🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Fred Astaire
Acting
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 …
Read full 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.
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Fred Astaire's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
as Self (archive footage)
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
as (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
as Various / Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage
No Poster
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
South of Reno
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
Ghost Story
as Ricky Hawthorne
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Santa Claus
A Family Upside Down
as Ted Long
The Purple Taxi
as Dr. Seamus Scully
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (voice)
The Amazing Dobermans
as Daniel Hughes
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Host
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
The Towering Inferno
as Harlee Claiborne
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine
as Self
No Poster
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (voice)
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as The Baltimore Kid
Midas Run
as Pedley
Finian's Rainbow
as Finian McLonergan
The Fred Astaire Show
as Self - Host
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Self
Flashing Spikes
as Narrator
The Notorious Landlady
as Franklyn Ambruster
The Pleasure of His Company
as Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole
Astaire Time
as Self
On the Beach
as Julian Osborn
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self
An Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self
Silk Stockings
as Steve Canfield
Funny Face
as Dick Avery
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
Daddy Long Legs
as Jervis Pendleton III
The Band Wagon
as Tony Hunter
The Belle of New York
as Charlie Hill
Royal Wedding
as Tom Bowen
Let's Dance
as Donald Elwood
Three Little Words
as Bert Kalmar
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Josh Barkley
Easter Parade
as Don Hewes
Blue Skies
as Jed Potter
Yolanda and the Thief
as Johnny Parkson Riggs
Ziegfeld Follies
as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
The Sky's the Limit
as Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)
You Were Never Lovelier
as Robert Davis
Holiday Inn
as Ted Hanover
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self
You'll Never Get Rich
as Robert Curtis
Second Chorus
as Danny O'Neill
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Johnny Brett
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Vernon Castle
Carefree
as Tony Flagg
A Damsel in Distress
as Jerry Halliday
Shall We Dance
as Petrov
Swing Time
as Lucky Garnett
Follow the Fleet
as Bake Baker
Top Hat
as Jerry Travers
Roberta
as Huck Haines
The Gay Divorcee
as Guy Holden
Flying Down to Rio
as Fred Ayres
Dancing Lady
as Fred Astaire