammy Legend Award 1994: Grammy Legend Award (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 1985: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Johnny Mercer Award 1980: Johnny Mercer Award (won)
- Grammy Trustees Award 1979: Grammy Trustees Award (won)
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1971: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1965: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1959: Grammy Award for Album of the Year (won), for *Come Dance with Me!*
- Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 1959: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (won), for *Come Dance with Me!*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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