Frankie Avalon

Also Credited As:

Francis Thomas Avalone
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Biography

A pop crooner and teen idol during the late 1950s, singer Frankie Avalon transformed into a movie star via a string of surf-and-sand musicals in the 1960s like "Beach Party" (1963) and "Muscle Beach Party" (1964). Slight of stature and build but handsome and charismatic in an eminently safe and approachable way, Avalon wooed teenage girls with light romantic tunes like "Venus" and "Why," both of which shot to the top of the charts. When rock …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

September 18, 1939

LATEST CREDITS

Ski Party

Todd Armstrong/Jane

The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll

Host

Fireball 500

Dave

Sergeant Deadhead

Sgt OK Deadhead/Sgt Donovan

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Host

Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon

Host

Bikini Beach

Frankie & Potato Bug

Beach Blanket Bingo

Frankie

Muscle Beach Party

Frankie

Connie Francis: Sweetheart of Song

Interviewee

Spring Break Reunion

Host

Freedom Festival '89

Actor

America Picks the No. 1 Songs

Co-host

Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around

Frankie

American Bandstand's Teen Idols

Actor

Fabian's Good Time Rock 'n' Roll

Actor

Dick Clark's Good Ol' Days: From Bobby Sox to Bikinis

Host

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

Craig Gamble

The Castilian

Jerifan

Bobby Rydell: Wild About Bobby

Interviewee

The Golden Boys of Bandstand

Actor

Operation Bikini

Seaman Joe Malzone

MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon

Actor

Opryland Celebrates 200 Years of America's Music

Host

The Mother-Daughter Pageant 1987

Actor