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Hermes Pan(1909-1990)

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"My Fair Lady" Hermes Pan 1964 Warner Brothers
Academy Award-winning dance director responsible for choreographing several dozen of Hollywood's most truly memorable musicals, including every one of the nine Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers 1930s gems - not to mention Fred and Ginger's screen swan song, The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). He also choreographed some half-dozen of Betty Grable's musicals of the '40s and danced on screen with both Grable and Rita Hayworth.
BornDecember 10, 1909
DiedSeptember 19, 1990(80)
BornDecember 10, 1909
DiedSeptember 19, 1990(80)
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Hermes Pan
Ginger Rogers and Hermes Pan in In Person (1935)

Known for

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat
7.7
  • Additional Crew(uncredited)
  • 1935
Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Gracie Allen, and George Burns in A Damsel in Distress (1937)
A Damsel in Distress
6.8
  • Additional Crew
  • 1937
My Fair Lady (1964)
My Fair Lady
7.8
  • Additional Crew
  • 1964
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time (1936)
Swing Time
7.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 1936

Credits

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  • Help Me Dream (1981)
    Help Me Dream
  • Lost Horizon (1973)
    Lost Horizon
  • Darling Lili (1970)
    Darling Lili
  • Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Don Francks, and Tommy Steele in Finian's Rainbow (1968)
    Finian's Rainbow
  • An Evening with Carol Channing
  • Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase in The Hollywood Palace (1964)
    The Hollywood Palace
  • Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in The Great Race (1965)
    The Great Race
  • My Fair Lady (1964)
    My Fair Lady
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
  • David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, and Robert Wagner in The Pink Panther (1963)
    The Pink Panther
    • (uncredited)
  • Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
    Cleopatra
  • Nancy Kwan and Miyoshi Umeki in Flower Drum Song (1961)
    Flower Drum Song
  • Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Tab Hunter, and Lilli Palmer in The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
    The Pleasure of His Company
  • The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
    The Bell Telephone Hour
  • Barrie Chase in "Astaire Time"
    Astaire Time

Actor

  • Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak in Pal Joey (1957)
    Pal Joey
    • (uncredited)
  • Kiss Me Kate (1953)
    Kiss Me Kate
    • (uncredited)
  • Ray Milland and Lana Turner in A Life of Her Own (1950)
    A Life of Her Own
  • Betty Grable in Pin Up Girl (1944)
    Pin Up Girl
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Young, Betty Grable, and Adolphe Menjou in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
    Sweet Rosie O'Grady
    • (uncredited)
  • Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, and George Montgomery in Coney Island (1943)
    Coney Island
    • (uncredited)
  • Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and John Payne in Footlight Serenade (1942)
    Footlight Serenade
    • (uncredited)
  • Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, and Carole Landis in My Gal Sal (1942)
    My Gal Sal
  • Moon Over Miami (1941)
    Moon Over Miami
    • (uncredited)
  • Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Charles Butterworth, Burgess Meredith, and Artie Shaw in Second Chorus (1940)
    Second Chorus
    • (uncredited)

Music Department

  • Darling Lili (1970)
    Darling Lili
  • Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
    Meet Me in Las Vegas
  • Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Vic Damone, Tony Martin, Ann Miller, and Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck (1955)
    Hit the Deck

Personal details

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    • December 10, 1909
    • Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • September 19, 1990
    • Beverly Hills, California, USA(stroke)
  • Other works
    Also choreographed the Carol Channing TV Special, called, "Carol Channing in LA", or, Carol Channing's Los Angeles". Date of filming was 1966.
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    • 1 Print Biography

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    According to the DVD commentary for Top Hat (1935), he often dubbed Ginger Rogers taps for her films with Fred Astaire. He is rumored to have done so in high heels for authenticity.
    • Finian's Rainbow
      (1968)
      $2 .000 per week

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