Fred Astaire
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-05-10 (88 years old)
Deathday
1987-06-22
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also known As
Frederic Austerlitz Jr.
Frederick Austerlitz
Fred Astaire
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 R...
Acting
1935
as Jerry Travers
1936
as Lucky Garnett
1974
as Harlee Claiborne
1977
as S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice)
1937
as Petrov
1935
as Huck Haines
1981
as Ricky Hawthorne
1941
as Danny O'Neill
1955
as Jervis Pendleton III
1962
as Narrator
1957
as Dick Avery
1970
as S.D. Kluger (voice)
1942
as Ted Hanover
1936
as Bake Baker
1933
as Fred Ayres
1934
as Guy Holden
1959
as Julian Osborn
1941
as Robert Curtis
1953
as Tony Hunter
1948
as Don Hewes
1938
as Tony Flagg
1949
as Josh Barkley
1968
as Finian McLonergan
1950
as Bert Kalmar
1957
as Steve Canfield
1952
as Charlie Hill
1945
as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
1945
as Johnny Parkson Riggs
1943
as Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)
1942
as Robert Davis
1940
as Johnny Brett
1933
as Fred Astaire
1937
as Jerry Halliday
1951
as Tom Bowen
1939
as Vernon Castle
1962
as Franklyn Ambruster
1982
as (archive footage)
1946
as Jed Potter
1968
1976
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1970
as The Baltimore Kid
1977
as Dr. Seamus Scully
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1961
as Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole
1976
as Daniel Hughes
1998
as Self
1950
as Donald Elwood
1985
1969
as John Pedley
1979
as Santa Claus
1942
1978
as Ted Long
1984
as (archive footage)
1961
as 'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2006
as Archive Footage
1973
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Self (Archive Footage)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Self (archive footage)
2015
as (archive footage)
1985
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as Self - Host
1958
as Self
1968
as Self - Host
1959
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1944
as (archive footage)
1972
as Self
1975
as Self
2018
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1956
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Various / Self (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Self (archive footage)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1972
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2009
2009
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2025
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Self (archived footage)
Production
1958
as Executive Producer
1943
as Choreographer
1985
as Thanks
1964
as Vocals
1957
as Choreographer
1955
as Choreographer
1935
as Choreographer
1948
as Choreographer
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