Name
Vic Damone
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-06-12 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola in New York, June 12, 1928) is an American singer and entertainer. His father was an electrician; and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer Doretta Morrow. Inspired by his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, Damone began taking voice lessons.
By mid 1947, Damone had signed a contract with Mercury Records. His first release, "I Have But One Heart", reached #7 on the Billboard chart. "You Do" reached the same peak. These were followed by a number of other hits. In 1948 he got his own weekly radio show, Saturday Night Serenade. In 1951, Damone appeared in two movies: The Strip and Rich, Young and Pretty. From 1951 to 1953 he served in the United States Army, but before going into the service he recorded a number of songs which were released during that time. After leaving the service, he married the Italian actress Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), and in 1954 made two more movies: Deep in My Heart and Athena. He also made some guest appearances on Milton Berle's television show in 1954. He has been married five times; besides to Pier Angeli also to actress and singer Diahann Carroll.
Known For
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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's ...
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Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg....
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Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if ...
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Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business....
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A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love....
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Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a...
- 2014 Mantovani, the King of Strings as Self
- 1955 Kismet as Caliph
- 1960 Hell to Eternity as Cpl. Pete Lewis
- 1951 The Strip as Himself
- 1954 Athena as Johnny Nyle
- 1951 Rich, Young and Pretty as Andre Milan
- 1955 Hit the Deck as Rico Ferrari
- 1965 The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood as Woodsman
- 1967 Spree as Self
- 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1954 Deep in My Heart as Performer (segment "Maytime")
- 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas as Vic Damone (uncredited)
- 2020 Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self
- 2005 Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 The Woman Who Came from the Sea
- 1956 The Stingiest Man in Town as Young Scrooge
- 2005 James Dean: Forever Young as Self (archive footage)
- 1958 The Garry Moore Show ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Playboy's Penthouse ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Hullabaloo ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Jess Wilkerson
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Lively Ones ( 16 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Stan Skylar
- 1958 The Dick Clark Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 The Judy Garland Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Ric Vallone
- 1963 Miss USA ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 MGM Parade ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 Jericho ( 1 episode ) as Gino Paolini
