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Nick Castle (1910–1968; born Nicholas John Casaccio) was an American choreographer and dance director of television and film. Castle was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1910, to an Italian-American family. He danced in vaudeville numbers before moving to Los Angeles in 1935.
Nick Castle worked in his early years as dance director in vaudeville, before he went in 1937 to Hollywood, where he worked as choreographer first at Fox, Paramount, Warner, MGM and Columbia with Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Betty Grable, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
- Additional Crew, Music Department, Actor
- March 21, 1910
- Nick Castle
- August 18, 1968
Nick Castle (1910–1968; born Nicholas John Casaccio) was an American choreographer and dance director of television and film. Castle was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1910, to an Italian-American family. He danced in vaudeville numbers before moving to Los Angeles in 1935.
Nick Castle worked in his early years as dance director in vaudeville, before he went in 1937 to Hollywood, where he worked as choreographer first at Fox, Paramount, Warner, MGM and Columbia with Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Betty Grable, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
- March 21, 1910
- August 18, 1968
Nick Castle was born on September 21, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and Escape from New York (1981). He has been married to Mary Charlene Napp since December 31, 1981. They have one child.
- September 21, 1947
When Twentieth Century-Fox choreographer Jack Haskell hired him as an assistant, he began teaching tap dance to Shirley Temple and worked on such films as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), assisted by Geneva Sawyer. After Haskell left Fox, Castle was hired to replace him as dance director.
Nicholas Castle (born September 21, 1947 in Los Angeles) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter 's horror film Halloween (1978).
