Editing Rat Pack (section)

{{Short description|Group of popular entertainers in the mid 20th century}}
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{{Distinguish|Brat Pack|Frat Pack|RatPac Entertainment}}
[[File:Cal-Neva Casino, NV, Lake Tahoe, The Rat Pack 9-2010 (5782322671).jpg|thumb|Left to right: [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], [[Peter Lawford]], and [[Joey Bishop]] in Las Vegas during the filming of ''[[Ocean's 11]]'']]

The '''Rat Pack''' was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in [[Las Vegas]] casino venues. They originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a group of A-list show business friends, such as [[Errol Flynn]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and others who met casually at the [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]] home of [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Lauren Bacall]].<ref name="LVS 2008-05-15">{{Cite news|url=https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/15/evolution-worlds-entertainment-capital/|title=Showtime: How Sin City evolved into 'The Entertainment Capital of the World'|last1=Koch|first1=Ed|last2=Manning|first2=Mary|date=May 15, 2008|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|access-date=3 March 2019|last3=Toplikar|first3=Dave}}</ref> In the 1960s, the group featured [[Frank Sinatra|Sinatra]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], [[Joey Bishop]], and (before falling out with Sinatra in 1962) [[Peter Lawford]], among others. They appeared together on stage and in films in the 1950s and 1960s, including the films ''[[Ocean's 11]]''<ref>{{cite web |author=michel, peter |url=http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/dino/ratpack.html |title=UNLV Libraries, The Rat Pack, retrieved May 2, 2007 |publisher=Library.unlv.edu |access-date=2012-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908094745/http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/dino/ratpack.html |archive-date=September 8, 2008 }}</ref> and ''[[Sergeants 3]]''; after Lawford's expulsion, they filmed ''[[Robin and the 7 Hoods]]'' with [[Bing Crosby]] in what was to have been Lawford's role. Sinatra, Martin, and Davis were regarded as the group's lead members after Bogart's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-movie-portal.com/sergeants-3-1962/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915070302/http://www.the-movie-portal.com/sergeants-3-1962/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |title=Sergeants 3 (1962) |publisher=The Movie Portal |date=1962-02-10 |access-date=2012-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=877346 |title=Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra: Dean Martin: Sammy Davis Jr): Big Three: 3cd (2008): CD |publisher=hmv.com |access-date=2012-01-10}}</ref>