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Frederic Serrano Keating (March 27, 1901 – June 29, 1961), best known as Fred Keating, was an American magician, stage, and film actor.
Magician and Actor, Fred Keating (1897-1961) in a rare television appearance performing Snowstorm in China, Houdini's Needle Feat and Voodoo Transposition.
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Fred Keating (1902- 1961) was a successful magician (starting in 1915) that moved to Hollywood to try his success as an actor. [1] Biography. He saw de Kolta when he was eight and later ran away from school to join the Thurston show as an assistant.
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.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
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.
- March 27, 1897
- June 29, 1961
Mar 30, 2005 · After two years of work, I have decided to publish my research on multi-talented magician-actor Fred Keating. Through Keating's family and other sources (including Keating scholar Max Maven), I have traced the amazing story of Keating's life in depth and gathered dozens of rare photographs, as well as fascinating essays written by Keating himself.
Aug 8, 2015 · Fred Keating, master magician, at present appearing in John Murray Anderson's "Almanacs" as magician and master of ceremonies, has just completed a Variety, titled "Illusions," directed by Murray Roth.
