# Frank Sinatra filmography

Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. Over the course of his acting career he created a body of work that one biographer described as being "as varied, impressive and rewarding as that of any other Hollywood star".
Sinatra began his career as a singer, initially in his native Hoboken, New Jersey, but increasing success led to a contract to perform on stage and radio across the United States. One of his earliest film roles was in the 1935 short film Major Bowes' Amateur Theatre of the Air, a spin off from the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show. He appeared in a full-length film in an uncredited cameo singing performance in Las Vegas Nights, singing "I'll Never Smile Again" with Tommy Dorsey's The Pied Pipers. His work with Dorsey's band also led to appearances in the full-length films Las Vegas Nights (1941) and Ship Ahoy (1942). As Sinatra's singing career grew, he appeared in larger roles in feature films, several of which were musicals, including three alongside Gene Kelly: Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949). As his acting career developed further, Sinatra also produced several of the films in which he appeared, and directed one—None but the Brave—which he also produced and in which he starred.
Sinatra's film and singing careers had declined by 1952, when he was out-of-contract with both his record company and film studio. In 1953, he re-kindled his film career by targeting serious roles: he auditioned for—and won—a role in From Here to Eternity for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Other serious roles followed, including a portrayal of an ex-convict and drug addict in The Man with the Golden Arm, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the British Academy Film Award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Sinatra received numerous awards for his film work. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Pal Joey (1957), and was nominated in the same category for Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Three of the films in which Sinatra appears, The House I Live In (1945), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and From Here to Eternity (1953)—have been added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. The House I Live In—a film that opposes anti-Semitism and racism—was awarded a special Golden Globe and Academy Award. In 1970, at the 43rd Academy Awards, Sinatra was presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; the following year he was awarded the Golden Globe 'Cecil B. DeMille' Award.

## As actor

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Las Vegas Nights | 1941 | Singer - Tommy Dorsey's Band | Uncredited |
| Ship Ahoy | 1942 | Singer - Tommy Dorsey's Band | Uncredited |
| Reveille with Beverly | 1943 | Himself | |
| Higher and Higher | 1943 | Himself | |
| Step Lively | 1944 | Glenn Russell | |
| Anchors Aweigh | 1945 | Clarence Doolittle | |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | 1946 | Himself | Cameo |
| It Happened in Brooklyn | 1947 | Danny Webson Miller | |
| The Miracle of the Bells | 1948 | Father Paul | |
| The Kissing Bandit | 1949 | Ricardo | |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 1949 | Dennis Ryan | |
| On the Town | 1949 | Chip | |
| Double Dynamite | 1951 | Johnny Dalton | |
| Meet Danny Wilson | 1952 | Danny Wilson | |
| From Here to Eternity | 1953 | Angelo Maggio | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Suddenly | 1954 | John Baron | |
| Young at Heart | 1954 | Barney Sloan | |
| Not as a Stranger | 1955 | Alfred Boone | |
| Guys and Dolls | 1955 | Nathan Detroit | |
| The Tender Trap | 1955 | Charlie Y. Reader | |
| The Man with the Golden Arm | 1955 | Frankie Machine | |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | 1956 | Man at Slot Machine | Uncredited |
| High Society | 1956 | Mike Connor | |
| Johnny Concho | 1956 | Johnny Concho | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 1956 | Saloon Pianist | Cameo |
| The Pride and the Passion | 1957 | Miguel | |
| The Joker Is Wild | 1957 | Joe E. Lewis | |
| Pal Joey | 1957 | Joey Evans | |
| Kings Go Forth | 1958 | 1st Lt. Sam Loggins | |
| Some Came Running | 1958 | Dave Hirsh | |
| A Hole in the Head | 1959 | Tony Manetta | |
| Never So Few | 1959 | Capt. Tom Reynolds | |
| Can-Can | 1960 | François Durnais | |
| Ocean's 11 | 1960 | Danny Ocean | |
| Pepe | 1960 | Himself | Cameo |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock | 1961 | Harry | |
| Sergeants 3 | 1962 | First-Sergeant Mike Merry | |
| The Road to Hong Kong | 1962 | Astronaut | Uncredited, Cameo |
| The Manchurian Candidate | 1962 | Major Bennett Marco | |
| The List of Adrian Messenger | 1963 | Gypsy | Cameo |
| Come Blow Your Horn | 1963 | Alan Baker | |
| 4 for Texas | 1963 | Zack Thomas | |
| Paris When It Sizzles | 1964 | Singer | Voice, Uncredited |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | 1964 | Robbo | |
| None but the Brave | 1965 | Chief Pharmacist Mate | |
| Von Ryan's Express | 1965 | Colonel Joseph L. Ryan | |
| Marriage on the Rocks | 1965 | Dan Edwards | |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | 1966 | Vince Talmadge | Cameo |
| Assault on a Queen | 1966 | Mark Brittain | |
| The Oscar | 1966 | Himself | Cameo |
| The Naked Runner | 1967 | Sam Laker | |
| Tony Rome | 1967 | Tony Rome | |
| The Detective | 1968 | Det. Sgt. Joe Leland | |
| Lady in Cement | 1968 | Tony Rome | |
| Dirty Dingus Magee | 1970 | Dingus Billy Magee | |
| That's Entertainment! | 1974 | Himself | Co-Host |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | – | Archive Footage |
| Contract on Cherry Street | 1977 | Det. Insp. Frank Hovannes | Television movie |
| The First Deadly Sin | 1980 | Det. Sgt. Edward Delaney | |
| Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Himself | Cameo |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 | Singing Sword | Cameo; voice only |
| Young at Heart | 1995 | Fictional version of Himself | Television movie |

## As producer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | |
| 1959 | A Hole in the Head | Executive producer |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | |
| 1965 | None but the Brave | |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Executive producer |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Executive producer |

## As director

| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
| 1965 | None but the Brave | Also produced and starred | |

## Shorts

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Major Bowes' Amateur Theatre of the Air | 1935 | Himself | Performed in blackface |
| The Shining Future | 1944 | Himself | Running time, 20 minutes |
| Road to Victory | 1944 | Himself | Edited version of The Shining Future. Running time, 10 minutes. |
| Show Business at War | 1944 | – | Running time, 17 minutes |
| The House I Live In | 1945 | Himself | Running time, 10 minutes |
| The All-Star Bond Rally | 1945 | Himself | Running time, 19 minutes |
| Lucky Strike Salesman's Movie 48-A | 1948 | Himself | Running time, 10 minutes |
| Hollywood Night Life | 1952 | – | Running time, 9 minutes |
| Invitation to Monte Carlo | 1959 | Himself | Running time, 46 minutes |
| Sinatra in Israel | 1962 | Narrator | Running time, 22.5 minutes |
| Will Rogers Hospital Trailer | 1965 | Narrator / Himself | Running time, 2.5 minutes |