Fred Astaire chronology of performances

This is a chronological listing of Fred Astaire stage, motion picture, radio, and television performances.

The following color-coding is used for these different mediums:

stage

motion pictures

radio

television

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 - Rainy Saturday	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 R. Atteridge	Sigmund Romberg Jean Schwartz
Apple Blossoms	Oct. 7 1919	Globe	Johnnie	Adele Astaire	Fred Latham	William LeBaron	Fritz Kreisler Victor Jacobi

1921—1930

Note: British productions are marked with .

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	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

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 Río 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 Joan Fontaine	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

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 Arnaz	—	—	—
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

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)
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.
What's My Line?	Apr. 3, 1955		Himself (Mystery Guest)
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)
The 30th Annual Academy Awards	Mar. 28 1958	NBC	Himself (Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
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)
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

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)
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)
The 37th Annual Academy Awards	1965		Himself (Presenter: Best Song)
The Hollywood Palace	Jan. 22, 1966	ABC	Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer)	Petula Clark Mickey Rooney
The Hollywood Palace	Mar. 10, 1966	ABC	Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer)	Ethel Merman Jack Jones
The Hollywood Palace	Apr. 30, 1966	ABC	Himself (Host/Singer/Dancer)	Herb Alpert Louis Nye
The 39th Annual Academy Awards	1967		Himself (Co-Presenter: Writing Awards)
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	S.D. Kluger (Narrator) - Voice Only	Mickey Rooney	Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards	1970		Himself (Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Documentary Awards)

1971—1980

Title	Date	Studio or Network	Role	Co-Star	Director
Imagine	1972		Himself (guest appearance)	John Lennon Yoko Ono
'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
Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra		1973	Himself (Audience Member)	Frank Sinatra
The Towering Inferno	1974	Warner Bros. 20th Century-Fox	Harlee Claiborne	Steve McQueen Paul Newman Jennifer Jones
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals	1974		Himself (host)
ABC's Wide World of Entertainment	1974	ABC	Himself
That's Entertainment!	1974	MGM	Himself (Co-host/Narrator)
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)
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
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)
1st Kennedy Center Honors	1978		Himself (Honoree)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit	Dec. 23, 1979	NBC	Costume Shop Proprietor / Chauffeur / Hot Dog Vendor / Policeman / Cab Driver / Jeweler / Floor Walker / Choral Director / Santa Claus
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

1981—1987

Title	Date	Studio or Network	Role	Co-Star	Director
The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire	1981		Himself
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	Gene Kelly (in this routine)
Hollywood, The Golden Years: The RKO Story	1987		Himself

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