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(123)
Self
1962
Self
1948
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
1956
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self - Guest
1968
Joe Quinlan
1961
Self - Host
1961
Self - Recipient
1956
Self
1978
Alister Mundy
1968
Self
1953
Chameleon / Captain Dimitri
1978
Self
1949
Self (archive footage)
1963
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1973
Self
1974
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies'
1955
actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Self (archived footage)
1988
Self
1980
J. Willingham Bardley
1953
Paul Ashcroft
1953
Self (archive footage)
1975
Harlee Claiborne
1974
Dick Avery
1957
Jerry Travers
1935
Tony Hunter
1953
Guy Holden
1934
Ricky Hawthorne
1981
Julian Osborn
1959
Tom Bowen
1951
Don Hewes
1948
S.D. Kluger (voice)
1970
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lucky Garnett
1936
Steve Canfield
1957
Jerry Halliday
1937
Danny O'Neill
1941
Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
1945
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1976
Finian McLonergan
1968
The Baltimore Kid
1970
Petrov
1937
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
(archive footage)
1994
Ted Hanover
1942
Jervis Pendleton III
1955
Franklyn Ambruster
1962
Johnny Parkson Riggs
1945
Donald Elwood
1950
Vernon Castle
1939
Josh Barkley
1949
Huck Haines
1935
Fred Astaire
1933
Robert Curtis
1941
Charlie Hill
1952
Johnny Brett
1940
Self (archive footage)
2003
Bert Kalmar
1950
Self (archive footage)
2019
Tony Flagg
1938
Self (archive footage)
1976
Bake Baker
1936
Robert Davis
1942
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self (archive footage)
2016
Fred Ayres
1933
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self (archive footage)
1985
S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice)
1977
Self
1998
Self
1975
John Pedley
1969
Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
(archive footage)
1982
(archive footage)
1984
Self (archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
2025
Self (archive footage)
1972
Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)
1943
Narrator
1962
Jed Potter
1946
(archive footage)
1944
Self
1972
Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole
1961
Self
1942
Dr. Seamus Scully
1977
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
1998
(archive footage)
2009
Self
1985
Daniel Hughes
1976
Santa Claus
1979
Ted Long
1978
'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Self (Archive Footage)
2005
Self
1972
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
1968
Self (archive footage)
1973
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2000
Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
Self (archive)
2009
Self
1958
Archive Footage
2006
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
1956
Self (archive footage)
1991
Various / Self (archive footage)
2006
Self (archive footage)
2010
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self (archive footage)
2005
(archive footage)
2015
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
1959
2003
Self - Host
1968
Self - Host
1960
