Frank Sinatra of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. On January 27, 1961, Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King, Jr. and led his fellow Rat Pack members and Reprise label mates in boycotting hotels and casinos that refused entry to black patrons and performers. According to his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., King sat weeping in the audience at one of his father's concerts in 1963 as Sinatra sang "Ol' Man River", a song from the musical "Show
Frank Sinatra Jr. a reputation for rigorous rehearsals and demanding standards for his musicians. Sinatra appeared in the Sammy Davis Jr. drama "A Man Called Adam" in 1966. Sinatra also played a deputy district attorney, named Gino Bardi, on the television crime drama "Adam-12", in the episode titled "Clinic on 18th Street" (originally broadcast on March 13, 1974). His other acting credits included roles in "Aru heishi no kake" (1970) with Dale Robertson, "Code Name Zebra" (1987) opposite James Mitchum, and "Hollywood Homicide" (2003) with Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. The National Archives now houses a 15-minute song and monologue composed by Sinatra