Later, in the 1930s, the on-screen dance pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers influenced all forms of dance in the USA and elsewhere.

Also from the Homeless Brother album, " Wonderful Baby " was a number 1 on the AOR chart in 1975 and was later recorded by Fred Astaire.

*" Wonderful Baby ", a tribute to Fred Astaire that Astaire himself recorded.

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire.

In Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ) – which was produced in 1944 but not released until 1946 – Kelly collaborated with Fred Astaire – for whom he had the greatest admiration – in the famous " The Babbitt and the Bromide " challenge dance routine.

He withdrew from the film and encouraged Fred Astaire to come out of retirement to replace him.

and subsequently directed and co-starred with his friend Fred Astaire in the sequel That's Entertainment, Part II ( 1976 ).

While Fred Astaire had revolutionized the filming of dance in the 1930s by insisting on full-figure photography of dancers while allowing only a modest degree of camera movement, Kelly freed up the camera, making greater use of space, camera movement, camera angles and editing, creating a partnership between dance movement and camera movement without sacrificing full-figure framing.

" In particular, he wanted to create a completely different image from that associated with Fred Astaire, not least because he believed his physique didn't suit such refined elegance: " I used to envy his cool aristocratic style, so intimate and contained.

* Bob Fosse, a noted jazz choreographer who created a new form of jazz dance that was inspired by Fred Astaire and the burlesque and vaudeville styles.

She is one of the few dancers or actresses who has danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Rudolf Nureyev.

She also starred in the successful musicals Lili ( 1953 ), with Mel Ferrer ; Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 ), with Fred Astaire, and Gigi ( 1958 ) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier.

Musical stars such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were among the most popular and highly respected personalities in Hollywood during the classical era ; the Fred and Ginger pairing was particularly successful, resulting in a number of classic films, such as Top Hat ( 1935 ), Swing Time ( 1936 ) and Shall We Dance ( 1937 ).

Fred Astaire was also coaxed out of retirement for Easter Parade and made a permanent comeback.

An avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a show business career by Gene Kelly in the classic film Singin ' in the Rain as well as Debbie Allen, Fred Astaire, and Bob Fosse.

Many of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals of the 1930s also feature screwball comedy plots, notably The Gay Divorcee ( 1934 ) and Top Hat ( 1935 ).

During development at the University of Plymouth, in conjunction with BAE Systems and Sumitomo Precision Products, the iBot was nicknamed Fred Upstairs ( after Fred Astaire ) because it can climb stairs: hence the name Ginger, after Astaire's regular film partner, Ginger Rogers, for a successor product.

Waltzes were the staple of many American musicals and films, including " Waltz in Swing Time " sung by Fred Astaire.

Paramount Pictures ' Bob Hope was Caught In The Draft, Warner Brothers told Phil Silvers and Jimmy Durante You're In The Army Now, Columbia Pictures put Fred Astaire in the army declaring You'll Never Get Rich, Hal Roach gave his new comedy team of William Tracy and Joe Sawyer Tanks a Million and 20th Century Fox had the former Hal Roach team of Laurel & Hardy going Great Guns.

* Fred Astaire

* Fred Astaire

* Fred Cone ( running back ) ( born 1926 ), former professional American football running back

Fred Reed ( born 1945 in Crumpler, West Virginia ) was a technology columnist for The Washington Times.

Siegfried Fred Singer ( born September 27, 1924 ) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia.

Fred wears top hat and tails to the manor born — I put them on and look like a truck driver.

* Safeway Goya, born Fred de Rafols, American musician, lead singer of The Nobodys

Only Fred, born in 1850, was younger than W. G.

They have a son named Woody Fred Cook ( born 15 December 2000 ) and a daughter named Nelly May Lois ( born 14 January 2010 ).

Fred Asher Rosenstock ( 1895 – 1986 ; born Selig Usher Rosenstock in 1895 in Biala Potok in Galicia, then a province of Austria in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains ) was a prominent bookseller, book and art collector and publisher in Denver, Colorado from the 1920s through the 1970s.

Fred, Jr. ( born January 1, 1936 ) appeared with his father in the movie Midas Run, but became a charter pilot and rancher instead of an actor.

He is the seventh of eight children born to Fred and Annie Davies, including six older sisters and younger brother Dave Davies.

The daughter of Fred and Catrine Lauper, Cyndi Lauper was born and raised in Ozone Park in a Roman Catholic family, in the borough of Queens in New York City.

* Fred Secombe ( born 1918 ), one-time vicar of St. Marys church, Hanwell.

Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Gail M. and Fred Russell Elliott ; Gail was a needleworker and Fred worked in insurance.

Sheffield is the birthplace of Arthur Alexander, " country-soul pioneer " and songwriter, French horn player Willie Ruff, notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson, Watergate committee U. S. Senator Howell Heflin and U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell, whose father was working in nearby Athens, AL, when he was born in Sheffield.

* Hank Patterson, born on October 9, 1888, who played Mr. Fred Ziffel, on Green Acres.

Fred Allen, an All Black of the 1940s who went on to coach the All Blacks to 14 wins from his 14 tests in the 1960s, was born in Oamaru, though not educated there.

The following important figures were also born in Villa Rica: Coca-cola business tycoon and former mayor of Atlanta Asa Griggs Candler ; former Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and tenth president of Emory University Warren Akin Candler ; former baseball star Fred " Dixie " Walker ; former University of Georgia offensive tackle Ken Shackleford ; and former NFL punter Herman " Thunderfoot " Weaver.

" Fighting " Fred McKinley was born and raised on a small farm five miles outside of Deepstep, Georgia.

* Fred Rutten ( born 1962 ), football coach

* Fred Waring ( born 1900 ), musician and radio-television personality.

* Fred Griffith ( born 1964 ), American actor and film producer

* Fred L. Lowery ( born 1943 ), Southern Baptist pastor