Fred Keating is a Canadian-American actor based in

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History

Fred Keating was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949 and raised in Detroit, Michigan. In the 1970s, after touring a one-man show through England, Scotland and Ireland Keating relocated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he was 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) (1976-1978). Keating became one of the founding actors in Catalyst Theatre, an organization producing shows (televised and in schools/conferences) dealing with social issues. From 1978-1984, Keating worked as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts Education for several Alberta Ministers of Culture expanding and transforming the provincial government’s residential summer drama school into the ARTSTREK program with several feeder programs in different regions of the province. Keating 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” interviewing local and international artists passing through Western Canada. He hosted the

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in 1991 and the

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in 1992. In 1996, Keating co-hosted the

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with

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. When Keating hosted the

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in 2019, the ''

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'' reported that he was hosting the award show for his 25th time.

Roles

Fred Keating's major acting roles include Councillor Jack Pierce on

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and Da Vinci’s City Hall, as well as Repeat Golightly on ''

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''. Keating has also made short appearances in films such as

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Santa Clause 2, Walking Tall, and

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Awards

In 2003, Keating was awarded the David Billington Award at the

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. In 2019, Keating was the first recipient of the hononorary AMPIA (Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association) Ambassador Award.

Filmography

Per

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References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keating, Fred 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Male actors from Columbus, Ohio Canadian male voice actors Canadian male film actors Living people American emigrants to Canada 1949 births