Archie Savage

Archie Savage (April 19, 1914 — February 14, 2003) was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor.

[4] 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.