Archie Savage (April 19, 1914 — February 14, 2003) was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor.Archie Savage at streetswing.comARCHIE SAVAGE(1914–2003). American actor, dancer, and choreographer, in: Gary Westfahl's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film He was a pioneer of the African-American modern dance. For several years he was a partner of Katherine Dunham in her dance company. He was among the teachers of Dunham Technique at her school.Katherine Dunham Timeline at Library of Congress
Savage became interested in dancing while he was a student in public schools in New York.
Savage was one of the earliest black men to portray an astronaut in film. Another one, in the same year of 1960, was Julius Ongewe in the East German/Polish film The Silent Star (known in the US as First Spaceship on Venus)."Who Was the First Black Man in Space - In the Movies That Is?", by Sergio Mims, April 20, 2017 (retrieved April 12, 2020)
The Archie Savage Dancers appear in the movie, “The Glenn Miller Story” and are acknowledged in the film's credits. In one scene, they appear on a screen in a recording studio as the band is recording the song “Tuxedo Junction,” to which they are performing.
Filmography 1941: Carnival of Rhythm (starring with Katherine Dunham), American short 1944: Jammin' the Blues (dancer), American short about jazz, part of the Melody Master series 1954: Vera Cruz (a cutthroat gunslinger), American film 1960: Space-Men (space station pilot Al ), Italian science fiction film 1969: Bootleggers (Jeremiah), Italian-Spanish crime-action film 1954: His Majesty O'Keefe (Boogulroo), American adventure film 1967: Death Rides a Horse (Gambler), Italian Spaghetti Western 1970: Notes Towards an African Orestes (singer), Italian film
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