Dean Martin
Gender: Male
Born: 7th June 1917
Died: 25th December 1995
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Dean Martin Summer Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Dean Martin Show, Welcome Aboard, The Dick Powell Show, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, Half Nelson
Movies: 5 Card Stud, Airport, At War With The Army, Bandolero!, Hollywood Or Bust, Jumping Jacks, My Friend Irma, My Friend Irma Goes West, Ocean's Eleven, Pardners, Rio Bravo, Robin and the Seven Hoods, Sailor Beware, Scared Stiff, Something Big, Something's Got to Give, That's My Boy, The Caddy, The Sons of Katie Elder, Some Came Running, Cannonball Run II, Texas Across the River, Toys in the Attic, Murderers' Row, Who Was That Lady?, Living It Up, Career, Marriage on the Rocks, The Stooge, The Silencers, The Wrecking Crew, 4 for Texas, Who's Got the Action?, Ada, The Ambushers, 3 Ring Circus, You're Never Too Young, Money From Home, Artists and Models, Bells Are Ringing, Kiss Me, Stupid, What a Way to Go!, All in a Night's Work, Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, Rough Night in Jericho, The Cannonball Run, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, La Classe américaine, Sergeants Three, Terror in the Aisles, Death Warrant, Mr. Ricco, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, The Young Lions, Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection, The Legendary Bing Crosby, , Martin & Lewis: Colgate Comedy Classics, CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years, Anything Goes
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) 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", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "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 four areas of show business: concert stage/night clubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television.
Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio, to Italian parents, Gaetano and Angela Crocetti (née Barra). His father was from Montesilvano, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy, and his mother was an Italian of part Neapolitan and part Sicilian ancestry. Martin was the younger of two sons. His brother was named Bill. Martin spoke only Italian until he started school. He attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, and took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. He was the target of much ridicule for his broken English and ultimately dropped out of Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought that he was smarter than his teachers. He delivered bootleg
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