Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 - July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his audience to the MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, been named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, creating works under the name Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is also the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens.

Known For: Acting

Born: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA, 1926-08-03

Died: 2023-07-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	The Oscar	Hymie Kelly	51
2	1967	Bob Hope Comedy Special		0
3	1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self (uncredited)	76
4	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	73
5	1977	Sinatra and Friends	Self - Singer	0
6	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Self	10
7	1979	Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years	Self	0
8	1981	Count Basie At Carnegie Hall	Self	100
9	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
10	1986	Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour	Self - Special Guest Star	0
11	1988	Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration	Self	0
12	1994	Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged	Self	0
13	1994	The Scout	Tony Bennett	52
14	1995	Sinatra: 80 Years My Way	Self - Performer	0
15	1996	The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996	Self	0
16	1996	Tony Bennett's New York	Self	0
17	1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	58
18	1999	Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole	Self	50
19	1999	Analyze This	Tony Bennett	65
20	1999	Amy Grant - A Christmas to Remember	Self - Guest	0
21	1999	Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales	Self	70
22	2000	Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For	Narrator (voice)	70
23	2000	Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration	Self	80
24	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1	Self (archive footage)	0
25	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2	Self (archive footage)	0
26	2001	Tony Bennett: The Legendary Tony Bennett In Concert	Self	0
27	2002	Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace	Self - Performer	54
28	2002	Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco	Self	75
29	2003	Bruce Almighty	Tony Bennett	67
30	2004	The World of Nat King Cole	Self	0
31	2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self	80
32	2004	Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues	Self (archive footage)	60
33	2005	Judy Garland Duets	Self (archive footage)	0
34	2006	Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us	Self	75
35	2006	Tony Bennett: An American Classic	Self	83
36	2006	Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3	Self - Cantante	50
37	2007	Tony Bennett: An American Classic About the Songs	Self	0
38	2007	Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven	Self	55
39	2007	Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic	Self	0
40	2007	Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends	Self	48
41	2008	Dreams with Sharp Teeth	Hymie Kelly in 'The Oscar'	72
42	2008	Tony Bennett: BBC Sessions	self	0
43	2008	The Making Of A Swingin' Christmas & Live In Concert	Self	0
44	2008	Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas	Self	0
45	2009	Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel	Self	63
46	2009	Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me	Self - Performer	72
47	2010	We Are the World 25 For Haiti	Tony Bennett	55
48	2010	Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea	Self	65
49	2010	Les Paul - Live in New York	Self	80
50	2010	The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear	Self	59
51	2011	Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium	Self - Musical Guest	78
52	2011	Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park	self	62
53	2011	A Very Gaga Thanksgiving	Self	79
54	2012	Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances	Self	40
55	2012	The Zen of Bennett	Self	69
56	2012	A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand	Self	56
57	2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Tony Bennett	63
58	2014	The Outrageous Sophie Tucker	Self	60
59	2014	Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark	Self	70
60	2014	Tony Bennett: iTunes Festival 2014	Self - vocals	90
61	2014	Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek (Live From PBS)	Self	86
62	2014	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self	70
63	2014	Selma	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	74
64	2015	Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute	Self	80
65	2015	Amy	Self	76
66	2015	Bill Evans Time Remembered	Self	67
67	2015	Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert	Self	93
68	2016	Tony Bennett Celebrates 90	Self	80
69	2017	If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast	Self	71
70	2017	Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World	Self	77
71	2017	Gaga: Five Foot Two	Self	74
72	2017	George Michael: Freedom	Self	76
73	2018	Always at The Carlyle	Self (archive footage)	70
74	2018	Quincy	Self	73
75	2018	Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists	Self	72
76	2018	CMA Country Christmas 2018	Self	87
77	2019	Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra	Self (archive footage)	0
78	2020	Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame	Self (archive footage)	50
79	2020	Lady Gaga - Encore	Self	73
80	2020	Billie	self	69
81	2021	Reclaiming Amy	Self (archive footage)	74
82	2021	One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga	Self	70
83	2021	Lady Gaga at the BBC	Self	70
84	2022	Rat Pack	Self (archive footage)	90
85	2022	George Michael: Freedom Uncut	Self	73
86	2022	Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not	Self	100
87	2024	I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
4	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
5	1952	Today	Self	55
6	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self	50
7	1956	The Tony Bennett Show	Self - Host	0
8	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	53
9	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	65
10	1957	The Twentieth Century	Self	80
11	1958	The Dick Clark Show	Self	55
12	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Maximillian	67
13	1961	Treffpunkt New York	Self	0
14	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
15	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
16	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
17	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
18	1963	The Judy Garland Show	Self	80
19	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
20	1964	Shindig!	Self - Singer	62
21	1966	Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show		0
22	1968	The Doris Day Show	Tony Bennett	51
23	1968	60 Minutes	Self	67
24	1969	Playboy After Dark	Self - Singer	10
25	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
26	1969	The Barbara McNair Show	Self	0
27	1971	The Pearl Bailey Show	Self	0
28	1971	Great Performances	Self	52
29	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
30	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	70
31	1978	King	Tony Bennett	68
32	1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	73
33	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self (archive footage)	64
34	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
35	1981	SCTV Network 90	Self	72
36	1982	Remington Steele	Tony Bennett (voice) (uncredited)	71
37	1985	Larry King Live	Self	48
38	1985	Doris Day's Best Friends		0
39	1986	Wedden, dat..?	Self	0
40	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
41	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	55
42	1989	MTV Unplugged	Self	68
43	1989	The Simpsons	Tony Bennett (voice)	80
44	1989	The Simpsons	Capital City Singer (voice)	80
45	1990	Evening Shade	Tony Lombardi	56
46	1992	Bruce's Guest Night		0
47	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self - Guest	54
48	1992	Parabéns	Self	0
49	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Musical Guest	71
50	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
51	1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Self	78
52	1995	Cybill	Tony Bennett (uncredited)	58
53	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self - Guest	70
54	1996	Muppets Tonight	Self	74
55	1996	Mundo VIP	Self	30
56	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
57	1996	The Daily Show	Self	63
58	1996	Cosby	Tony Bennett	59
59	1996	Suddenly Susan	Tony Bennett	57
60	1997	The View	Self	45
61	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
62	1999	Rove	Self	80
63	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
64	2002	American Idol	Self	51
65	2002	American Idol	Self - Guest Star	51
66	2002	Las Lunas del Auditorio	Self	60
67	2003	Canadian Idol	Self - Mentor	40
68	2003	Canadian Idol	Self - Guest	40
69	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
70	2004	The Celebrity Apprentice	Self	52
71	2004	The Casino	Self	0
72	2004	Entourage	Tony Bennett	73
73	2004	The X Factor	Self - Special Guest	51
74	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
75	2006	30 Rock	Tony Bennett	74
76	2009	Skavlan	Self - Guest	50
77	2010	Blue Bloods	Tony Bennett	78
78	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65