Fred Astaire
Age: N/A | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Frederic Austerlitz Jr. , Frederick Austerlitz
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 67
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Joe Quinlan
Battlestar Galactica
(1978) Chameleon / Captain Dimitri
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Alcoa Premiere
(1961) Self - Host
Dinah!
(1974) Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) Self
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
(1987) Self
The Oscars
(1953) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Himself (archival footage) | |
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (Archive Footage) | ||
| 2018 | Various Roles (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2015 | (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Various / Self (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (Archive Footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1994 | (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Lui-même | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Various Roles (archive footage) | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | Ricky Hawthorne | |
| 1980 | Self | |
| 1979 | Santa Claus | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| Chameleon / Captain Dimitri | ||
| Ted Long | ||
| 1977 | Dr. Seamus Scully | |
| S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice) | ||
| 1976 | Daniel Hughes | |
| Self - Co-Host / Narrator | ||
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Harlee Claiborne | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Host / Narrator | ||
| 1973 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1972 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1970 | S.D. Kluger (voice) | |
| The Baltimore Kid | ||
| 1969 | John Pedley | |
| 1968 | Finian McLonergan | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1962 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| Franklyn Ambruster | ||
| 1961 | 'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Joe Quinlan | ||
| Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole | ||
| 1960 | Self - Host | |
| 1959 | Julian Osborn | |
| Self | ||
| 1958 | Self | |
| 1957 | Steve Canfield | |
| Dick Avery | ||
| 1956 | Self - Recipient | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1955 | Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' | |
| actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Jervis Pendleton III | ||
| 1953 | Tony Hunter | |
| Self | ||
| J. Willingham Bardley | ||
| Paul Ashcroft | ||
| 1952 | Charlie Hill | |
| 1951 | Tom Bowen | |
| 1950 | Donald Elwood | |
| Bert Kalmar | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Josh Barkley | |
| Self | ||
| 1948 | Don Hewes | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1946 | Jed Potter | |
| 1945 | Johnny Parkson Riggs | |
| Various characters | ||
| 1944 | (archive footage) | |
| 1943 | Fred Atwell (Fred Burton) | |
| 1942 | Robert Davis | |
| Ted Hanover | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | Robert Curtis | |
| Danny O'Neill | ||
| 1940 | Johnny Brett | |
| 1939 | Vernon Castle | |
| 1938 | Tony Flagg | |
| 1937 | Jerry Halliday | |
| Pete Peters | ||
| 1936 | Lucky Garnett | |
| Bake Baker | ||
| 1935 | Jerry Travers | |
| Huck Haines | ||
| 1934 | Guy Holden | |
| 1933 | Fred Ayres | |
| Fred Astaire | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Thanks | |
| 1957 | Choreographer | |
| 1955 | Choreographer | |
| 1943 | Choreographer | |
| 1935 | Choreographer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Vocals | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |