Hermes Pan(1909-1990)

Choreography
Actor
Additional Crew

"My Fair Lady" Hermes Pan 1964 Warner Brothers

Academy Award-winning dance director responsible for choreographing several dozen of Hollywood's most truly memorable musicals, including every one of the nine Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers 1930s gems - not to mention Fred and Ginger's screen swan song, The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). He also choreographed some half-dozen of Betty Grable's musicals of the '40s and danced on screen with both Grable and Rita Hayworth.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

A Damsel in Distress

6.8

Choreography

1937

My Fair Lady

7.7

Choreography

1964

Swing Time

7.4

Choreography

1936

Top Hat

7.7

Choreography(uncredited)

1935

Credits

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Choreography

Help Me Dream
6.2
- choreographer
- 1981
Finian's Rainbow
6.1
- choreographer
- 1968
An Evening with Carol Channing
8.0
TV Special
- choreographer
- 1966
The Hollywood Palace
8.1
TV Series
- choreographer
- choreographer: number with Barrie Chase and Christopher Riordan
- 1964–1965
The Great Race
7.2
- choreographer
- 1965
My Fair Lady
7.7
- choreographer
- 1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- choreographer
- 1964
The Pink Panther
7.0
- choreographer (uncredited)
- 1963
Cleopatra
7.0
- choreographer
- 1963
Flower Drum Song
6.9
- choreographer
- 1961
The Pleasure of His Company
6.6
- choreographer
- 1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
7.7
TV Series
- choreographer
- 1961
Astaire Time
7.2
TV Special
- choreographer
- 1960
The George Burns Show
TV Special
- choreographer
- 1960
The Frances Langford Show
6.7
TV Series
- choreographer
- 1960

Actor

Pal Joey
6.6
- Choreographer at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
- 1957
Kiss Me Kate
7.0
- Sailor (uncredited)
- 1953
A Life of Her Own
6.3
- Specialty Dancer
- 1950
Pin Up Girl
6.0
- Apache Dancer (uncredited)
- 1944
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
6.3
- Madge's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
- 1943
Coney Island
6.3
- Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1943
Footlight Serenade
6.3
- Assistant Dance Director (uncredited)
- 1942
My Gal Sal
6.1
- Sally's Dancing Partner
- 1942
Moon Over Miami
6.7
- Kay's Dance Partner in Conga Number (uncredited)
- 1941
Second Chorus
5.7
- College Clarinetist (uncredited)
- 1940

Additional Crew

Lost Horizon
5.3
- musical numbers staged by
- 1973
Darling Lili
6.1
- choreographer and staging
- 1970
Silk Stockings
6.8
- all dances in which Fred Astaire appears choreographed by
- 1957
Hit the Deck
6.5
- staging: musical numbers
- 1955
Three Little Words
6.9
- dances created and directed by
- 1950
Coney Island
6.3
- specialty dancer (uncredited)
- 1943
Carefree
6.9
- ensembles stager
- 1938
Shall We Dance
7.4
- ballet stager
- 1937
Follow the Fleet
7.1
- stager: ensembles
- 1936
Top Hat
7.7
- ensembles stager
- 1935

Personal details

Born
- December 10, 1909
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died
- September 19, 1990
- Beverly Hills, California, USA(stroke)
Other works
Also choreographed the Carol Channing TV Special, called, "Carol Channing in LA", or, Carol Channing's Los Angeles". Date of filming was 1966.
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography

Did you know

Trivia
According to the DVD commentary for Top Hat (1935), he often dubbed Ginger Rogers taps for her films with Fred Astaire. He is rumored to have done so in high heels for authenticity.