Tommy Sands
Birthday
1937/08/27 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Thomas Adrian Sands is an American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as early as 1949, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". The song from the show, "Teen-Age Crush", reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox. Sands's initial recordings achieved little in the way of sales but in early 1957 he was given the opportunity to star in an episode of Kraft Televis...Read more
Acting
(2003) Juke Box Revival - Rock'n'Roll Vol. 2
as Sänger
(1961) Babes in Toyland
as Tom Piper
(1964) Ensign Pulver
as Bruno
(1965) None But the Brave
as 2nd Lt. Blair
(1967) The Violent Ones
as Mike Marain
(2008) The Wrecking Crew
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1961) Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Gordon Slide
(1958) Mardi Gras
as Barry Denton
(1958) Sing Boy Sing
as Virgil Walker
(2000) Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
(1962) The Longest Day
as U.S. Army Ranger
(1961) Back Stage Party
as Self
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Eddie Riccio
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Joey Rand
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Buck Slater
(1962) Combat!
as Carey
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1965) Branded
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Ray Wilson
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jace Rawlins
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1958) The Dick Clark Show
as Self
(1959) Bonanza
as Wiley Kane
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Gary Lewin
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Joey
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Edward Ross
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1957) Wagon Train
as Ethan Morgan
(1957) Wagon Train
as Keith Lance
(1956) The Ford Show
as Self
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
(1957) Wagon Train
as Larry Hanify
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as Vito Sorrano