FRANK SINATRA JR.

Written by Michael Darvell
 

(10 January 1946 - 16 March 2016)

Frank Sinatra Jr.

Son of Sinatra Sr, Frank Jr was himself a singer, songwriter and conductor who worked as a band vocalist and conductor for his father. He later toured performing songs made famous by Frank Sr and recorded a few albums. He guested on TV specials, played himself in The Sopranos, did episodes of Son of the Beach and The Defenders (2010) and voiceover work on Family Guy. His film work includes A Man Called Adam (1966) with Sammy Davis Jr; The Walking Major (1970) with Dale Robertson; Wacky Taxi (1972); Do It in the Dirt (1979); Code Name Zebra (1987); Ralph Bakshi’s animated Cool World; …And Call Me in the Morning (1999); Hollywood Homicide (2003) with Harrison Ford; and Everything or Nothing (2007).

MICHAEL DARVELL

 
Michael Darvell

Michael Darvell trained as a librarian at Watford and in Surrey before joining Ealing Libraries where he became Music Librarian for the borough. He edited Masthead, the magazine of the University of North London School of Librarianship, The Surrealist, the staff magazine of Surrey County Library, and contributed to the Assistant Librarian and London Librarian professional journals. A freelance film reviewer since 1970, he has written for Film, Films Illustrated, Film Review, Movie Maker and Radio Times, as well as editing Montage, the London film societies magazine, for ten years. A change of career saw him joining What’s On in London as Features Editor and he eventually stepped into the shoes of the late F. Maurice Speed (founding father of Film Review annual) as the magazine’s Editor. From 2007 to 2015, he was co-editor of the Film Review annual with Mansel Stimpson. As well as writing about films, Michael has reviewed theatre for The Stage newspaper, and has written about music theatre and cabaret for the Classical Source and Musical Theatre Review websites. He is also a former restaurant critic for the ViewLondon website. Michael has been a member of the London Film Critics’ Circle since 2005.

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