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Dean Martin

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For four decades, Dean Martin oozed a cool nonchalance on radio, television, recordings, movie screens, and Las Vegas stages. Lucille Ball once told him, "You know, you make cooked spaghetti look tense." From 1946 to 1956 he teamed with Jerry Lewis in a loony comedy act that made both of them stars. After they split, Martin enjoyed a respectable solo movie career in The Young Lions and Rio Bravo and recorded such hits as "That's Amore" and "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." He was known as the "clown prince" of the Rat Pack, a Hollywood clan chaired by Frank Sinatra and including Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford. From 1965 to 1973, he hosted the popular Dean Martin Show on television.
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Gelatin Silver Print
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Ron and Donna Avery
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