Fred Astaire: movies and TV shows
Fred Astaire has 136 credits in the archive: 105 films and 31 TV series, from 1933 to 2025. Highest rated: Cinépanorama (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 2025 · busiest year: 1968 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 126 |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 120 |
| 2018 | La La La | Various Roles (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 119 |
| 2017 | Fred Astaire donne le 'la' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 118 |
| 2017 | Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 118 |
| 2015 | Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire | (archive footage) | Film | — | 116 |
| 2014 | Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 115 |
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 115 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 114 |
| 2010 | Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 111 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 110 |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing | (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 110 |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 110 |
| 2006 | Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm | Various / Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 107 |
| 2006 | "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After | Archive Footage | Film | — | 107 |
| 2005 | Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 106 |
| 2005 | Easter Parade: On the Avenue | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.0 | 106 |
| 2005 | Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 106 |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 104 |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 104 |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine | Film | 7.0 | 104 | |
| 2000 | Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 1998 | Doris Day: It's Magic | Self | Film | — | 99 |
| 1998 | A Bing Crosby Christmas | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 99 |
| 1997 | Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 98 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 96 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 95 |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 94 |
| 1991 | The Fred Astaire Songbook | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 92 |
| 1990 | Dance Crazy in Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 91 |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 91 |
| 1987 | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Self | TV | 9.0 | 88 |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Film | 7.4 | 86 | |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 86 |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film | 5.8 | 86 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 85 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 83 |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Ricky Hawthorne | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 1980 | Fred Astaire | Self | TV | — | 81 |
| 1979 | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | Santa Claus | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Chameleon / Captain Dimitri | TV | 7.1 | 79 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 79 |
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Ted Long | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1977 | The Purple Taxi | Dr. Seamus Scully | Film | 5.8 | 78 |
| 1977 | The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | S.D. Kluger (narrator) (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 78 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1976 | The Amazing Dobermans | Daniel Hughes | Film | 6.0 | 77 |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 77 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again | Self | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Harlee Claiborne | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | Film | 7.4 | 75 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 74 |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1972 | Imagine | Self | Film | 7.1 | 73 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1972 | S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 72 |
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | S.D. Kluger (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | The Baltimore Kid | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1969 | Midas Run | John Pedley | Film | 4.7 | 70 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Alister Mundy | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Alistair Mundy (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 1968 | Finian's Rainbow | Finian McLonergan | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 1968 | The Fred Astaire Show | Self - Host | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1968 | The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 68 | |
| 1964 | Paris When It Sizzles | Film | 6.3 | 65 | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Fred Addams | TV | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1963 | Hollywood and the Stars | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Franklyn Ambruster | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Narrator | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Joe Quinlan | TV | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | Self - Host | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1961 | The Pleasure of His Company | Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1960 | Astaire Time | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1960 | Astaire Time | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 1959 | On the Beach | Julian Osborn | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1959 | Another Evening with Fred Astaire | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1958 | An Evening with Fred Astaire | Self | Film | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1958 | An Evening with Fred Astaire | Film | 8.3 | 59 | |
| 1957 | Funny Face | Dick Avery | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1957 | Funny Face | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 1957 | Silk Stockings | Steve Canfield | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV | 8.7 | 57 |
| 1956 | Stars of Cabaret | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 57 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Jervis Pendleton III | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Film | 6.4 | 56 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon | Tony Hunter | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | J. Willingham Bardley | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Paul Ashcroft | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1952 | The Belle of New York | Charlie Hill | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1951 | Royal Wedding | Tom Bowen | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1950 | Let's Dance | Donald Elwood | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1950 | Three Little Words | Bert Kalmar | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway | Josh Barkley | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1948 | Easter Parade | Don Hewes | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1948 | Easter Parade | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1946 | Blue Skies | Jed Potter | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1945 | Yolanda and the Thief | Johnny Parkson Riggs | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee /Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Fred Atwell (Fred Burton) | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Film | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier | Robert Davis | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn | Ted Hanover | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1941 | Second Chorus | Danny O'Neill | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Robert Curtis | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Johnny Brett | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Vernon Castle | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1938 | Carefree | Tony Flagg | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1937 | Shall We Dance | Petrov | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distress | Jerry Halliday | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1936 | Swing Time | Lucky Garnett | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Bake Baker | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1935 | Top Hat | Jerry Travers | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1935 | Roberta | Huck Haines | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1935 | Roberta | Film | 7.1 | 36 | |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee | Guy Holden | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Fred Astaire | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio | Fred Ayres | Film | 6.3 | 34 |