

Fred Astaire
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
10 May 1899
Age
127 Years
Born In
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Total Projects
127
Years Active
92 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.9 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

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Sid & Judy
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)

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La La La
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)

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Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
as Self (archive footage)

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Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)

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Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
as (archive footage)

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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)

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Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
as Self (archive footage)

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Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)

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Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
as Self (archive footage)

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)

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Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
as Various / Self (archive footage)

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"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage

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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)

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Easter Parade: On the Avenue
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)

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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)

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Complicated Women
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
as Self (archive footage)

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)

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Doris Day: It's Magic
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self

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A Bing Crosby Christmas
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)

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Vaudeville
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)

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That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)

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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)

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The Fred Astaire Songbook
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)

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Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)

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Rain Man
Rain Man
as Self (archived footage)

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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self

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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self

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That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)

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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)

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Ghost Story
Ghost Story
as Ricky Hawthorne

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Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
as Self

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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Santa Claus

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The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self

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Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
as Chameleon / Captain Dimitri

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A Family Upside Down
A Family Upside Down
as Ted Long

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The Purple Taxi
The Purple Taxi
as Dr. Seamus Scully

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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice)

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The Amazing Dobermans
The Amazing Dobermans
as Daniel Hughes

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)

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The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again
as Self

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The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno
as Harlee Claiborne

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Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self

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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)

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Imagine
Imagine
as Self

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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)

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Film '72
Film '72
as Self

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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (voice)

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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as The Baltimore Kid

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Midas Run
Midas Run
as John Pedley

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Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow
as Finian McLonergan

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The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest

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The Fred Astaire Show
The Fred Astaire Show
as Self - Host

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It Takes a Thief
It Takes a Thief
as Alister Mundy

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It Takes a Thief
It Takes a Thief
as Alistair Mundy (voice) (uncredited)

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The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Self

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Fred Addams

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Hollywood and the Stars
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)

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Flashing Spikes
Flashing Spikes
as Narrator

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)

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The Notorious Landlady
The Notorious Landlady
as Franklyn Ambruster

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The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Guest

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The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host

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Alcoa Premiere
Alcoa Premiere
as Self - Host

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Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Joe Quinlan

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The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company
as Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole

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Astaire Time
Astaire Time
as Self - Host

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On the Beach
On the Beach
as Julian Osborn

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Another Evening with Fred Astaire
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self

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An Evening with Fred Astaire
An Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self

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Silk Stockings
Silk Stockings
as Steve Canfield

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Funny Face
Funny Face
as Dick Avery

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The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self

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Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
as Self

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Stars of Cabaret
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)

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MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies'

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Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
as Jervis Pendleton III

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The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon
as Tony Hunter

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

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General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as J. Willingham Bardley

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General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Paul Ashcroft

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The Belle of New York
The Belle of New York
as Charlie Hill

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Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding
as Tom Bowen

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Let's Dance
Let's Dance
as Donald Elwood

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Three Little Words
Three Little Words
as Bert Kalmar

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What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self

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The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Josh Barkley

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The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards
as Self

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Easter Parade
Easter Parade
as Don Hewes

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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

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Blue Skies
Blue Skies
as Jed Potter

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Yolanda and the Thief
Yolanda and the Thief
as Johnny Parkson Riggs

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Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies
as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee /Presenter

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Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)

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The Sky's the Limit
The Sky's the Limit
as Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)

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You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier
as Robert Davis

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Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
as Ted Hanover

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self

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You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich
as Robert Curtis

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Second Chorus
Second Chorus
as Danny O'Neill

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Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Johnny Brett

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Vernon Castle

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Carefree
Carefree
as Tony Flagg

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A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress
as Jerry Halliday

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Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance
as Petrov

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Swing Time
Swing Time
as Lucky Garnett

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Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet
as Bake Baker

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Top Hat
Top Hat
as Jerry Travers

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Roberta
Roberta
as Huck Haines

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The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
as Guy Holden

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Flying Down to Rio
Flying Down to Rio
as Fred Ayres

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Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady
as Fred Astaire