Fred Keating (magician) explained

Fred Keating
Birth Date:	27 March 1901
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Magician, actor
Yearsactive:	1929–1940 (film)

Frederic Serrano Keating (March 27, 1901^[1] – June 29, 1961),^[2] best known as Fred Keating, was an American magician, stage, and film actor.^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Keating was born in New York City, the son of Frederick Keating (Senior), a lawyer, and Camille Serrano, a singer. He was of Irish-Spanish heritage. His parents divorced when he was young.^{[5] [6]} He became interested in magic from an early age. He became well known for performing a disappearing canary cage trick.^[7] Keating also performed a trick where he swallowed needles and pulled them threaded, out of his mouth.^[8]

Selected filmography

• The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
• Shanghai (1935)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• To Beat the Band (1935)
• The Nitwits (1935)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935)
• The Devil on Horseback (1936)
• When's Your Birthday? (1937)
• Melody for Two (1937)
• Prison Train (1938)
• Eternally Yours (1939)
• Society Smugglers (1939)
• Tin Pan Alley (1940)

Bibliography

• Curry, Paul. (1965). Magician's Magic. Dover Publications.
• Pitts, Michael R. (2015). RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956. McFarland.
• Price, David. (1985). Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater. Cornwall Books.
• Slide, Anthony. (1981). The Vaudevillians: A Dictionary of Vaudeville Performers. Arlington House.

External links

• • • • What Magicians Do When Magical Tricks Go Wrong (May, 1932)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italiangen.org.
2. News: Fred Keating, 64, Magician, Is Dead; Stage and Screen Actor Had Been Vaudeville Headliner. The New York Times. July 1, 1961. 17.
3. Price, p. 349
4. Pitts, p. 220
5. News: Minute Biographies: Fred Keating. Pittsburgh Post Gazette. June 19, 1933. 13.
6. Web site: New York Marriages, 1686-1980. FamilySearch. 6 April 2018.
7. Curry, pp. 58-59.
8. Slide, p. 55