Fred Astaire
Acting
🎂 1899-05-10
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor and choreographer. He is widely regarded as the most influential dancer in the history of film. Born as Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 10, 1899, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz, a brewer, he entered show business at age 5. He was successful in vaudeville and on Broadway as well as in London's West End together with his sister Adele, a partnership that lasted 27 years. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in Dancing Lady (1933) before starting work on RKO's Flying Down to Rio (1933). In the latter film, he was teamed with Ginger Rogers, with whom he worked in 9 RKO pictures. Astaire later appeared opposite a number of partners, including Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Vera-Ellen and Barrie Chase. Astaire remained active well into old age, starring in musicals through 1968, and also performed a number of straight dramatic roles in film and TV. Throughout his career, he was also active in recording and radio. He died of pneumonia on June 22, 1987 in Los Angeles.
Cast credits(122)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Joe Quinlan
1961
Self
1948
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Chameleon / Captain Dimitri
1978
Self
1974
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1978
Self (archived footage)
1988
Self - Recipient
1956
Self
1956
Alister Mundy
1968
Harlee Claiborne
1974
Self (archive footage)
2013
Character in film clip from 'The Gay Divorcee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
Ricky Hawthorne
1981
Self
1973
Self (archive footage)
2014
Dick Avery
1957
Steve Canfield
1957
Self - Host
1961
Jervis Pendleton III
1955
Franklyn Ambruster
1962
Julian Osborn
1959
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self
1998
Jerry Travers
1935
Self (archive footage)
1975
(archive footage)
1982
Tom Bowen
1951
Bert Kalmar
1950
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1976
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
1998
Tony Hunter
1953
Finian McLonergan
1968
Self
1987
Ted Hanover
1942
Self (archive footage)
1972
J. Willingham Bardley
1953
Paul Ashcroft
1953
Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
1945
Self (archive footage)
2019
(archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
1990
Santa Claus
1979
Don Hewes
1948
John Pedley
1969
Petrov
1937
Self (archive footage)
2014
Dr. Seamus Scully
1977
Tony Flagg
1938
Self (archive footage)
1985
Johnny Brett
1940
Danny O'Neill
1941
Lucky Garnett
1936
Robert Davis
1942
Self (archive footage)
2009
Josh Barkley
1949
S.D. Kluger (voice)
1970
Self
1975
The Baltimore Kid
1970
Narrator
1962
Robert Curtis
1941
Self
1942
Huck Haines
1935
Ted Long
1978
Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)
1943
Guy Holden
1934
Self
1949
S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice)
1977
Jed Potter
1946
Self (archive footage)
1991
Self (archive footage)
1976
Self
1972
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies'
1955
actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Self (Archive Footage)
2005
Bake Baker
1936
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
1956
Charlie Hill
1952
Self
1958
Donald Elwood
1950
Fred Ayres
1933
Jerry Halliday
1937
Self (archive footage)
2005
(archive footage)
1984
Vernon Castle
1939
(archive footage)
1944
Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole
1961
Fred Astaire
1933
Self (archive footage)
1973
Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
1963
Daniel Hughes
1976
(archive footage)
2009
2003
Self
1972
Various / Self (archive footage)
2006
Johnny Parkson Riggs
1945
Self
1968
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self - Host
1960
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
1980
Self (archive footage)
2025
Self (archive)
2009
Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
Self
1959
Self - Host
1968
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2014
(archive footage)
2015
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2010
Archive Footage
2006
