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