Fred Astaire
Wednesday, 10th May 1899 - Monday, 22nd June 1987
Omaha, NB
USA
Peerless dancer and later an excellent character actor ~ a legend!
Dancing Lady
as himself
1933
Flying Down to Rio
as Fred Ayres
1933
Gay Divorcee
1934
Roberta
as Huck Haines
1935
Top Hat
as Jerry Travers
1935
Swing Time
as John "Lucky" Garnett
1936
Follow the Fleet
as Bake Baker
1936
Damsel in Distress
as Jerry Halliday
1937
Shall We Dance
as Petrov (Peter P. Peters)
1937
Carefree
as Dr. Tony Flagg
1938
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Vernon Castle
1939
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Johnny Brett
1940
Second Chorus
as Danny O'Neil
1940
You'll Never Get Rich
as Robert Curtis
1941
You Were Never Lovelier
as Robert Davis
1942
Holiday Inn
as Ted Hanover
1942
Sky's the Limit
as Fred Atwell/Fred Burton
1943
Yolanda and the Thief
as Johnny Parkson Riggs
1945
Ziegfeld Follies
as F. Astaire/Raffles/Tai Long
1946
Blue Skies
as Jed Potter
1946
Easter Parade
as Don Hewes
1948
Barkleys of Broadway
as Josh Barkley
1949
Let's Dance
1950
Three Little Words
as Bert Kalmar
1950
Royal Wedding
as Tom Bowen
1951
Belle of New York
as Charlie Hill
1952
Band Wagon
as Tony Hunter
1953
Daddy Long Legs
as Jervis Pendleton III
1955
Funny Face
as Dick Avery
1956
Silk Stockings
as Steve Canfield
1957
On the Beach
as Julian Osborne
1959
Pleasure of His Company
as Biddeford Poole
1961
Notorious Landlady
as Franklyn Ambruster
1962
Paris When it Sizzles
as cameo
1964
Finian's Rainbow
as Finian McLonergan
1968
Midas Run
as John Pedley
1969
Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as The Baltimore Kid
1970
That's Entertainment!
as Narrator
1974
Towering Inferno
as Harlee Claiborne
1974
Purple Taxi
1977
Amazing Dobermans
as Daniel
1977
Family Upside Down
1978
Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Santa Claus
1979
Ghost Story
as Ricky Hawthorne
1981
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Odessy
1984
Battlestar Galactica
The Man with Nine Lives
01/28/1979
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