Sammy Davis Jr. group, she said, "You all look like a pack of rats." The nickname caught on, and they were called the Rat Pack, the name of its earlier incarnation led by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who originally made the remark of the "pack of rats" about the group around her husband Bogart. The group around Sinatra made several movies together, including "Ocean's 11" (1960), "Sergeants 3" (1962), and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" (1964), and they performed onstage together in Las Vegas. Davis was a headliner at The Frontier Casino in Las Vegas, but he was required (as were all
Sammy Davis Jr. on account of his marriage with the white actress May Britt. Nancy Sinatra revealed in her 1986 book "Frank Sinatra: My Father" how Kennedy had planned to snub Davis as plans for his wedding to Britt were unfolding. He went on to become a close friend of President Richard Nixon and publicly endorsed him at the 1972 Republican National Convention. Davis also made a USO tour to South Vietnam at Nixon's request. Nixon invited Davis and his wife, Altovise, to sleep in the White House in 1973, the first time African-Americans were invited to do so. The Davises spent the