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Biography

Singer-actor Frankie Avalon got his big break playing trumpet on television at age 12. His first hit song "Venus" landed in the number one…more

Born

9/18/1939, South Phladelphia,Pensylvania

Birth Name

Francis Thomas Avallone

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- American Soundtrack
  Himself Host
  - S 1: Ep 3 Rhythm, Love & Soul
    3/1/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 This Land is Your land
    11/30/02
  - S 1: Ep 1 Red, White & Rock
    8/11/02
- Easy Does It Starring Frankie Avalon
  Frankie Avalon (Himself/Host)
  - S 1: Ep 4 unknown title
    9/15/76
  - S 1: Ep 3 unknown title
    9/8/76
  - S 1: Ep 2 unknown title
    9/1/76
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Pilot
    8/25/76
  - — September 1, 1976
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- American Bandstand
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 23 Sue Thompson / Frankie Avalon / John Andrea
    2/13/65
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 202 AB-1536: Frankie Avalon
    6/11/63
  - S 6: Ep 170 AB-1504: Frankie Avalon
    4/26/63
  - S 5: Ep 253 AB-1328: Frankie Avalon
    8/22/62
  - S 5: Ep 100 AB-1175: Frankie Avalon
    1/19/62
  - S 4: Ep 163 AB-979: The Del Vikings / The Frogmen
    4/19/61
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 54 Final show (with highlights from past shows)
    9/10/60
  - S 3: Ep 40 Johnny Preston; Santo & Johnny; Frankie Avalon; The Playmates
    6/4/60
  - S 3: Ep 30 Johnny Cash, Frankie Avalon, The Browns, Bob Crewe, The Four Preps
    3/26/60
  - S 3: Ep 12 Bobby Freeman; Lloyd Price; Gary Stites; Frankie Avalon; Rod Lauren
    11/28/59
  - S 2: Ep 53 From Hollywood: Jan & Dean; Duane Eddy; Frankie Avalon; Anita Bryant
    9/5/59
  - + 8 More Credits
- American Bandstand
  Frankie Tyler
  - S 1: Ep 267 AB-267: Duane Eddy / Frankie Tyler / The Wild Tones
    7/24/58
Guest Star (73)

Role
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 149 Episode #4.149
    2/25/11
- American Idol
  Performs
  - S 8: Ep 28 Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live Tonight!
    4/8/09
- Grease: You're The One That I Want
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 107
    2/25/07
- Biography
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 Paul Anka
    5/13/02
  - S 1: Ep 19 Bobby Rydell
    12/6/01
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 17 Beach Blanket Bizarro
    3/23/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 61 Show #303
    12/10/97
- Renegade
  Dan Travis
  - S 5: Ep 8 High Rollers
    11/8/96
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Johnny Fingers
  - S 2: Ep 1 Who Killed the World's Greatest Chef?
    3/21/95
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 September 13, 1991
    9/13/91
- Full House
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 23 Joey Goes Hollywood
    3/29/91
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 196 July 24, 1990
    7/24/90
- Inside Edition
  Himself
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse
  himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
    12/21/88
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 156 August 6, 1987
    8/6/87
- Our Time
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Pilot
    7/27/85
- Happy Days
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 15 Poobah Doo Dah
    1/26/82
- Fantasy Island
  Martin Wade
  - S 3: Ep 19 The Swinger / Terrors of the Mind
    2/9/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 159 May 7, 1979
    5/7/79
  - S 4: Ep 183 June 16, 1978
    6/16/78
  - S 4: Ep 114 February 28, 1978
    2/28/78
  - S 4: Ep 102 February 10, 1978
    2/10/78
  - S 4: Ep 53 November 24, 1977
    11/24/77
  - + 5 More Credits
- Sweepstakes
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode #2
    2/2/79
- Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 September 20, 1978
    9/20/78
- The Love Boat
  Nick Heider
  - S 1: Ep 20 Computerman/Parlez-Vous/Memories of You
    2/13/78
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Show 7
    3/14/76
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 22 Helen Reddy / Miracles / Tanya Tucker / ELO
    3/5/76
- Cher
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 13 Show 27
    12/7/75
- Police Story
  Lee
  - S 2: Ep 2 Requiem for C.Z. Smith
    9/17/74
- The Midnight Special
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 36 Host: Frankie Avalon
    5/17/74
- Here's Lucy
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 11 The Carters Meet Frankie Avalon
    11/19/73
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 44 Love and the Tuba
    12/3/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 207 June 16, 1970
    6/16/70
- Where The Action Is
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 (Unaired) Pilot: The Supremes, Four Seasons, Jan & Dean, Bobby Freeman
- Country Kitchen
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Cooking With Frankie Avalon
- It Takes A Thief
  Guido Cartarenzi
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Friend in Deed
    11/27/69
- The Barbara McNair Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 5, 1969
    10/5/69
- Allen Ludden's Gallery
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 45 August 22, 1969
    8/22/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 197 June 9, 1969
    6/9/69
  - S 2: Ep 106 February 15, 1968
    2/15/68
  - S 2: Ep 66 December 21, 1967
    12/21/67
  - S 2: Ep 41 November 16, 1967
    11/16/67
  - S 1: Ep 69 July 20, 1967
    7/20/67
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 October 21-25, 1968
    10/21/68
  - S 2: Ep 79 August 12-16, 1968
    8/12/68
  - S 2: Ep 21 January 15-19, 1968
    1/15/68
  - S 2: Ep 13 November 27-December 1, 1967
    11/27/67
  - S 1: Ep 34 June 5-9, 1967
    6/5/67
  - + 1 More Credits
- Off to See the Wizard
  Jack
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who's Afraid of Mother Goose?
    10/13/67
- The Lucy Show
  Thomas Cheever
  - S 6: Ep 4 Lucy, the Starmaker
    10/2/67
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 2 Host: Phyllis Diller / Fifth Dimension
    9/12/67
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 September 6, 1967
    9/6/67
- Piccadilly Palace
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Frankie Avalon / The New Vaudeville Band
    7/15/67
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 224 July 13, 1967
    7/13/67
  - S 4: Ep 14 September 23, 1965
    9/23/65
  - S 2: Ep 199 July 17, 1964
    7/17/64
  - S 15: Ep 150 Week of April 4, 1977
    4/4/77
  - S 15: Ep 46 Week of November 8, 1976
    11/8/76
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 220 July 10, 1967
    7/10/67
  - S 2: Ep 33 June 23, 1965
    6/23/65
  - S 13: Ep 218 July 30, 1976
    7/30/76
  - S 13: Ep 130 March 22, 1976
    3/22/76
  - S 13: Ep 9 September 11, 1975
    9/11/75
  - + 7 More Credits
- Away We Go
  Himself, cameo
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lana Cantrell / Skyles and Henderson / Frankie Avalon (cameo)
    6/10/67
- The Pat Boone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 25 November 18, 1966
    11/18/66
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 25 March 6, 1966: Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello, Tom Jones, Ray Milland
    3/6/66
  - S 13: Ep 17 Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson
    1/10/60
  - S 12: Ep 41 Duke Ellington / Lloyd Price / Frankie Avalon / Jean Carroll
    6/28/59
- Hullabaloo!
  Himself, host
  - S 2: Ep 20 Show #38 Host: Frankie Avalon
    1/31/66
  - S 2: Ep 12 Show #30 Host: Frankie Avalon
    12/6/65
  - S 1: Ep 18 Show #18 (May 11, 1965) Host: Frankie Avalon
    5/11/65
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Peggy Lee / Frankie Avalon / Rose Marie / Allan Sherman / Guy Marks
    1/6/66
- The Patty Duke Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 A Foggy Day In Brooklyn Heights
    9/15/65
  - S 1: Ep 13 How to Be Popular
    12/4/63
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 7 April 16, 1965
    4/16/65
  - S 15: Ep 5 February 12, 1965
    2/12/65
- The Bing Crosby Show
  Ted Keefer
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Keefers Come Calling
    2/22/65
- Hullabaloo!
  Himself, co-host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Show #6 Hosts: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello
    2/16/65
- Burke's Law
  Ralph Hirt
  - S 2: Ep 16 Who Killed The Strangler?
    1/6/65
- Mr. Novak
  David Muller
  - S 1: Ep 13 A Thousand Voices
    12/17/63
- Burke's Law
  Max
  - S 1: Ep 12 Who Killed Cynthia Royal?
    12/13/63
- Rawhide
  Billy Farragut
  - S 6: Ep 6 Incident at Farragut Pass
    10/31/63
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 37 June 10, 1963
    6/10/63
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 16: Ep 27 scheduled: Frankie Avalon; Stiller & Meara; Lee Evans Jazz Trio
    4/7/63
- The Jack Benny Program
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 22 Frankie Avalon Show
    3/5/63
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Larry thatcher
  - S 1: Ep 21 A Tumble from a High White Horse
    2/27/63
- The Steve Allen Playhouse
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 68 September 26, 1962
    9/26/62
  - S 1: Ep 67 September 25, 1962
    9/25/62
  - S 1: Ep 66 September 24, 1962
    9/24/62
- Talent Scouts
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 July 10, 1962
    7/10/62
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 3 December 1, 1961
    12/1/61
  - S 5: Ep 14 January 1, 1961
    1/1/61
- My Sister Eileen
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Ruth Becomes a Success
    2/8/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Emmy Lou
    11/6/60
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Self
  - S 2: Ep 8 Emmy Lou
    11/6/60
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 1 October 5, 1960
    10/5/60
  - S 12: Ep 20 March 9, 1960
    3/9/60
  - S 10: Ep 25 March 8, 1958
    3/8/58
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 27 May 6, 1960
    5/6/60
- This Is Your Life
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 45 Dick Clark
    6/24/59
- Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 23 March 5, 1959
    3/5/59
- Kraft Music Hall
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ed Wynn / Frankie Avalon
    1/21/59
- The Big Record
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 21 February 12, 1958
    2/12/58
- American Bandstand
  Guest

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Trivia
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- Frankie's first record contract was with Chancellor Records.
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- Frankie began playing music professionally at the age of 13.
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- His parents were Mary and Nicholas Avallone.
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- Frankie: When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
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- Frankie: I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.
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- Frankie: God's delay is not God's denial.
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