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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 10, 1899
Died
June 22, 1987
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Frederic Austerlitz Jr.
- Frederick Austerlitz
Fred Astaire
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019
7.2
Various Roles (archive footage)
La La La
2018
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
2017
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
🎬
0.0
(archive footage)
Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
2015
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014
7.0
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Credits
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
6.4
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.4
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
7.2
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.0
🎬
Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
as (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
as Self (archive footage)
2014
10.0
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.0
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
2010
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009
6.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
2009
0.0
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
as Various / Self (archive footage)
2006
6.5
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage
2006
0.0
🎬
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
🎬
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
2005
0.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
0.0
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
1998
0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
7.0
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
1991
0.0
🎬
Star Life
as Self (archive footage)
1990
10.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
6.0
Rain Man
as Self (archived footage)
1988
7.8
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self
1987
8.0
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
5.6
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
1985
7.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Ghost Story
as Ricky Hawthorne
1981
6.0
🎬
Fred Astaire
as Self
1980
0.0
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Santa Claus
1979
5.2
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Battlestar Galactica
as Chameleon / Captain Dimitri
1978
7.1
A Family Upside Down
as Ted Long
1978
7.0
The Purple Taxi
as Dr. Seamus Scully
1977
5.8
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice)
1977
5.5
The Amazing Dobermans
as Daniel Hughes
1976
5.5
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1976
6.9
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
5.7
🎬
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1975
0.0
The Towering Inferno
as Harlee Claiborne
1974
7.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1974
7.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
0.0
Imagine
as Self
1972
7.0
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
1972
5.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as S.D. Kluger (voice)
1970
7.1
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as The Baltimore Kid
1970
5.0
Midas Run
as John Pedley
1969
4.0
Finian's Rainbow
as Finian McLonergan
1968
5.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
The Fred Astaire Show
as Self - Host
1968
7.0
It Takes a Thief
as Alister Mundy
1968
7.0
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Self
1968
0.0
🎬
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
1963
6.0
Flashing Spikes
as Narrator
1962
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Notorious Landlady
as Franklyn Ambruster
1962
6.7
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
3.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Alcoa Premiere
as Self - Host
1961
5.0
Dr. Kildare
as Joe Quinlan
1961
5.5
The Pleasure of His Company
as Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole
1961
6.2
Astaire Time
as Self - Host
1960
8.0
On the Beach
as Julian Osborn
1959
6.6
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self
1959
0.0
An Evening with Fred Astaire
as Self
1958
8.0
Silk Stockings
as Steve Canfield
1957
6.7
Funny Face
as Dick Avery
1957
7.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.6
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
1956
0.0
MGM Parade
as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies'
1955
0.0
MGM Parade
as actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
0.0
Daddy Long Legs
as Jervis Pendleton III
1955
6.3
The Band Wagon
as Tony Hunter
1953
7.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as J. Willingham Bardley
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Paul Ashcroft
1953
6.3
The Belle of New York
as Charlie Hill
1952
5.5
Royal Wedding
as Tom Bowen
1951
6.5
Let's Dance
as Donald Elwood
1950
5.5
Three Little Words
as Bert Kalmar
1950
5.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Josh Barkley
1949
6.8
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Easter Parade
as Don Hewes
1948
7.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Blue Skies
as Jed Potter
1946
6.0
Yolanda and the Thief
as Johnny Parkson Riggs
1945
5.7
Ziegfeld Follies
as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
1945
6.0
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
The Sky's the Limit
as Fred Atwell (Fred Burton)
1943
6.2
You Were Never Lovelier
as Robert Davis
1942
7.1
Holiday Inn
as Ted Hanover
1942
7.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self
1942
0.0
You'll Never Get Rich
as Robert Curtis
1941
6.5
Second Chorus
as Danny O'Neill
1941
5.8
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Johnny Brett
1940
6.7
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Vernon Castle
1939
6.9
Carefree
as Tony Flagg
1938
6.6
A Damsel in Distress
as Jerry Halliday
1937
6.4
Shall We Dance
as Petrov
1937
7.2
Swing Time
as Lucky Garnett
1936
6.8
Follow the Fleet
as Bake Baker
1936
6.8
Top Hat
as Jerry Travers
1935
7.3
Roberta
as Huck Haines
1935
7.0
The Gay Divorcee
as Guy Holden
1934
6.9
Flying Down to Rio
as Fred Ayres
1933
6.2
Dancing Lady
as Fred Astaire
1933
6.9