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Portrays:	Chameleon
Date of Birth:	May 10, 1899
Date of Death:	June 22, 1987
Age at Death:	88
Nationality:	USA
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Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899—June 22, 1987) was a famous American actor, singer, and entertainer.

In Battlestar Galactica, Astaire portrayed Chameleon, the father of Starbuck, in "The Man with Nine Lives".

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Portrays:	Brooks
Date of Birth:	January 1, 1936
Date of Death:	November 21, 1995
Age at Death:	59
Nationality:	USA
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Fred Grossinger (January 1, 1936 – November 21, 1995), better known by his stage name Fred Holliday, was an American stage, film, and television actor who portrayed Mr. Brooks in Galactica 1980.

Biography

Early Life

Born Fred Grossinger on January 1, 1936, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Holliday adopted his stage name early in his acting career.

Career

Commercial Work

Holliday became renowned for his all-American face and starred in more than one thousand television commercials from the late 1950s through the 1980s.

Television

From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Holliday made guest appearances on more than one hundred and fifty television shows. His television appearances included Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Dragnet, That Girl, The Mod Squad, Nanny and the Professor, Dan August, Ironside, Lassie, Mission: Impossible, Adam-12 (with Kent McCord), The F.B.I., McCloud, Columbo, Eight is Enough, Lou Grant, The Love Boat, Galactica 1980, The Facts of Life, Falcon Crest, Dynasty (with Leann Hunley, Lance LeGault, Ken Swofford), Gimme a Break!, Riptide, Matlock, Knots Landing, Jake and the Fatman, Empty Nest, Project U.F.O. (with W. K. Stratton, Olan Soule), The Six Million Dollar Man, and Airwolf.

Holliday was one of the Mighty Carson Art Players on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for twelve years. He also hosted a short-lived daytime show, The Girl in My Life, on ABC between 1973 and 1974.

He performed in daytime dramas, playing Ron Wyche in Days of Our Lives and the manager at the Capwell Hotel in Santa Barbara. In nighttime dramas, he portrayed John Atherton in Dallas.

Holliday is best known for his work in The Fall Guy (1981), Galactica 1980 (1980), and That Girl (1966).

Film

Holliday's movie credits include A Patch of Blue (1965), Airport (1970), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), First Family (1980), Edge of the Axe (1988), and Lobster Man from Mars (1989).

Theater

Holliday appeared in more than fifty Broadway and regional theater productions.

Professional Service

Professionally, Holliday served on the local board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter of AFTRA for ten years, as well as serving on the national board of AFTRA. He was also active in the Screen Actors Guild.

Personal Life

Holliday was married to Nancy King, with whom he had one daughter, Debra Jeanne (Grossinger) Rouse. He was later married to Judy Kapler.

Holliday died in Los Angeles on November 21, 1995, at the age of 59. The cause of death was a heart attack.

References

External Sources

External links

• Fred Holliday at the Internet Movie Database

• Fred Grossinger at Find a Grave

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Portrays:	Junior Reporter
Date of Birth:	1949
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Nationality:	USA
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Fred Keating (born 1949) is a Canadian-American actor who portrayed a Junior Reporter on Caprica during the Cylon attack in the Miniseries. Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949, Keating has become a prominent character actor in Vancouver's film and television industry with a career spanning over five decades.

Career

Early Career and Education

Keating was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949 and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He began his acting career in high school, and he described a performance in a Eugene O'Neill play as an "awakening moment" about the power of theater after it moved members of the audience to tears. In the 1970s, after touring a one-man show through England, Scotland and Ireland, Keating relocated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1976 where he pursued his theatrical career. He served as a Special Guest Lecturer in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta and Camrose Lutheran College (now the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta) from 1976-1978. Keating became one of the founding actors in Catalyst Theatre, an organization producing shows dealing with social issues. From 1978-1984, he worked as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts Education for several Alberta Ministers of Culture.

Keating explained his transition from theater to television and film, stating, "I loved the immediacy of the audience... but doing the same show eight times a week... is like working in a factory... with a television series... you're getting a new script every week... and it's a new challenge for your character." He noted that film and television offered better pay and a more flexible schedule, which allowed him to be more present for his family.

Television and Film

Keating has appeared in numerous genre television series and films throughout his career. His notable television appearances include roles in Da Vinci's Inquest as Councillor Jack Pierce, Jake and the Kid as Repeat Golightly, Taken, The 4400, Supernatural, The Dead Zone, Millennium, and The X-Files. He has also appeared in iZombie and Gracepoint.

His most significant recurring role was as Councillor Jack Pierce in the critically acclaimed Canadian crime drama Da Vinci's Inquest from seasons 2-8 (1999-2005), and he continued this role in the spin-off series Da Vinci's City Hall. The series, which starred Nicholas Campbell, was based on the real-life experiences of Vancouver's former chief coroner Larry Campbell.

Keating's film credits include The Core (2003), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), Walking Tall (2004), Final Destination (2000), Miracle (2004), and Connie and Carla (2004).

Voice Acting

Keating has also worked extensively in voice acting, particularly in animated series. His voice acting credits include the role of Sisyphus in Class of the Titans (2005), and characters in Hikaru no Go, Starship Operators, and Tetsujin 28.

Personal Life

Keating immigrated to Canada in 1976 and holds dual American-Canadian citizenship. He moved from Edmonton to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, where he continues to work in the entertainment industry. He founded the corporate video production company Lindisfarne Productions Inc. in 1982.

In 2022, Keating was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). He publicly shared his diagnosis in 2025 and has since become a "lived experience partner" with the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia, giving presentations and webinars to raise awareness. He and his wife, Rosie, were the "honoree family" for an Alzheimer's walk.

Beyond acting, Keating has worked as a corporate educator, motivational speaker, and podcast producer/host. He co-produced and co-hosted 125 episodes of the audio podcast "Monetizing Your Creativity" with Marvin Polis, and hosted a weekly province-wide radio show called "Centre Stage" on CKUA. He also teaches others how to overcome the fear of public speaking. He has served as host for numerous award shows and events, including hosting the Canadian Film Festival in 1991, the Banff World Television Festival in 1992, the Leo Awards in 1996 and the Rosie Awards 25 times as of 2019. In 2003, Keating was awarded the David Billington Award at the Calgary International Film Festival. His personal website is showtellmove.com.

His daughter, Katie Keating, portrayed Caston in Caprica.

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He hits the ball that ends up going in the Super Scouts direction, which leads to the revelation that Starla isn't exactly a normal child, as she throws the ball a half-mile ^{(1980: "Spaceball")}.

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