Editing Paul Anka (section)

==Acting career==
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Anka appeared in 1958's "Let's Rock", where he sang and appeared in a scene signing autographs. His first major-film acting role was in a cameo as an army private in ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962). He also composed the title song to the movie. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he starred in such teen exploitation films as ''[[Girls Town (1959 film)|Girls Town]]'' (1959) and ''[[Look in Any Window]]'' (1961), in which he played a peeping tom. He later played an Elvis-hating casino pit manager in ''[[3000 Miles to Graceland]]'' (2001) and a yacht broker in ''[[Captain Ron]]'' (1992). He guest-starred as a murder suspect in one of the Perry Mason Made-for-TV movies, ''The Case of the Maligned Mobster'' (1991). He made guest appearances as himself in the episode "Red's Last Day" on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' and in "The Real Paul Anka" episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. He made several appearances on the NBC TV series ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''. In 2016, he made another guest appearance as himself in the "Spring" episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]]'', a revival of the original show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Anka |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paul_anka |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Other film and television appearances===
Anka was the subject of the 1962 [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary ''[[Lonely Boy (film)|''Lonely Boy'']]'', considered a classic work of [[cinéma vérité]].<ref name="NFB.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/lonely_boy|title=Lonely Boy|year=1962|work=Documentary|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=October 13, 2009}}</ref> He wrote and performed songs in the 1985 Canadian children's Christmas cartoon ''George and the Christmas Star''. He appeared on [[The Simpsons]] [[The Simpsons (season 7)|season 7]] episode [[Treehouse of Horror VI]], ''Attack of the 50 Ft Eyesore'', singing a song with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in October 1995. In ''[[American Idol]]''{{'}}s seasons 2 and 3, he made a special appearance and sang an adapted version of "[[My Way]]" that mocked the format of the show as well as participants, judges, and the host. The performance was praised as one of the best moments of the show. He also played the role of Buddy Maus in Season 2 Episode 14 "The Betrayal" of the TV show ''[[Kojak]]''. 

Anka appeared in an episode of The [[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|Morecambe and Wise Show]] in 1970, singing his own lyrics 'My Way'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1970-10-08 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bca86a4e18024cb28ba650cec4f86b26 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The show was broadcast again on BBC2 on Christmas Day 2021 after the tape recording - believed lost - was found.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - The Morecambe and Wise Show, 1970: The Lost Tape |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012xpz |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Anka appeared as himself in the American sitcom ''[[That 70s Show]]'' in season 2, episode 2 "Red’s Last Day".<ref>{{Cite web |title=That '70s Show: Season 2, Episode 2 {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/that_70s_show/s02/e02#:~:text=That%20'70s%20Show%20%E2%80%93%20Season%202,%20Episode%202%20Red's%20Last%20Day&text=On%20his%20last%20day%20at,Lyle%20Waggoner%20(as%20themselves). |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>

On ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', [[Lorelai Gilmore]] named her [[Polish Lowland Sheepdog]] after Anka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatpuppydogs.com/!breed-info/polish-lowland-sheepdog.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331174031/http://www.greatpuppydogs.com/!breed-info/polish-lowland-sheepdog.html|url-status=dead|title=greatpuppydogs.com - greatpuppydogs Resources and Information.|archive-date=March 31, 2012|website=www.greatpuppydogs.com}}</ref> Series co-creator [[Daniel Palladino]] chose the name after hearing the ''[[Rock Swings]]'' album at a [[coffeehouse]].<ref>[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/theyre_slippin_.html "They're slippin' 'em Paul Anka, dig?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919152153/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/theyre_slippin_.html |date=September 19, 2010 }}, Maureen Ryan, ''Chicago Tribune'', February 11, 2006</ref> Both Paul Ankas were featured in a [[dream sequence]] Lorelai describes to her daughter [[Rory Gilmore|Rory]] in the [[cold open]] to "The Real Paul Anka", the eighteenth episode of [[Gilmore Girls season 6|Season 6]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765894/ ''Gilmore Girls'': "The Real Paul Anka"]. The Internet Movie Database.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://crazy-internet-people.com/site/gilmoregirls/pages/s6/s6s/127.html |title=''Gilmore Girls:'' "The Real Paul Anka" (Transcript 127)|website=Crazy-internet-people.com |date=April 11, 2006 |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref>

Anka competed in [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 4|season four]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Broccoli". He ended up finishing in 7th place during the Group C finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1212829/the-masked-singer-unmasks-the-broccoli|title=The Masked Singer Unmasks the Broccoli|first=Lauren|last=Peister|date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>