Astaire adalandira Mphotho yolemekezeka ya Academy mu 1950 chifukwa cha "luso lake lapadera komanso zomwe adapereka pakupanga zithunzi zanyimbo." Iye ali ndi mbiri ya choreography nyimbo zake khumi zomwe zidatulutsidwa pakati pa 1934-1961, kuphatikiza "Chipewa Chapamwamba", "Nkhope Yoseketsa", ndi "The Pleasure of His Company". Anapambana ma Emmy asanu chifukwa cha ntchito yake yapa kanema wawayilesi, kuphatikiza atatu pazowonetsa zake zosiyanasiyana, An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959, yomwe idapambana ma Emmys asanu ndi anayi omwe anali asanakhalepo!) ndi Madzulo Ena ndi Fred Astaire (1960).

M'zaka zake zapitazi, adapitilizabe kuwonekera m'makanema, kuphatikiza "Utawaleza wa Finian" (1968), ndi "The Towering Inferno" (1974) zomwe zidamupatsa mwayi wosankhidwa ndi Oscar. Adatenganso mbali muma TV pa mapulogalamu monga Zimatenga Wakuba, ndi Battlestar Galactica (zomwe adati adavomera, chifukwa cha zomwe adzukulu ake adachita). Astaire adayikiranso mawu ake kwa akatswiri angapo ama TV a ana, makamaka, Santa Claus Akubwera 'Ku Town (1970) ndi Isitala Bunny ikubwera ku Town (1977). Astaire adalandira Mphotho ya Lifetime Achievement Award mu 1981 kuchokera ku American Film Institute, yemwe mu 2011, adamutchulanso kuti "Wachisanu Wopambana Kwambiri" (pakati pa "Nthano Zapamwamba Kwambiri pa Screen 50”Mndandanda).

Fred Astaire adamwalira mu 1987 ndi chibayo, ali ndi zaka 88. Ndikumwalira kwake, dziko lapansi lidataya nthano yovina. Kupepuka kwake kopanda mphamvu komanso chisomo mwina sizidzawonekanso. Monga Mikhail Baryshnikov adaonera pa nthawi ya imfa ya Fred Astaire, "Palibe wovina yemwe angawonere Fred Astaire osadziwa kuti tonsefe tikadayenera kukhala mu bizinesi ina."