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Frankie Avalon

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9/18/1939, South Phladelphia,Pensylvania

Birth Name

Francis Thomas Avallone

Gender

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Frank Avalon

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Biography

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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 spot for 5 weeks. His exuberant and youthful appeal landed this singing sensation a film contract and the infamous "Beach Party" films his legacy.…more

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Star (22)

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
- Back to the Beach
  Star
  1987
- Grease
  Teen Angel
  1978
- 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
- Horror House
  Star
  1970
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Star
- Castilian
  Star
- Bikini Beach
  Star
- Operation Bikini
  Star
- Fireball 500
  Star
  1966
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
  Star
  1965
- Beach Blanket Bingo
  Frankie
  1965
- Sergeant Deadhead
  Star
  1965
- I'll Take Sweden
  Star
  1965
- Ski Party
  Star
  1965
- Muscle Beach Party
  Star
  1964
- Beach Party
  Star
  1963
- Drums of Africa
  Star
  1963
- Panic In Year Zero
  Star
  1962
- Alakazam The Great
  Star
  1960
- The Alamo
  Smitty
  1960
- Jamboree
  Star
  1957
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 (79)

Role
- TMZ on TV
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 64 Episode #6.064
    11/15/12
  - 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
- Inside Edition
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 16 Terrell Owens: "No Sucide Attempt"
    9/27/06
- 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
- 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
- The John Davidson Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 77 October 14, 1980
    10/14/80
- 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
- Fantasy Island
  Guest Star
- 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
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Guest Star
- 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
- Country Kitchen
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Cooking With Frankie Avalon
- Where The Action Is
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep Pilot (Unaired) Pilot: The Supremes, Four Seasons, Jan & Dean, Bobby Freeman
- 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 6: Ep 224 July 13, 1967
    7/13/67
  - S 5: Ep 14 September 23, 1965
    9/23/65
  - S 3: Ep 217 July 10, 1964
    7/10/64
  - S 1: Ep 25 January 12, 1962
    1/12/62
  - S 1: Ep 20 January 5, 1962
    1/5/62
  - + 10 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 18: Ep 25 March 6, 1966: Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello, Tom Jones, Ray Milland
    3/6/66
  - S 12: Ep 17 Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson
    1/10/60
  - S 11: 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
- The Bing Crosby Show
  Guest Star
- 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 15: Ep 27 April 07, 1963: Jimmy Durante, Frankie Avalon; Stiller and Meara, Kaye Ballard and Bert Lahr
    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 Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Guest Star
- 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
- The Jack Benny Program
  Guest Star

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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 was nominated for the Golden Laurel for Top New Male Personality in 1961.
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- Frankie has 10 grandchildren.
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- Frankie has a sister named Theresa.
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- Frankie has been married to Kathryn Diebel since 1963.
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- Frankie has 8 children named Frankie Jr., Tony, Dina, Laura, Joseph, Nicolas, Kathryn and Carla.
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- Frankie is 5'8" tall.
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- He has his own line of hair care products.
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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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Decent music artist.

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By cactusjack39, Sep 04, 2009

I haven't listened to everything that Frankie Avalon has done in his career, even a little bit. From of the very few songs I have heard from his career, I have to say he is a decent singer. Not my favorite type of singer or music, but I respect what he did in his prime. He was supposedly popular among the teen generation and was considered to be one of the most popular music figures at one point. Overall, he has been a good artist while he was active back in the 50's and his work has been looked upon as decent. Thank you.moreless
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