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Frankie Vaughan (1928–1999)

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He was a British pop singing star with Top 10, hits including "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and "Green Door". He studied at Leeds College of Art, but switched to show business after his audition succeeded and led to week's work in music hall. He went on to stardom as "Mr. Moonlight" in English variety-show world... See full bio »

Born:

Frank Abelson
in Liverpool, England, UK

Died:

(age 71) in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (1993) (performer: "Garden Of Eden", "Green Door")
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
– Episode #2.13 (1969) (performer: "Give Me the Moonlight", "It All Depends On You", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "My Mammy", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!")
 
1961 The Right Approach (performer: "Lady, Love Me")
 
1960 Let's Make Love (performer: "HEY YOU WITH THE CRAZY EYES", "INCURABLY ROMANTIC")
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "The Best of Everything")
 
1959 The Lady Is a Square (writer: "Honey Bunny Baby" / as Frank Able / performer: "The Lady Is a Square", "Love Is The Sweetest Thing", "Honey Bunny Baby", "That's My Doll", "Ombra mai fu Handel's Largo")
 
1959 The Heart of a Man (writer: "Sometime, Somewhere" / performer: "The Heart Of A Man", "Walking Tall", "Sometime, Somewhere", "My Boy Flat Top")
 
1958 Wonderful Things! (performer: "Wonderful Things", "Little Fishes")
 
1957 Dangerous Youth (performer: "These Dangerous Years", "Cold Cold Shower", "Isn't This a Lovely Evening?")
 
1956 Escape in the Sun (performer: "Escape in the Sun")
 
1956 Ramsbottom Rides Again (performer: Ride, Ride, Ride Again")
 
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1961 The Right Approach
Leo Mack
 
1960 Let's Make Love
Tony Danton
 
1959 The Lady Is a Square
Johnny Burns
 
1959 The Heart of a Man
Frankie Martin
 
1958 Wonderful Things!
Carmello
 
1957 Dangerous Youth
Dave Wyman
 
1956 Ramsbottom Rides Again
Elmer
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
1995 Surprise Surprise! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.1 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Act Two: The Television Years (1994) … Himself
– Act One: The Variety Years (1994) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
1994 Pebble Mill at One (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 June 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1987 3-2-1 (TV series)
Himself - Guest Star
– Episode #10.12 (1987) … Himself - Guest Star
 
1984 A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats (TV documentary)
 
1968-1983 The Good Old Days (TV series)
Himself - Performer / Himself
– Goodbye to 'The Good Old Days' (1983) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 August 1980 (1980) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 11 January 1979 (1979) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 10 February 1977 (1977) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 28 December 1973 (1973) … Himself - Performer
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Starburst (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.3 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mr Moonlight (1982) … Himself
 
1982 Look Who's Talking (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Frankie Vaughan (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1980 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1978-1980 London Night Out (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1978) … Himself
 
1979 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.10 (1979) … Himself
 
1976-1977 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 January 1977 (1977) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 December 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest
 
1976 Wednesday at 8 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Seaside Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 May 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1976) … Himself
 
1969-1976 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
Himself / Musical Guest
– Episode #9.2 (1976) … Himself / Musical Guest
– 1969 Christmas Show (1969) … Himself
 
1973 Whose Baby? (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.10 (1973) … Himself - Guest
 
1972 The David Nixon Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Saturday Variety (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.15 (1972) … Himself
 
1969-1971 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.15 (1971)
– Episode #2.13 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Frankie Vaughan (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.150 (1970) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.40 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.34 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.15 (1967) … Himself
 
1969 The Liberace Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Set 'em Up Joe (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1964-1969 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 1969 (1969) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 June 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1968 Moira Anderson Sings (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 First Night (TV movie)
Himself (Singer)
 
1968 Lulu's Back in Town (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 International Cabaret (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.24 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.20 (1968) … Himself
 
1967-1968 Dee Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.66 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.47 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 Time for Blackburn (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Doddy's Music Box (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Showtime (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Blackpool Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Spotlight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Heart of Show Business (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1963-1966 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Lucky Stars New Year Special (1966) … Himself
– Episode #9.13 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #9.3 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #7.11 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #5.38 (1964) … Himself
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1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.11 (1966) … Himself
 
1965-1966 The Frankie Vaughan Show (TV series)
Himself - singer
– Episode #2.6 (1966) … Himself - singer
– Episode #2.5 (1966) … Himself - singer
– Episode #2.4 (1966) … Himself - singer
– Episode #2.3 (1966) … Himself - singer
– Episode #2.2 (1966) … Himself - singer
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1965 The New London Palladium Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 December 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1957-1964 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer - Top Of The Bill
– Episode #9.28 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #8.2 (1962) … Himself - Singer - Top Of The Bill
– Episode #6.18 (1961) … Himself - Singer - Top Of The Bill
– Episode #3.2 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #2.29 (1957) … Himself
 
1963 It's All Over Town
Himself
 
1962 Billy Cotton Band Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1961 The Royal Variety Performance 1961 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 Showtime (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.20 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.21 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself
– The Frankie Vaughan Show (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.34 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.25 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.27 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 Pantomania: Babes in the Wood (TV movie)
Himself - Music performer
 
1957 Six-Five Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.36 (1957) … Himself
 
1955 Off the Record (TV series)
Himself - Performer
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(October 1985) He acted in Harry Warren and Al Dubin's musical, "42nd Street," at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England with Shani Wallis, and Margaret Courtenay in the cast. Gower Champion and Lucia Victor were directors. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

He is a singer and dancer who performed in cabarets and legitimate theater. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius