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Biography

He started off in show business dancing alongside his sister Adele Astaire on stage. Then he headed off to Hollywood alone to dance alongside…more

Born

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died

6/22/1987

Birth Name

Frederic Austerlitz Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
  Narrator (voice)
- The Academy Awards
  Host
  - S 23: Ep 1 The 23rd Annual Academy Awards
- Alcoa Premiere
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Town That Died
    4/25/63
  - S 2: Ep 28 Million Dollar Hospital
    4/18/63
  - S 2: Ep 27 This Will Kill You
    4/11/63
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Broken Year
    4/4/63
  - S 2: Ep 25 Of Struggle and Flight
    3/28/63
  - + 51 More Credits
- Channing
  The Host
  - S 1: Ep 0 Of This Time, Of That Place
    3/6/62
Recurring Role (7)

Role
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, on tape
  - S 7: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)
    2/7/70
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, host
  - S 3: Ep 31 Host: Fred Astaire / Barrie Chase / Herb Alpert
    4/30/66
  - S 3: Ep 24 Host: Fred Astaire / Ethel Merman
    3/12/66
  - S 3: Ep 17 Host: Fred Astaire / Barrie Chase / Petula Clark
    1/22/66
  - S 3: Ep 3 Host: Fred Astaire / We Five / Jackie Mason
    10/2/65
- Alcoa Premiere
  Ted Miller
  - S 2: Ep 13 Blues For A Hanging
    12/27/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Mr. Lucifer
  - S 2: Ep 5 Mr. Lucifer
    11/1/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Ivor St. George
  - S 2: Ep 2 Guest in the House
    10/11/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Andrew E. Whitbeck
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mr. Easy
    2/13/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Alex Berringer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Moment of Decision
    11/7/61
Guest Star (26)

Role
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 29: Ep 10 Ginger Rogers: A Tribute
    4/30/95
- Battlestar Galactica
  Chameleon/Capt. Dmitri
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Man with Nine Lives
    1/28/79
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 52 November 27, 1978
    11/27/78
  - S 4: Ep 113 February 27, 1978
    2/27/78
  - S 3: Ep 39 November 12, 1976
    11/12/76
  - S 2: Ep 191 July 16, 1976
    7/16/76
  - S 2: Ep 51 November 24, 1975
    11/24/75
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 123 March 7, 1978
    3/7/78
  - S 14: Ep 46 November 9, 1976
    11/9/76
  - S 12: Ep 130 March 17, 1975
    3/17/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 113 February 27, 1978
    2/27/78
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 19 Film '76 Episode 19
    6/6/76
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 14: Ep 115 February 20, 1976
    2/20/76
  - S 14: Ep 114 February 19, 1976
    2/19/76
  - S 14: Ep 113 February 18, 1976
    2/18/76
  - S 14: Ep 112 February 17, 1976
    2/17/76
  - S 14: Ep 111 Week of February 16, 1976
    2/16/76
- Parkinson (1971)
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 24 Fred Astaire
    2/14/76
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 19 October 13, 1971
    10/13/71
  - S 5: Ep 154 April 30, 1971
    4/30/71
  - S 5: Ep 40 November 10, 1970
    11/10/70
- It Takes A Thief
  Alister Mundy
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Second Time Around
    12/4/69
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Three Virgins of Rome
    11/6/69
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Great Casino Caper
    10/16/69
  - S 3: Ep 22 An Evening With Alister Mundy
    3/9/70
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 September 24, 1969
    9/24/69
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/67
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
  - S 34: Ep 1 The 34th Annual Academy Awards
    4/9/62
  - S 30: Ep 1 The 30th Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/58
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Academy Awards
    4/3/78
  - + 1 More Credits
- Dr. Kildare
  Joe Quinlen
  - S 5: Ep 23 Going Home (4)
    11/30/65
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Tent-Dwellers (3)
    11/29/65
  - S 5: Ep 21 A Gift of Love (2)
    11/23/65
  - S 5: Ep 20 Fathers and Daughters (1)
    11/22/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Fred Adams
  - S 2: Ep 1 Think Pretty
    10/2/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, on film
  - S 16: Ep 38 15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper
    6/23/63
- Here's Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 49 September 27, 1962
    9/27/62
  - S 1: Ep 31 April 26, 1961
    4/26/61
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 12 David Allen; Irene Kral; The Nicolais Dancers / The 10th Annual Magazine Awards
    12/28/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, audience bow
  - S 12: Ep 41 Duke Ellington / Lloyd Price / Frankie Avalon / Jean Carroll
    6/28/59
- General Electric Theater
  Paul Ashcroft
  - S 7: Ep 15 Man on a Bicycle
    1/11/59
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 December 30, 1958
    12/30/58
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 9: Ep 41 EPISODE #418
    6/8/58
  - S 6: Ep 31 EPISODE #252
    4/3/55
- General Electric Theater
  J. Willingham Bardley
  - S 6: Ep 9 Imp on a Cobweb Leash
    12/1/57
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 39 June 7, 1957
    6/7/57
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 28 April 7, 1957: Fred Astaire, Buddy Knox, Ferlin Husky, Jimmy Bowe, Abbe Lane & Xavier Cugat
    4/7/57
  - S 10: Ep 24 March 3, 1957: Lerner and Loewe Tribute
    3/3/57
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 30 Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
    4/3/55
- Toast of the Town
  himself
  - S 7: Ep 23 A Salute to MGM's 30th Anniversary
    2/14/54

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Fred was placed on the Greatest Male Lead Actors list by the American Film Institute, on June 16, 1999, coming in at #5, behind Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Marlon Brando.
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- Fred was married twice, the first time in 1933, to Phyllis Potter In addition to Phyllis's son, Eliphalet IV, known as Peter, the Astaires had two children, Fred Jr. (born 1936, he appeared with his father in the movie Midas Run but became a charter pilot and rancher instead of an actor), and Ava, Mrs. Richard McKenzie (born 1942). Phyllis died in 1954. He married again in 1980, to Robyn Smith, an actress turned champion jockey almost 45 years his junior.
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- Fred's television special, "An Evening With Fred Astaire," broadcast on October 17, 1958, won nine Emmy Awards, including "Best Single Performance by an Actor" and "Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year." It was also noteworthy for being the first major broadcast to be prerecorded on color videotape.
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Quotes
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- Fred Astaire: The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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- (about Cyd Charisse) Fred Astaire: When you dance with her, you stay danced with.
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- Fred Astaire: Dancing is a sweat job.
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