Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (lahir di Omaha, Nebraska, Amerika Serikat dengan nama Frederick Austerlitz, 10 Mei 1899 – meninggal di Los Angeles, California, Amerika Serikat, 22 Juni 1987 pada umur 88 tahun) merupakan seorang aktor dan penyanyi berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia berkarier di dunia film sejak tahun 1933 sampai dia meninggal dunia pada tahun 1987 akibat pneumonia.

Filmografi

• Dancing Lady (1933)
• Flying Down to Rio (1933) (*)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934) (*)
• Roberta (1935) (*)
• Top Hat (1935) (*)
• Follow the Fleet (1936) (*)
• Swing Time (1936) (*)
• Shall We Dance (1937) (*)
• A Damsel in Distress (1937)
• Carefree (1938) (*)
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) (*)
• Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
• Second Chorus (1940)
• You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
• The Sky's the Limit (1943)
• Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• Blue Skies (1946)
• Easter Parade (1948)
• The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (*)
• Three Little Words (1950)
• Let's Dance (1950)
• Royal Wedding (1951)
• The Belle of New York (1952)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• Daddy Long Legs (1955)
• Funny Face (1957)
• Silk Stockings (1957)
• On the Beach (1959)
• The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
• The Notorious Landlady (1962)
• Finian's Rainbow (1968)
• Midas Run (1969)
• Santa Claus is Comin' To Town (voice of mailman)
• Just One More Time (1974) (short subject)
• That's Entertainment! (1974) (narrator)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• The Lion Roars Again (1975) (short subject)
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (narrator)
• The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
• The Purple Taxi (1977)
• Ghost Story (1981)
• George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985) (documentary)

(*) dengan Ginger Rogers.

Karya Televisi

• General Electric Theater (1953-1962)
  • Episode 147: "Imp on a Cobweb Leash" (December 1, 1957)
  • Episode 185: "Man on a Bicycle" (January 11, 1959)
• 30th Academy Awards (March 26, 1958)
• An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958) (dance special)
• Another Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) (dance special)
• Astaire Time (1960) (dance special)
• Alcoa Premiere (1961-1963) (as host)
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963-1967)
  • Episode 30: "Think Pretty" (October 2, 1964)
• 37th Academy Awards (April 5, 1965)
• Dr. Kildare (1961-1966)
  • Episode 153: "Fathers and Daughters" (November 22, 1965)
  • Episode 154: "A Gift of Love" (November 23, 1965)
  • Episode 155: "The Tent-Dwellers" (November 29, 1965)
  • Episode 156: "Going Home" (November 30, 1965)
• The Hollywood Palace (1964-1970)
  • Episode 60: (February 10, 1965)
  • Episode 74: (January 22, 1966)
  • Episode 81: (March 12, 1966)
  • Episode 88: (April 30, 1966)

• The Fred Astaire Show (1968) (dance special)
• It Takes a Thief (1968-1970)
  • Episode 46: "The Great Casino Caper" (October 16, 1969)
  • Episode 49: "The Three Virgins of Rome" (November 6, 1969)
  • Episode 53: "The Second Time Around" (December 4, 1969)
  • Episode 64: "An Evening with Alister Mundy" (March 9, 1970)
• 42nd Academy Awards (April 7, 1970)
• The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
• Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town (1970) (voice)
• Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
• Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men (1975)
• The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977) (voice)
• A Family Upside Down (1978)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980)
  • Episode 11: "The Man With Nine Lives" (January 28, 1979)
• The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)

Pranala luar

• (Inggris) Fred Astaire di Internet Movie Database
• Fred Astaire biography at Allmovie Guide
• Fred Astaire tribute site.
• Fred Astaire biography at AlsoDances.Net
• Time.com: The Great American Flyer Fred Astaire:1899-1987
• Time Magazine archive: Astaire essay by Richard Corliss
• Astaire's religious views incl. many extracts from his biographers
• Ava Astaire discusses her father's legacy. (BBC Television - Realplayer required)
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1624 Fred Astaire] at Find-A-Grave
• "He's in Heaven..." - In Memoriam Fred Astaire