Fred Astaire (1899–1987)

Soundtrack | Actor | Miscellaneous Crew

Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred ...

Born: May 10, 1899
Died: June 22, 1987 (age 88)

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Known For

The Towering Inferno Harlee Claiborne (1974)
Funny Face Dick Avery (1957)
Three Little Words Bert Kalmar (1950)
Known For

On the Beach Julian Osborn (1959)
Soundtrack

Trust (2018)
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017)
The Song of Sway Lake (2017)
The Boss Baby (2017)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
20th Century Women (2016)
Ovation (2015)
Cuéntame (2015)
Call the Midwife (2015)
Dancing with the Stars (2006-2014)
Cake (2014)
She's Funny That Way (2014)
Supernatural (2014)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Step Up 3D (2010)
Doctors (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Banda sonora (2008)
A Trip to Swadades (2008)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008)
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2007)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
American Masters (1999-2007)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Gilmore Girls (2006)
Carnivàle (2005)
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004)
Angels in America (2003)
Pepper Chocolate (2003)
The Dreamers (2003)
The Human Stain (2003)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Next Best Thing (2000)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Déjà Vu (1997)
The English Patient (1996)
Chicago Hope (1996)
Fallen Angels (1995)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Great Performances (1991)
Loverboy (1989)
Rain Man (1988)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Locker vom Hocker (1985)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Blame It on Rio (1984)
FDR (1982)
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (1981)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
Better Late Than Never (1979)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977)
Dinah! (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975-1976)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
A Safe Place (1971)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Funny Face (1957)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
What's My Line? (1955)
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Belle of New York (1952)
Royal Wedding (1951)
Let's Dance (1950)
Three Little Words (1950)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
Blue Skies (1946)
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Holiday Inn (1942)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Second Chorus (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Carefree (1938)
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
Swing Time (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Top Hat (1935)
Roberta (1935)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Soundtrack

Dancing Lady (1933)
Actor

The Wasp of the Anime Wasp (1999-2000)
Ghost Story Ricky Hawthorne (1981)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit Costume Shop Proprietor / Chauffeur (1979)
Battlestar Galactica Chameleon (1979)
A Family Upside Down Ted Long (1978)
The Purple Taxi Dr. Seamus Scully (1977)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town S.D. Kluger (narrator) (1977)
The Amazing Dobermans Daniel Hughes (1976)
The Towering Inferno Harlee Claiborne (1974)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Narrator - S.D. Kluger (1970)
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again The Baltimore Kid (1970)
It Takes a Thief Alistair Mundy (1969-1970)
Midas Run John Pedley (1969)
Finian's Rainbow Finian McLonergan (1968)
Dr. Kildare Joe Quinlan (1965)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Fred Addams (1964)
Alcoa Premiere Ted Miller (1962)
The Notorious Landlady Franklyn Ambruster (1962)
The Pleasure of His Company Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole (1961)
On the Beach Julian Osborn (1959)
General Electric Theater Paul Ashcroft (1957-1959)
Silk Stockings Steve Canfield (1957)
Funny Face Dick Avery (1957)
Daddy Long Legs Jervis Pendleton III (1955)
The Band Wagon Tony Hunter (1953)
The Belle of New York Charlie Hill (1952)
Royal Wedding Tom Bowen (1951)
Let's Dance Donald Elwood (1950)
Three Little Words Bert Kalmar (1950)
The Barkleys of Broadway Josh Barkley (1949)
Easter Parade Don Hewes (1948)
Blue Skies Jed Potter (1946)
Yolanda and the Thief Johnny Parkson Riggs (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies') / Raffles ('This Heart of Mine') (1945)
The Sky's the Limit Fred Atwell aka Fred Burton (1943)
You Were Never Lovelier Robert Davis (1942)
Holiday Inn Ted Hanover (1942)
You'll Never Get Rich Robert Curtis (1941)
Second Chorus Danny O'Neill (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 Johnny Brett (1940)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Vernon Castle (1939)
Carefree Tony Flagg (1938)
A Damsel in Distress Jerry Halliday (1937)
Shall We Dance Peter P. Peters aka Petrov (1937)
Swing Time Lucky Garnett (1936)
Follow the Fleet Bake Baker (1936)
Top Hat Jerry Travers (1935)
Roberta Huck Haines (1935)
The Gay Divorcee Guy Holden (1934)
Flying Down to Rio Fred Ayres (1933)
Actor

Dancing Lady Fred Astaire (1933)
Producer

The Fred Astaire Show (1968)
Astaire Time (1960)
Another Evening with Fred Astaire (1959)
An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958)
Producer

Second Chorus (1940)
Archive footage

Fred Astaire - L'homme aux pieds d'or (2017)
Fred Astaire donne le 'la' (2017)
Sunrise (2016)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
American Masters (1987-2014)
Britain's Best Loved Double Acts (2014)
A History of Dance on Screen (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Welcome to the Basement (2013-2014)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Secrets of the Manor House (2013)
Darcey Bussell Dances Hollywood (2011)
Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook (2010)
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
The Legendary Bing Crosby (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Waiting for Hockney (2008)
Un jour, un destin (2008)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Emile Norman: By His Own Design (2007)
Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (2007)
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm (2006)
Astaire and Rogers Sing George and Ira Gershwin (2005)
Great Performances (1991-2005)
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
On Top: Inside the Success of 'Top Hat' (2005)
Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet (2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004)
The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003)
John Lennon: Nobody Told Me - Version 2 (2003)
Biography (1999-2003)
Complicated Women (2003)
Nelson Freire (2003)
Satin and Silk (2003)
Begin the Beguine (2003)
Bourne to Dance (2001)
Petula Clark: This Is My Song (2001)
Omnibus (1995-2001)
72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (2000)
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Fred Astaire: The Man Who Danced (1999)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
The Churchills (1996)
Legends of Entertainment Video (1995)
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
Hollywood on Parade (1990)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (1988)
South of Reno (1988)
Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987)
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
ABC News Nightline (1987)
Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente (1987)
Cocoon (1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Hooray for Hollywood (1982)
Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook (1981)
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980)
The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show (1973)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Our American Musical Heritage (1971)
The Hollywood Palace (1970)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1955-1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (1962)
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1958)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Archive footage

Hollywood Rivals (2001)
Memories of 1970-1991 (1991)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
Funny Face (1957)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Three Little Words (1950)
Easter Parade (1948)
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Miscellaneous Crew

Top Hat (1935)
Roberta (1935)
Music Department

Blue Skies (1946)

Awards

Did You Know

[on tap dancer Eleanor Powell] Eleanor was an out-and-out dancer. She danced like a man. She slammed the floor and did it great and that's fine and suddenly she's on her toes in the ballet sequence -- it did look kinda funny.

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Star Sign

Taurus

Personal Details

Born

Frederic Austerlitz Jr.
May 10, 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died

June 22, 1987 (age 88)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)

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