Acting · b. 1914 · Mobile, Alabama, USA

Fayard Nicholas

Biography

Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show, Stormy Weather, The Pirate, and Hard Four. The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way, Sun Valley Serenade, and Orchestra Wives. In 1932, when he was 18 and his brother was only 11, they became the featured act at Cotton Club in New York City. The brothers earned fame with a unique style of rhythm tap that blended "masterful jazz...

Acting
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather Self (archival footage) 2022 Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back Self (archive footage) 2019 Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops Self 2016 Hard Four Ulysses 2007 The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest Self (archive footage) 2007 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty Self 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Self 2003 Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story Self (uncredited) 2002 Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer Self 2002 It's Black Entertainment Self 2002 Night at the Golden Eagle Mr. Maynard 2002 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood Self 1998 The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance Himself 1992 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1988 That's Dancing! From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage) 1985 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975 That's Entertainment! (archive footage) 1974 The Liberation of L.B. Jones Benny Smith 1970 Hello Kathrin 1956 El misterio del carro express Bailarín 1953 El mensaje de la muerte Bailarín 1953 Abbott and Costello Christmas Show Himself 1952 The Pirate Performer 1948 Take It or Leave It (archive footage) (uncredited) 1944 Stormy Weather Dancer 1943 Orchestra Wives Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers) 1942 Sun Valley Serenade Specialty Dancer (uncredited) 1941 The Great American Broadcast Railroad Station Dancer 1941 Down Argentine Way One of the Nicholas Brothers 1940 Tin Pan Alley Dancer 1940
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