Frederic Serrano Keating (March 27, 1901 – June 29, 1961), best known as Fred Keating, was an American magician, stage, and film actor.Price, p. 349Pitts, p. 220
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. He became interested in magic from an early age. He became well known for performing a disappearing canary cage trick.Curry, pp. 58-59. Keating also performed a trick where he swallowed needles and pulled them threaded, out of his mouth.Slide, p. 55
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)
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References
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)