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Frankie Avalon (1939-) is an American actor and singer. Avalon had 31 charted U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including the number one hits “Venus” and “Why” in 1959. He was a very busy actor in the 1960s, appearing in 23 movies. His IMDb page shows 51 acting credits between 1957 to 2018. This page will rank Frankie Avalon movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that we unable to find box office grosses on were not included in the rankings.
Frankie Avalon Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1978
Grease (1978)
1960
The Alamo (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1995
Casino (1995)
1964
Bikini Beach (1964)
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
1963
Beach Party (1963)
1962
Panic in Year Zero (1962)
1987
Back to the Beach (1987)
1961
Sail A Crooked Ship (1961)
1965
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
1966
Fireball 500 (1966)
1965
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
1964
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
1960
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
2018
Papa (2018)
1969
Horror House (1969)
1974
The Take (1974)
1968
Skidoo (1968)
1965
I'll Take Sweden (1965)
1965
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
1965
Ski Party (1965)
1957
Jamboree! (1957)
1963
Drums of Africa (1963)
1963
The Castilian (1963)
1965
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
1982
Blood Song (1982)
1963
Operation Bikini (1963)
1964
Pajama Party (1964)
1967
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
Frankie Avalon Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort Frankie Avalon movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)
Review
Oscar Nom / Win
UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
2
Grease (1978)
John Travolta
179.90
960.9
2,062.40
1
77
01 / 00
96.5
1
The Alamo (1960)
AA Best Picture NomJohn Wayne &
Richard Widmark22.60
409.4
821.40
5
63
07 / 01
96.3
3
Casino (1995)
Robert De Niro &
Directed by Martin Scorsese42.50
122.2
333.70
41
81
01 / 00
90.3
4
Bikini Beach (1964)
Annette Funicello
12.90
171.0
171.00
16
51
00 / 00
84.5
5
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Walter Pidgeon &
Peter Lorre6.60
111.0
111.00
36
60
00 / 00
79.3
6
Beach Party (1963)
Vincent Price &
Robert Cummings6.40
93.4
93.40
45
57
00 / 00
72.6
7
Panic in Year Zero (1962)
Ray Milland &
Jean Hagen1.80
30.5
30.50
103
67
00 / 00
60.9
8
Back to the Beach (1987)
Annette Funicello &
Lori Loughlin13.10
41.9
41.90
75
61
00 / 00
57.3
9
Sail A Crooked Ship (1961)
Robert Wagner
3.30
55.5
55.50
69
56
00 / 00
57.0
10
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Annette Funicello &
Deborah Walley2.60
31.5
31.50
89
59
00 / 00
48.8
11
Fireball 500 (1966)
Annette Funicello
6.50
73.9
73.90
43
45
00 / 00
47.5
12
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Vincent Price &
Dwayne Hickman5.10
62.9
62.90
54
47
00 / 00
44.8
15
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Annette Funicello
4.10
54.1
54.10
70
48
00 / 00
40.2
15
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Alan Ladd &
Jeanne Crain2.00
37.0
37.00
100
52
00 / 00
36.6
13
Papa (2018)
Ann-Margret
0.10
0.1
0.10
381
62
00 / 00
32.9
16
Horror House (1969)
Dennis Price
2.30
20.6
20.60
92
54
00 / 00
30.0
17
The Take (1974)
Billy Dee Williams
1.60
10.6
10.60
117
53
00 / 00
22.8
18
Skidoo (1968)
Jackie Gleason &
Carol Channing2.90
27.3
27.30
100
48
00 / 00
22.6
19
I'll Take Sweden (1965)
Bob Hope &
Tuesday Weld3.70
45.5
45.50
70
42
00 / 00
22.2
22
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Mickey Rooney &
Annette Funicello2.70
33.1
33.10
84
45
00 / 00
20.5
21
Ski Party (1965)
Dwayne Hickman
1.20
14.4
14.40
122
49
00 / 00
18.4
19
Jamboree! (1957)
Fats Domino
0.30
6.4
6.40
202
52
00 / 00
18.0
23
Drums of Africa (1963)
Mariette Hartley
1.50
21.7
21.70
107
43
00 / 00
12.5
24
The Castilian (1963)
Broderick Crawford
0.70
10.6
10.60
121
44
00 / 00
10.3
25
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Eve Arden
0.90
10.8
10.80
134
44
00 / 00
9.9
26
Blood Song (1982)
Richard Jaeckel
0.10
0.5
0.50
162
45
00 / 00
7.7
27
Operation Bikini (1963)
Tab Hunter
1.00
14.8
14.80
120
34
00 / 00
3.3
28
Pajama Party (1964)
Dorothy Lamour &
Buster Keaton2.40
32.3
32.30
97
25
00 / 00
2.0
29
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
George Nader
0.60
6.1
6.10
159
28
00 / 00
0.7
Possibly Interesting Facts About Frankie Avalon
1. Francis Thomas Avallone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1939. His father was a United States Civil War veteran
2. In the late 1950s, teen idols were often given roles in films, supporting older male stars in order to attract a younger audience, such as Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959). Alan Ladd’s daughter was a Frankie Avalon fan, who recommended that he co-star with her father in the Western Guns of the Timberland (1960). Avalon sings two songs, “The Faithful Kind” and “Gee Whiz Whillikins Golly Gee”; both were released as singles.
3. Frankie Avalon’s movie career really took off when he was paired with former Mousketeer Annette Funicello in Beach Party (1963) and its string of sequels.
4. The 1980 film The Idolmaker, written by Ed Di Lorenzo and directed by Taylor Hackford, was a thinly-disguised biography of Frankie Avalon (Tommy Dee in the movie) as well as 1950s teenage star Fabian Forte (Caesar in the movie).
5. Due to the popularity of Grease (1978) and its soundtrack, Frankie Avalon considers “Beauty School Dropout” to be his most popular song.
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I saw 3 including top 2. 9 not favorite the Alamo , no tens, one 8 grease, I remember 1 beach movie from childhood, I may have seen them all.
Vincent price was not in beach party 63.
musical stars trying movies: mos def( yea Bruce), lady gaga, ice cube, Barbra, cher, elvis, chris kristofferson, karen carpenter, the beatles, the who, sinatra? lots more.
Avalon in casino is not noted in letterboxd . I saw casino an 8. so make that 4 including top 3
Hey bob cox….he is way down the list of credits…it was a big stretch for him…as he played himself…lol.
Hey bob cox…..thanks for the ratings and the tally count. Price played Big Daddy in Beach Party…at least according to IMDb. Musical stars in movies have been happening for years….and will be happening for many more years. Good stuff as always.
In the beginning when we put these lists together we copied them in one copy and paste from the IMDB. They probably just listed roles where he played characters. Since he plays himself in Casino he’s probably listed under the listing for themselves (talk show appearances or cameos as themselves or documentaries as themselves. Okay he gets De Niro and Pesci. On the connections he gets the following for Casino.
7 ROBERT DE NIRO Casino (1995)
105 JAMES WOODS Casino (1995)
212 SHARON STONE Casino (1995)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Casino (1995)
429 KEVIN POLLAK Casino (1995)
Hey Dan. Thanks for the clarification and the additional information.