Fred Keating
Biography
Fred Keating is a Canadian-American actor who has worked mostly in and around Greater Vancouver. Born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in Detroit, he toured a solo show across England, Scotland and Ireland in the 1970s, then settled in Edmonton, Alberta, where he was a guest lecturer in drama at the University of Alberta and at Camrose Lutheran College and became a founding actor in Catalyst Theatre. Later he advised Alberta culture ministers on performing arts education and helped build the ARTSTREK program. His screen roles include Councillor Jack Pierce in Da Vinci's Inquest and Repeat Golightly in Jake and the Kid, and he has appeared in Miracle, Walking Tall (2004), The Santa Clause 2 and The Core. He hosted radio and podcast programs and many award shows, and in 2003 received the David Billington Award.
77years old
Turns 78 on January 1in 78 days
- Born Columbus
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 25 years1997 to 2022
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A first
Keating was the first recipient of the honorary AMPIA Ambassador Award, given by the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association in 2019.
A first
The Edmonton Journal reported that Keating's 2019 stint as host of the Rosie Awards marked his 25th time leading the award show.
Early training
Keating was a founding actor of Catalyst Theatre, a group that staged shows for television, schools and conferences about social issues.
Behind the camera
With Marvin Polis, Keating co-produced and co-hosted the audio podcast Monetizing Your Creativity, which ran for 125 episodes. He also hosted a weekly province-wide radio show, "Centre Stage," interviewing artists passing through Western Canada.
A change of course
During the 1970s Keating took a one-man show on tour in England, Scotland and Ireland. He then moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he taught drama at the University of Alberta as a Special Guest Lecturer.
A change of course
Between 1978 and 1984, Keating served as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts Education under multiple Alberta Ministers of Culture. In that role, he grew the province's residential summer drama school into ARTSTREK, adding feeder programs across Alberta.
Fred Keating movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Colin Minihan directed two of these films. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Colin MinihanDirector, 2 films, 2011 to 2014
All films by Colin Minihan
Also two films together12 more actors
- Ben WilkinsonShips in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2021) and Grave Encounters (2011)
- Dee Jay JacksonA Little Christmas Charm (2020) and A Very Vintage Christmas (2019)
- Matt HamiltonNorth to Home (2022) and Sailing Into Love (2019)
- Jill WagnerMystery 101: Killer Timing (2021) and Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018)
- Sunita PrasadShips in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2021) and Christmas Town (2019)
- Françoise YipA Little Christmas Charm (2020) and The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2018)
- Michael St. John SmithThe Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2018) and Camera Shy (2012)
- Bruce BlainChristmas Town (2019) and Looks Like Christmas (2016)
- John InnesJust My Type (2020) and Edge of the Garden (2011)
- Lara GilchristChristmas Town (2019) and Camera Shy (2012)
- Stephen LoboJust My Type (2020) and Camera Shy (2012)
- Sean RogersonExtraterrestrial (2014) and Grave Encounters (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.