Fred Astaire chronology of performances
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This is a chronological listing of Fred Astaire's stage, motion picture, radio, and television performances.
The following color coding is used for these different mediums:
| stage | motion pictures | radio | television |
Contents |
[edit] 1905—1920
| Title | Date | Theatre | Role | Dance Partner | Director | Lyrics | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvenile Artists Presenting an Electric Musical Toe-Dancing Novelty |
1905 | Keyport, New Jersey (location of performance) |
Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Orpheum Circuit | 1906 | (2 tours) | Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Benefit Performance | 1911 | Proctor's 5th Avenue | Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Aurelia and Minnie Coccia Tour (vaudeville) |
1913 | (tour) | Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Interstate Circuit | c.1914 | (tour in Texas) | Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Orpheum Circuit | c. 1915 | (tour) | Himself | Adele Astaire | |||
| Over the Top | Nov. 28, 1917 | 44th St. Roof | Himself | Adele Astaire | Joseph Herbert | Charles Manning Matthew Woodward |
Sigmund Romberg Herman Timberg |
| Passing Show of 1918 | July 25, 1918 | Winter Garden | Himself | Adele Astaire | J.C. Huffman | Harold Atteridge | Sigmund Romberg Jean Schwartz |
| Apple Blossoms | Oct. 7, 1919 | Globe | Johnnie | Adele Astaire | Fred Latham | William LeBaron | Fritz Kreisler Victor Jacobi |
[edit] 1921—1930
NOTE: British productions are marked with 
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| Title | Date | Theatre | Role | Dance Partner | Director | Lyrics | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Love Letter | Oct. 4, 1921 | Globe | Richard Kolner | Adele Astaire | Edward Royce | William LeBaron | Victor Jacobi |
| For Goodness Sake | Feb. 20, 1922 | Lyric | Teddy Lawrence | Adele Astaire | Priestley Morrison | Arthur Jackson | William Daly Paul Lannin |
| The Bunch and Judy | Nov. 28, 1922 | Globe | Gerald Lane | Adele Astaire | Fred Latham | Anne Caldwell | Jerome Kern |
Stop Flirting (For Goodness Sake) |
May 30, 1923 | Shaftsbury Queens Strand |
Teddy Lawrence | Adele Astaire | Felix Edwardes | Arthur Jackson | William Daly Paul Lannin |
| Lady, Be Good | Dec. 1, 1924 | Liberty | Dick Trevor | Adele Astaire | Felix Edwardes | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
Lady, Be Good |
Apr. 14, 1926 | Empire | Dick Trevor | Adele Astaire | Felix Edwardes | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
| Funny Face | Nov. 22, 1927 | Alvin | Jimmie Reeves | Adele Astaire | Edward MacGregor | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
Funny Face |
Nov. 8, 1928 | Prince's Theatre | Jimmie Reeves | Adele Astaire | Felix Edwardes | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
| Smiles | Nov. 18, 1930 | Ziegfeld | Bob Hastings | Adele Astaire Marilyn Miller |
William Anthony McGuire | Clifford Grey Harold Adamson Ring Lardner |
Vincent Youmans |
[edit] 1931—1940
NOTE: British productions are marked with .
| Title | Date | Theatre, Studio, or Network |
Role | Dance Partner | Director | Lyrics | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Band Wagon | June 3, 1931 | New Amsterdam | Himself | Adele Astaire Tilly Losch |
Hassard Short | Howard Dietz | Arthur Schwartz |
| Gay Divorce | Nov. 29, 1932 | Ethel Barrymore | Guy Holden | Claire Luce | Howard Lindsay | Cole Porter | |
Gay Divorce |
Nov. 2, 1933 | Palace | Guy Holden | Claire Luce | Felix Edwardes | Cole Porter | |
| Dancing Lady | Dec. 2, 1933 | MGM | Himself | Joan Crawford | Robert Z. Leonard | Harold Adamson Dorothy Fields Lorenz Hart Arthur Freed |
Burton Lane Jimmy McHugh Richard Rodgers Nacio Herb Brown |
| Flying Down to Rio | Dec. 20, 1933 | RKO | Fred Ayres | Dolores Del Rio Ginger Rogers |
Thornton Freeland | Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn |
Vincent Youmans |
| The Gay Divorcee (U.S. title) The Gay Divorce (G.B. title) |
Oct. 3, 1934 | RKO | Guy Holden | Ginger Rogers | Mark Sandrich | Cole Porter Herb Magidson Mack Gordon |
Cole Porter |
| Roberta | Feb. 12, 1935 | RKO | Huckleberry Haines | Ginger Rogers | William A. Seiter | Otto Harbach Dorothy Fields |
Jerome Kern |
| Your Hit Parade (series) |
Aug. 12, 1935 | NBC | Himself | — | — | — | — |
| Top Hat | Aug. 16, 1935 | RKO | Jerry Travers | Ginger Rogers | Mark Sandrich | Irving Berlin | |
| Follow the Fleet | Feb. 19, 1936 | RKO | Bake Baker | Ginger Rogers | Mark Sandrich | Irving Berlin | |
| Swing Time | Aug. 26, 1936 | RKO | "Lucky" Garnett | Ginger Rogers | George Stevens | Dorothy Fields | Jerome Kern |
| The Packard Hour (39-week series) |
Sept. 15, 1936 | NBC | Himself (host) |
— | — | — | — |
| Shall We Dance | Apr. 30, 1937 | RKO | Peter P. Peters | Ginger Rogers | Mark Sandrich | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
| A Damsel in Distress | Nov. 20, 1937 | RKO | Jerry Halliday | George Burns & Gracie Allen |
George Stevens | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
| Carefree | Aug. 30, 1938 | RKO | Tony Flagg | Ginger Rogers | Mark Sandrich | Irving Berlin | |
| Screen Guild Theatre Episode: "Miss Brown of Worcester" |
Jan. 15, 1939 | NBC | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Mar. 31, 1939 | RKO | Vernon Castle | Ginger Rogers | H.C. Potter | (numerous composers) | |
| Broadway Melody of 1940 | Feb. 14, 1940 | MGM | Johnny Brett | Eleanor Powell George Murphy |
Norman Taurog | Cole Porter | |
| Second Chorus | Dec. 3, 1940 | Paramount | Danny O'Neill | Paulette Goddard | H.C. Potter | Johnny Mercer | Artie Shaw Bernard Hanighen Hal Borne |
[edit] 1941—1950
| Title | Date | Studio or Network |
Role | Dance Partner and/or Co-Star |
Director | Lyrics | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You'll Never Get Rich | Sept. 25, 1941 | Columbia | Robert Curtis | Rita Hayworth | Sidney Lansfield | Cole Porter | |
| Holiday Inn | June 15, 1942 | Paramount | Ted Hanover | Bing Crosby Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale |
Mark Sandrich | Irving Berlin | |
| You Were Never Lovelier | Oct. 5, 1942 | Columbia | Robert "Bob" Davis | Rita Hayworth | William A. Seiter | Johnny Mercer | Jerome Kern |
| Screen Guild Theatre Episode: "Holiday Inn" |
January 11, 1943 | NBC | Ted Hanover | Bing Crosby Dinah Shore |
Irving Berlin | ||
| The Eddie Cantor Show | April 28, 1943 | CBS | Himself | Eddie Cantor Lucille Ball Desi Arnez |
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| The Sky's the Limit | July 13, 1943 | RKO | Fred Atwell | Joan Leslie | Edward H. Griffith | Johnny Mercer | Harold Arlen |
| Yolanda and the Thief | Oct. 19, 1945 | MGM | Johnny Riggs | Lucille Bremer | Vincente Minnelli | Arthur Freed | Harry Warren |
| Ziegfeld Follies | Jan. 11, 1946 | MGM | Fred Astaire Raffles Tai Long |
(numerous lyricists and composers) | |||
| Blue Skies | Sept. 26, 1946 | Paramount | Jed Potter | Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield |
Stuart Heisler | Irving Berlin | |
| The Bob Hope Show | Feb. 17, 1948 | NBC | Himself | Bob Hope | — | — | — |
| Easter Parade | June 1, 1948 | MGM | Don Hewes | Judy Garland Ann Miller |
Charles Walters | Irving Berlin | |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | Apr. 11, 1949 | MGM | Josh Barkley | Ginger Rogers | Ira Gershwin | Harry Warren | |
| Some of the Best | June 23, 1949 | 1949 | MGM | Himself | — | — | — |
| Three Little Words | July 12, 1950 | MGM | Bert Kalmar | Red Skelton Vera-Ellen |
Richard Thorpe | Bert Kalmar | Harry Ruby |
| Let's Dance | Aug. 11, 1950 | MGM | Donald Elwood | Betty Hutton | Norman Z. McLeon | Frank Loesser | |
[edit] 1951—1960
| Title | Date | Studio or Network |
Role | Dance Partner and/or Co-Star |
Director | Lyrics | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Wedding (U.S. title) Wedding Bells(G.B. title) |
Feb. 14, 1951 | MGM | Tom Bowen | Jane Powell | Stanley Donen | Alan Jay Lerner | Burton Lane |
| Screen Guild Theatre Episode: "Easter Parade" |
Mar. 22, 1951 | Don Hewes | Judy Garland | Irving Berlin | |||
| The Belle of New York | Feb. 28, 1952 | MGM | Charles Hill | Vera-Ellen | Charles Walters | Johnny Mercer | Harry Warren |
| The Band Wagon | July 7, 1953 | MGM | Tony Hunter | Cyd Charisse | Vincente Minnelli | Howard Dietz | Arthur Swartz |
| Toast of the Town |
Feb. 14, 1954 | CBS | Himself | Ed Sullivan (host) |
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| Daddy Long Legs | May 4, 1955 | Fox | Jervis Pendleton III | Leslie Caron | Jean Negulesco | Johnny Mercer | |
| Toast of the Town | Apr. 3, 1955 | CBS | Himself | Ed Sullivan (host) Sammy Davis, Jr. |
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| What's My Line? | Apr. 3, 1955 | Himself (Mystery Guest) |
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| General Electric Theater Episode: "Imp on a Cobweb Leash" |
Dec. 3, 1957 | CBS | Paul Ashcroft | Joan Tetzel | Robert B. Sinclair | — | — |
| Funny Face | Mar. 28, 1957 | Paramount | Dick Avery | Audrey Hepburn | Stanley Donen | Ira Gershwin | Leonard Gershe |
| Silk Stockings | May 20, 1957 | MGM | Steve Canfield | Cyd Charisse | Rouben Mamoulian | Cole Porter | |
| Toast of the Town | Mar. 3, 1957 | Himself | |||||
| Toast of the Town | Apr. 7,1957 | Himself | |||||
| Home | July 25, 1957 | Himself | |||||
| Person to Person | June 7, 1957 | Himself | |||||
| An Evening with Fred Astaire | Oct. 17, 1958 | NBC | Himself | Barrie Chase | Bud Yorkin | ||
| What's My Line? | June 8, 1958 | CBS | Himself (Mystery Guest) |
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| The 30th Annual Academy Awards | Mar. 28, 1958 | NBC | Himself (Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film) |
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| On the Beach | Dec. 2, 1959 | United Artists | Julian Osborne | Gregory Peck Ava Gardner |
Stanley Kramer | — | — |
| General Electric Theater Episode: "Man on a Bicycle" |
September 3, 1959 | J. Willingham Bardley | Hersel Daughterty | ||||
| 10th Annual Magazine Awards | 1959 | Himself (Recipient) |
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| Another Evening with Fred Astaire | Nov. 4, 1959 | NBC | Himself | Barrie Chase | Bud Yorkin | ||
| The Ed Sullivan Show | June 28, 1959 | Himself | |||||
| Astaire Time | Sept. 28, 1960 | NBC | Himself | Barrie Chase | Greg Garrison | ||
| The Steve Allen Show | 1960 | Himself | |||||
[edit] 1961—1970
| Title | Date | Studio or Network |
Role | Co-Star | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pleasure of His Company | May 8, 1961 | Paramount | Biddeford "Pogo" Poole | Debbie Reynolds | George Seaton |
| Alcoa Premiere Episode: "Mr. Easy" |
Feb. 13, 1962 | ABC | Andrew E. Whitbeck | Joanna Barnes | John Newland |
| The Notorious Landlady | June 26, 1962 | Columbia | Franklyn Ambruster | Kim Novak Jack Lemmon |
Richard Quine |
| Alcoa Premiere Episode: "Moment of Decision" |
July 10, 1962 | ABC | Alex Berringer | Maureen O'Sullivan | John Newland |
| Alcoa Premiere Episode: "Guest in the House" |
Oct.11, 1962 | ABC | Ivor St. George | Lloyd Bochner | Ted Post |
| Alcoa Premiere Episode: "Mr. Lucifer" |
Nov. 11, 1962 | ABC | Mr. Lucifer | Elizabeth Montgomery | Alan Crosland, Jr. |
| Alcoa Premiere Episode: "Blues for a Hanging" |
Dec. 27, 1962 | ABC | Alex Berringer | Janis Paige | Bernard Girard |
| Here's Hollywood | September 27, 1962 | Himself | |||
| The 34th Annual Academy Awards | 1962 | Himself (Presenter: Best Picture) |
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| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Episode: "Think Pretty" |
Oct. 2, 1964 | NBC | Fred Addams | Barrie Chase | Jack Arnold |
| Dr. Kildare 4-part story: "Going Home," "The Tent Dwellers," "A Gift of Love," "Fathers and Daughters" |
Respectively: Nov. 22, 23, 29, 30, 1965 |
NBC | Joe Quinlen | Richard Chamberlain Raymond Massey |
Herschel Daughtery |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1965 | ABC | Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer) |
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| The 37th Annual Academy Awards | 1965 | Himself (Presenter: Best Song) |
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| The Hollywood Palace | Jan. 22, 1966 | ABC | Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer) |
Petula Clark Mickey Rooney |
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| The Hollywood Palace | Mar. 10, 1966 | ABC | - Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer) |
Ethel Merman Jack Jones |
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| The Hollywood Palace | Apr. 30, 1966 | ABC | Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer) |
Herb Alpert Louis Nye |
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| The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | Himself (Co-Presenter: Writing Awards) |
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| Finian's Rainbow | Aug. 27, 1968 | Warner Bros. | Finian McLonergan | Petula Clark Tommy Steele |
Francis Ford Coppola |
| The Fred Astaire Show | Feb 7, 1968 | NBC | Himself | Barrie Chase Simon & Garfunkel |
Robert Scheerer |
| The World Premiere of "Finian's Rainbow" | 1968 | Himself | |||
| Midas Run | May 7, 1969 | Selmur | John Pedley | Anne Heywood Richard Crenna |
Alf Kjellin |
| It Takes a Thief 4 episodes: "The Great Casino Caper," "Three Virgins in Rome," "The Second Time Around," "An Evening With Alistair Mundy" |
Respectively: Oct. 16, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, 1969, & Mar. 9, 1970 |
ABC | Alistair Mundy | Robert Wagner | Jack Arnold |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Nov. 10, 1970 | Himself | Dick Cavett | ||
| The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Nov. 17, 1970 | ABC | The Baltimore Kid | Walter Brennan Edgar Buchanan |
George McCowen |
| Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | Dec 13, 1970 | ABC | Narrator | ||
| The 42nd Annual Academy Awards | 1970 | Himself Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Documentary Awards |
[edit] 1971—1980
| Title | Date | Studio or Network |
Role | Co-Star | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine | 1972 | Himself (guest appearance) |
John Lennon Yoko Ono |
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| 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Jan. 17, 1972 | NBC | Himself | Jack Lemmon Ethel Merman Leslie Uggams |
Martin Charnin Walter C. Miller |
| Make Mine Red, White and Blue | Sept. 9, 1972 | NBC | Himself (host) |
The 5th Dimension Michelle Lee |
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| Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra | 1973 | Himself (Audience Member) |
Frank Sinatra | ||
| The Towering Inferno | 1974 | Paramount 20th Century-Fox |
Harlee Claiborne | Steve McQueen Paul Newman Jennifer Jones |
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| Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals | 1974 | Himself (host) |
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| ABC's Wide World of Entertainment | 1974 | ABC | Himself | ||
| That's Entertainment! | 1974 | MGM | Himself (Co-host/Narrator) |
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| Just One More Time | 1974 | Himself | |||
| The Tonight Show | Oct. 27, 1975 | NBC | TV Himself | Johnny Carson | |
| Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men |
1975 | Himself | Bing Crosby | ||
| The 29th Annual Tony Awards | 1975 | Himself (Presenter) |
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| At Long Last Cole | 1975 | Himself | |||
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1975 | Himself | |||
| The Lion Roars Again | 1975 | Himself | |||
| The Amazing Dobermans | 1976 | Daniel Hughes | James Franciscus Barbara Eden |
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| The Tonight Show | May 4, 1976 | NBC | Himself | Johnny Carson | |
| Dinah! | Nov. 19, 1976 | ABC | Himself | Dinah Shore | |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | MGM | Himself (Co-host/Narrator) |
Gene Kelly | |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Feb. 20, 1976 | CBS | Himself | Mike Douglas | |
| Parkinson | 1976 | Himself | |||
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | 1977 | S.D. Kluger | |||
| Un taxi mauve | 1977 | Dr. Scully | |||
| A Family Upside Down | 1978 | Ted Long | Helen Hayes | ||
| The Tonight Show | Apr. 5, 1978 | NBC | Himself | Johnny Carson | |
| Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend | 1978 | Himself | |||
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | 1978 | Himself (Presenter: Best Original Song) |
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| The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | Dec. 23, 1979 | NBC | Costume Shop Proprietor / Chauffeur / Policeman / Cab Driver / Jeweler / Floor Walker / Choral Director / Santa Claus |
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| Battlestar Galactica Episode: "The Man with Nine Lives" |
Jan.28, 1979 | ABC | Chameleon/Captain Dimitri | ||
| The Tonight Show | Dec. 21, 1979 | NBC | Himself | Johnny Carson | |
| Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance | 1980 | Himself | |||
| Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat | 1980 | Himself | |||
| Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 |
1980 | NBC | Himself | Bob Hope |
[edit] 1981—1987
| Title | Date | Studio or Network |
Role | Co-Star | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Story | Dec. 18, 1981 | Universal | Ricky Hawthorne | John Houseman,Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. | |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1984 | Himself | |||
| The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish | 1984 | Himself | Lillian Gish | ||
| The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly | 1985 | Himself | Gene Kelly | ||
| The Tonight Show 25th Anniversary Special |
1987 | Himself | Johnny Carson | ||
| American Masters Episode: "George Gershwin Remembered" |
1987 | Gentleman in The Babbit and the Bromide | |||
| Hollywood, The Golden Years: The RKO Story | 1987 | Himself |
[edit] Sources
- Fred Astaire at the Internet Movie Database
- Fred Astaire at the TCM Movie Database
- Fred Astaire at the Internet Broadway Database
- Green, Stanley, & Burt Goldblatt. Starring Fred Astaire, Dodd 1973, ISBN 0-396-06877-4
- Mueller, John. Astaire Dancing — The Musical Films of Fred Astaire, Knopf 1985, ISBN 0-394-51654-0
