
100 Rat Pack Hits - The Very Best of Frank Sinatra Dean Martin & Sammy Davis. But how do they rank? Here are the 10 best films that starred at least one core Brat Packer, according to Rotten Tomatoes. What was the Rat Pack - or, better yet, who was in the Rat Pack Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop werent the. The Rat Pack is the name for Frank Sinatra and his band funny name for. Regardless of who was in this exclusive Hollywood club of 80s teen idols, there are more than two dozen films in which several of them starred together. RELATED: The 10 Best Vampire Movies From The '80s (According To Rotten Tomatoes) So who were in the Brat Pack? The "core" members are Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.īut others who appeared in several coming-of-age movies in this decade and/or were known to hang around the crew are considered peripheral members, like Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Charlie Sheen, Matthew Broderick, and James Spader. New York Magazine's David Blum coined the name as a play on the Rat Pack, referencing their ages, careers, and partying ways. Stephen Bogart, son of Humphrey and Lauren, lists the members of the original Rat Pack as follows, with titles as appropriate: Frank Sinatra, the 'Pack Master' Judy Garland, the 'First Vice-President' Nicole Bassing, 'Den Mother.' Bassing does not seem to have been in show business. However, the origins of the Rat Pack go back. Who are the Brat Pack? They're a specific group of young actors, many of whom remain household names today as adults, who starred in a variety of coming-of-age films in the 80s. They were often cast together, thanks to their great chemistry. Many people know the Rat Pack as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
