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Nick Castle (1910–1968; born Nicholas John Casaccio) was an American choreographer and dance director of television and film. Castle was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1910, to an Italian-American family. He danced in vaudeville numbers before moving to Los Angeles in 1935.
Nick Castle worked in his early years as dance director in vaudeville, before he went in 1937 to Hollywood, where he worked as choreographer first at Fox, Paramount, Warner, MGM and Columbia with Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Betty Grable, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
- Additional Crew, Music Department, Actor
- March 21, 1910
- Nick Castle
- August 18, 1968
Aug 16, 2012 · Nick Castle. Actor, Songwriter, Dancer and Choreographer. He was the dance director or choreographer on such famous movies as Swanee River (1939), Buck Privates (with Abbott and Costello - 1941), Royal Wedding (1951), Skirts Ahoy (1952), The Seven Little Foys (1955), and over eighty other films.
- Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
- March 21, 1910
Nick Castle (1910–1968; born Nicholas John Casaccio) was an American choreographer and dance director of television and film. Castle was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1910, to an Italian-American family. He danced in vaudeville numbers before moving to Los Angeles in 1935.
When Twentieth Century-Fox choreographer Jack Haskell hired him as an assistant, he began teaching tap dance to Shirley Temple and worked on such films as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), assisted by Geneva Sawyer. After Haskell left Fox, Castle was hired to replace him as dance director.
Nick Castle worked in his early years as dance director in vaudeville, before he went in 1937 to Hollywood, where he worked as choreographer first at Fox, Paramount, Warner, MGM and Columbia with Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Betty Grable, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
Lowest Rated: 6% Mr. Wrong (1996) Birthday: Sep 21, 1947. Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA. Son of Hollywood choreographer Nick Castle Sr., this writer-director has crafted a...
