Biography
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included Memories Are Made of This, That's Amore, Everybody Loves Somebody, Mambo Italiano, Sway, Volare and Ain't That a Kick in the Head. Nicknamed the King of Cool, he was one of the members of the Rat Pack and a major star in concert stage/night clubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television.
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Complete Filmography

From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews wi...

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone fro...

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
as Self (Archive Footage)
With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But i...

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
as Self (archive footage)
An original documentary that deciphers in depth, like no other before, the ten most singular years of the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. the legendary perfo...

Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vega...

Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply...

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in w...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
2012
as Self
A collection of live performances of the rat pack

The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
This collection features the most memorable and iconic personality in all of late night television. It includes 21 rare episodes from favorite televis...

The Wrecking Crew
2008
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such leg...

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
2007
as Self
Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her ou...

The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Relive the memories from 30 years of The Tonight Show in this 3 DVD collection of the most hilarious moments with the biggest stars in television hist...

Hollywood Biography: Dean Martin
2006
A documentary that spotlights Dean Martin's work in films.

The Ratpack
2006
as Self

Judy Garland Duets
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Judy performs beloved musical numbers with Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, and more in this series of classic duets from The Judy Garland Show.

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
Classic Dean Martin performances, including "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On", "King of the Road", and others.

Dean Martin: Encore
2004
A collection of film clips of song performances from 1950s black and white TV shows, including the Colgate Comedy Hour.

I Know A Riddle
2004
Old fashioned riddles and answers are flashed on the screen, together with non-stop film clips of vintage comedy routines in the background. Cameos fr...

Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre...

The Rat Pack
2004
as Self
A collection of songs performed by Frank, Dean and Sammy - both solo and together
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary which aired on television in 2004, about the two daughters of Judy Garland and their relationship.

Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Collection of songs performed at the "Frank Sinatra Spectacular," a 1965 benefit by the various members of the Rat Pack.

Dean Martin: Memories Are Made of This
2003
This collection features Martin swinging 1950s standards from top pop, jazz and Broadway composers such as Lerner and Lowe ("Almost Like Being in Love...

Dino - The Early Performances
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A collection of 19 of Dean Martin's Early Performances: That's Amore. Carolina In The Morning. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now. Oh Marie. Memories Are ...

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
as Self (archive footage)
A look at the life of superstar Bruce Lee.

The Ocean's 11 Story
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Vintage newsreels and interviews help re-create the magic of "The Summit," a memorable period in 1960 in which Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack took ove...

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe's final project, "Something's Got to Give", has become one of the most talked about unfinished films in history. The story of the film ...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 ...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 ...

Dean Martin: That's Amore
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Like his fellow Rat Packers, pop crooner Dean Martin was more than just an accomplished singer--he also enjoyed success as a movie star, comedian, and...
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s...

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the ...

La Classe américaine
1993
as Dino (archive footage)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
as Self
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the hottest act in America in the 1950's & the highest paid comedy team in show business. They starred in nightclubs, r...

The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feistein, and wife Kathryn Crosby celebrate the voice and singing style of crooner Bing Crosby through clips from his theatr...

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary on Marilyn Monroe's final days and the production of "Something Got to Give."
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage)
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddes...

Half Nelson
1985
as Mr. Martin
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
as Self
A tribute to Lucille ball, with an humanitarian award for her quest to end juvenile diabetes.
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
1984
as Self - Roastmaster

Cannonball Run II
1984
as Jamie Blake
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheel...

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
Dean Martin in London
1983
as Self
Dean Martin live in London 1983

The Cannonball Run
1981
as Jamie Blake
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to prote...

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980
as Self
A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) and figurative (movement in a relationship between ...

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979
as Self
Gala tribute to the Chairman of the Board.

The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC in 1978 on the subje...

Sinatra and Friends
1977
as Self - Singer
Sinatra and Friends was a television special that aired on April 21, 1977. Featuring contemporary artists such as John Denver and Natalie Cole, as wel...

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926
1976
as Self
Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise and Georgia Engel celebrating the events, and fads of the 1920's in a humorous, music hall manner.

Joys
1976
as Self
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t...
Dean's Place
1976
as Self - Host
TV special airing January 13, 1976: Dean returns as host and owner of his Beverly Hills nightclub, Dean's Place, spotlighting new, young talent.

Lucy Gets Lucky
1975
as Self
Lucy pulls out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high-stake...

Mr. Ricco
1975
as Joe Ricco
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the c...

Showdown
1973
as Bill Massey
Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his films and many clips from his best-known pictures...

Something Big
1971
as Joe Baker
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wa...

Petula
1970
as Self
In a staggering example of lacking imagination, Petula Clark's third US TV Special was given the exact same name as her first. Unbelievably, a third ...
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1970
as Self (uncredited)

Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970
as Self
Entertainment variety special with Bing and special guests Dean Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Flip Wilson.

Airport
1970
as Vernon Demerest
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Eli Whitney
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
1969
as Self
Ann-Margret starts her journey to Hollywood from the countryside, traversing the Freeway until she gets to Hollywood.

The Wrecking Crew
1968
as Matt Helm
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret a...

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self - Host
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

5 Card Stud
1968
as Van Morgan
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

Bandolero!
1968
as Dee Bishop
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges ...

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as David Sloane
Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress.

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...

Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
as Self
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha...

The Ambushers
1967
as Matt Helm
When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.

The Ambushers
1967
Executive Producer
When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.

Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967
as Self
Dean is joined by Frank Sinatra and their respective families for the Christmas show. Dean and Frank do a medley of standards. Frank Jr and Dino perfo...

Movin' with Nancy
1967
as Self
Billed as the "full-hour musical spectacular that won Nancy Sinatra the coveted Hollywood Star of Tomorrow award," this 1967 NBC-TV special, sponsored...

Rough Night in Jericho
1967
as Alex Flood
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-...

Murderers' Row
1966
as Matt Helm
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mi...

Texas Across the River
1966
as Sam Hollis
The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor....

Birds Do It
1966
as Golfer
Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is ...

The Silencers
1966
as Matt Helm
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

Marriage on the Rocks
1965
as Ernie Brewer
Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his...

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Tom Elder
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of ...

Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
as Self
The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin -- in their only joint television performance. This special was televised via closed-...

Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
as Dino
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. Th...

What a Way to Go!
1964
as Leonard Crawley
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be ...

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Little John
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob bos...

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Jason Steel
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own ...

4 for Texas
1963
as Joe Jarrett
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 ...

A Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963
as Self
Hosted by Jack Benny and Bing Crosby, as Bob Hope was unable to perform due to an eye surgery to remove a blood clot. Hope appeared in pre-recorded pi...

Toys in the Attic
1963
as Julian Berniers
Julian Berniers returns from Illinois with his young bride Lily Prine to the family in New Orleans. His spinster sisters Carrie and Anna welcome the c...

Come Blow Your Horn
1963
as The Bum (uncredited)
The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.

Marilyn
1963
as Self / Nick Arden (archive footage) (uncredited)
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...

38-24-36
1963
as Self
The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.

Who's Got the Action?
1962
as Steve Flood
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.

The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as The 'Grape' on Plutomium (uncredited)
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust...

The Judy Garland Show
1962
as Self
This CBS special, filmed in 1962 and colorized in this version, brings together three legends in a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Frank Sinatra and Dean ...

Sergeants 3
1962
as Chip Deal
Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.

Something's Got to Give
1962
as Nicholas Arden
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

Ada
1961
as Bo Gillis
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine tha...

All in a Night's Work
1961
as Tony Ryder
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a...

Pepe
1960
as Dean Martin
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. ...

Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Sam Harmon
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

Bells Are Ringing
1960
as Jeffrey Moss
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to...

Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Michael Haney
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story tha...

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
as Self
The first Timex Show from Frank Sinatra with friends Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and others.

Career
1959
as Maurice 'Maury' Novak
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, back...

Rio Bravo
1959
as Dude
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the broth...

Some Came Running
1958
as Bama Dillert
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes ...

The Young Lions
1958
as Michael Whiteacre
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Ray Hunter
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying ...

Hollywood or Bust
1956
as Steve Wiley
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith whe...

Pardners
1956
as Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.
Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Sli...

Artists and Models
1955
as Rick Todd
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he s...

You're Never Too Young
1955
as Bob Miles
When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child -...

3 Ring Circus
1954
as Pete Nelson
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different drea...
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...

Living It Up
1954
as Dr. Steve Harris
Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic provi...

Money from Home
1953
as Herman Nelson
Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-l...

The Caddy
1953
as Joe Anthony
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he act...

Scared Stiff
1953
as Larry Todd
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated isla...

Road to Bali
1953
as Man in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idy...

Jumping Jacks
1952
as Chick Allen
Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays ...

Sailor Beware
1952
as Al Crowthers
Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps tryi...

Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
A Jerry Lewis directed home movie remake of the Burt Lancaster drama Come Back Little Sheba. Dean Martin stars as an alcoholic surgeon who fights the ...

The Stooge
1951
as Bill Miller
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the...

The Re-Inforcer
1951
as Joe Lasagna
A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss is threatened by new blood Baffo (T...

That's My Boy
1951
as Bill Baker
Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his only son Junior is an uncoordinated, allergy-ridden...
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the Jewish Sunset Boulevard.”...

At War with the Army
1950
as Vic Puccinelli
Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class Korwin. Puccinelli...

My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Steve Laird
Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train a...

My Friend Irma
1949
as Steve Laird
Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.
Dean Martin: Legends in Concert
N/A
as Self (archive footage)
The undisputed king of “schmooz” performs a collection of all time favorites and entertains millions of devoted fans on his hit television show.