Joey Bishop
Comedian and Rat Pack member
The comedian’s story connects the Sands ensemble with the Greenspun family’s recollections of Las Vegas.
The comedian in the ensemble
UNLV includes Bishop among the five Rat Pack members associated with the Sands. [1]
A local remembrance
Brian Greenspun’s October 2007 Sun column recalls his father’s affection for Bishop. It is a personal remembrance, distinct from a neutral career chronology. [2]
Key dates
- October 22, 2007
Brian Greenspun publishes a remembrance in the Sun. [2]
People in the same story
The Rat Pack
Follow the Sands ensemble. [1]
Read the profileHank Greenspun
Read the publisher’s wider civic and business story. [2]
Read the profileIn the archive
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Rat Pack's surviving member, comedian Joey Bishop, turns 85
Indexed press reference · View the bibliography. The original report has not been independently read for this entry.
Photograph of Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop at the Fremont Theatre in Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Photograph from Edythe and Lloyd Katz Photographs. Catalog date: 1960.
Photograph of Joey Bishop singing onstage at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1960s
Photograph from Sands Hotel Photograph Collection. Catalog date: Circa 1960–1969.
Photograph of Joey Bishop performing onstage in the Copa Room, the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1960
Photograph from Sands Hotel Photograph Collection. Catalog date: 1960.
Photograph of Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin backstage, Las Vegas, early 1960s
Photograph from Sands Hotel Photograph Collection. Catalog date: Circa 1960–1963.
Photograph of Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin backstage at the Sands, Las Vegas, early 1960s
Photograph from Sands Hotel Photograph Collection. Catalog date: Circa 1960–1963.
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Sources for this profile and starting points for further research. Access notes mark links we could not open directly during the October 3–4, 2026 checks. Historical accounts describe their own period; they do not necessarily describe current operations.
- 1
The Rat Pack
Public source reviewed October 4, 2026.
- 2
Brian Greenspun shares his father’s fondness and admiration for Joey Bishop
October 22, 2007 remembrance. Indexed excerpt reviewed; direct automated access was unavailable. Retained with original attribution.
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