AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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Fred Astaire

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CAST

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
DANCING LADY
Himself
1933
FLYING DOWN TO RIO
Fred Ayers
1933
THE GAY DIVORCEE
Guy Holden
1934
ROBERTA
Huck [Haines]
1935
TOP HAT
Jerry Travers
1935
SWING TIME
John "Lucky" Garnett
1936
FOLLOW THE FLEET
"Bake" Baker
1936
SHALL WE DANCE
Petrov [also known as Pete P. Peters]
1937
A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Jerry [Halliday]
1937
CAREFREE
[Dr.] Tony Flagg
1938
THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE
Vernon Castle
1939
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940
Johnny Brett
1940
YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH
Robert Curtis
1941
SECOND CHORUS
Danny O'Neill
1941
HOLIDAY INN
Ted Hanover
1942
YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER
Robert Davis
1942
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Fred Atwell
1943
YOLANDA AND THE THIEF
Johnny Parkson [Riggs, also known as Mr. Brown]
1945
BLUE SKIES
Jed Potter
1946
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
Himself in "The Babbitt and the Bromide"/The Imposter in "This Heart of Mine"/Tai Long in "Limehouse Blues"
1946
EASTER PARADE
Don Hewes
1948
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
Josh Barkley
1949
LET'S DANCE
Donald Elwood
1950
THREE LITTLE WORDS
Bert Kalmar [also known as Kendall the Great]
1950
ROYAL WEDDING
Tom Brown
1951
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK
Charlie Hill
1952
THE BAND WAGON
Tony Hunter
1953
DADDY LONG LEGS
Jervis Pendleton III
1955
FUNNY FACE
Dick Avery
1957
SILK STOCKINGS
Steve Canfield
1957
ON THE BEACH
Julian Osborn
1959
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY
Biddeford "Pogo" Poole
1961
THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY
Franklyn Ambruster
1962
PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES
1964
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Finian McLonergan
1968
MIDAS RUN
John Pedley
1969
IMAGINE
1973
THE TOWERING INFERNO
Harlee Claiborne
1974
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
1974
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, PART 2
Narrator
1976
THE AMAZING DOBERMANS
Daniel [Hughes]
1976
GHOST STORY
Ricky Hawthorne
1981
GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER'S JOURNEY
1985

DANCE

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
ROBERTA
Dance arr
1935
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Dances created and staged by
1943
DADDY LONG LEGS
Dances staged by
1955
FUNNY FACE
Choreog
1957
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY
Choreog
1961

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SECOND CHORUS
Assoc prod
1941

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
Legend
Viewed by AFI
Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement Award
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