Rat Pack

The Rat Pack was a nickname given to a group of 1950s entertainers, which included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.

Trivia

According to rumor, the Rat Pack wasn't Bacall's, or even Sinatra's, idea. It had started with Humphrey Bogart, Bacall's husband and frequent film co-star and a pal of Sinatra's, who named a group of his drinking buddies the Holmby Hills Rat Pack.

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An alternative explanation, given in David Niven's autobiography The Moon's a Balloon, holds that the Rat Pack originally also contained David Niven and did not contain either Davis or Martin, and moreover did involve real (white) rats.

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David Niven - White

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The Rat Pack was the subject of a 1998 TV movie. The movie featured Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, and Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr.. In a smaller role was William Petersen as President John F. Kennedy.

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1998 - TV movie - Ray Liotta - Frank Sinatra - Joe Mantegna - Dean Martin - Don Cheadle - Sammy Davis Jr. - William Petersen - President - John F. Kennedy

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