Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
57.9 TOPICAL actor score · #411 of 1,977 actors
Fred Astaire (1899-1987) has a TOPICAL actor score of 57.9 - ranked 411 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 6 acting honours from 7 nominations, including the Academy Honorary Award. Their best ten-year run was 1934-1943. Best films: Top Hat (1935), The Band Wagon (1953), Funny Face (1957).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
- Acting honours6 wins, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Honorary Award; AFI Life Achievement Award; Kennedy Center Honors
- Prime1934-1943
- Credits50 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 20 scored films (18 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 102 languages
“For his performance in Irwin Allen and John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno (1974), Astaire received his only competitive Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10
Fred Astaire's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 617 | Top Hat | 1935 | 1 |
| 764 | The Towering Inferno | 1974 | 5 |
| 1,426 | Funny Face | 1957 | 2 |
| 1,463 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | 1 |
| 1,785 | Holiday Inn | 1942 | 2 |
| 2,242 | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | 1 |
| 2,432 | Swing Time | 1936 | 1 |
| 2,733 | Easter Parade | 1948 | 2 |
| 2,918 | On the Beach | 1959 | 3 |
| 3,720 | You Were Never Lovelier | 1942 | 1 |
| 5,022 | Daddy Long Legs | 1955 | 1 |
| 5,041 | Carefree | 1938 | 1 |
| 5,051 | A Damsel in Distress | 1937 | 1 |
| 5,271 | The Barkleys of Broadway | 1950 | 1 |
| 5,345 | You'll Never Get Rich | 1941 | 1 |
| 5,439 | Blue Skies | 1946 | 2 |
| 5,466 | Finian's Rainbow | 1968 | 1 |
| 5,823 | Three Little Words | 1950 | 1 |
| 5,932 | Second Chorus | 1940 | 1 |
| 6,305 | The Sky's the Limit | 1943 | 1 |