Ken Berry : (4) " Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor – those were my idols. All I ever wanted to be was a motion picture song-and-dance man. I kind of fell into other things. Did walk-ons and bits for years and worked in little theater at night. " - Ken Berry " Mv wife opened a gift shop and I had a cleaning plant. We both lost money on them. I guess we’ll stick to acting. " - Ken Berry " I saw a song and dance act at the carnival and decided that’s what I wanted to do. I worked on my mother first, she convinced my dad, and I started taking dance lessons at the Maureen Bennett Studio. " - Ken Berry " I grew up loving movie musicals and Idolizing Fred Astalre. I never worked with Fred but I met him once at a pool hall in Van Nuys. " - Ken Berry