Archie Savage (April 19, 1914 — February 14, 2003) was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor. 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.
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).
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.
1975
as Self - Singer
1969
as Jeremias
1967
as Vigro
1966
as Ituri (archive footage)
1964
1962
as Ufficiale americano
1962
as Black Tourist (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (uncredited)
1961
1960
as Al (X15)
1960
as Negro Dancer (uncredited)
1958
as Ceremonial Dance Chief / Boar's Tooth Ceremonial Dancer: Chief
1957
as Elderly Operator (uncredited)
1955
as Ituri
1954
as Ballard
1954
as Boogulroo
1944
as Self - Dancer
1943
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
1941
as Dancer
as Abner