As per our current Database, Fred Keating has been died on 29 June, 1961 at New York City, New York, USA.
When Fred Keating die, Fred Keating was 64 years old.
| Popular As | Fred Keating |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | March 27, 1897 (New York City, New York, USA) |
| Birthday | March 27 |
| Town/City | New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Fred Keating’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Fred Keating was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Fred Keating was a professional magician who reinvented himself as a Hollywood actor. Of Irish-Spanish parentage, Keating performed conjuring tricks from early childhood and eventually became apprenticed to Howard Thurston after having absconded from Culver Military Academy.
He struck out on his own by the age of eighteen and became immensely successful on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920's. Amusing patter and clever showmanship were his stock-in-trade and one of his most popular routines was a version of de Kolta's Vanishing Birdcage.
He also sold several short stories and changed his name from 'F. Serrano Keating' (Serrano was his mother's maiden name) to 'Fred Keating' on the advice of playwright Edna Ferber. By 1932, he began to forsake magic for comedy.
He appeared on Broadway (where star Tallulah Bankhead helped him overcome jittery nerves) and then acted in fourteen Hollywood films between 1934 and 1940. Keating was given several starring vehicles, including The Nitwits (1935) (with comic duo Wheeler & Woolsey), The Devil on Horseback (1936) (opposite Lili Damita), When's Your Birthday? (1937) (with Joe E.
Brown) and Prison Train (1938) (with Dorothy Comingore). Alcoholism and depression subsequently hampered his career and he returned to performing magic in the seedier nightclubs and hotels of New York.
However, by then, his days at the top of his profession were well and truly past.
