Archie Savage

Archie Savage (April 19, 1914 — February 14, 2003) was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor.^[1][2][3] He was a pioneer of the African-American modern dance. For several years he was a partner of Katherine Dunham in her dance company.^[3] He was among the teachers of Dunham Technique at her school.^[4]

Archie Savage, by Carl van Vechten

Savage became interested in dancing while he was a student in public schools in New York.^[5]

Savage was one of the earliest black men to portray an astronaut in film.^{[citation needed]} 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).^{[3][better source needed]}

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 ^[4]
• 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 (Vigro), Italian Spaghetti Western
• 1970: Notes Towards an African Orestes (singer), Italian film