Fred Astaire embarked on a whole
new career when it became obvious that television was here to stay.
As with his films, his perfectionism paid off: his three specials in 1958-60
were record-breaking Emmy award winners.
A list of some of his performances on the tube:
Imp on a Cobweb Leash,
CBS, 1958
Man on a Bicycle,
CBS, 1959
An Evening with Fred
Astaire, NBC, 1958
Another Evening with
Fred Astaire, NBC, 1959
Astaire Time,
NBC, 1960
Fred Astaire's Alcoa
Premiere Theatre, ABC, 1961-63
Think Pretty
(Bob Hope's Chrysler Theatre), NBC, 1964
Dr. Kildare (4-part
drama), NBC, 1965
Hollywood Palace,
ABC, 1965-66
The Fred Astaire Show,
NBC, 1968
It Takes A Thief,
ABC, 1969-70
The Over the Hill Gang
Rides Again, ABC, 1970
Santa Claus is Coming
to Town (voice), ABC, 1971
'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous,
'S Gershwin, NBC, 1972
A Family Upside Down,
NBC, 1978
Battlestar Galactica,
ABC, 1978
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