1914-10-20 ( 110 years old ) in Mobile, Alabama, USA
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 steps with daredevil athletic moves and an elegance of motion worthy of ballet". They appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway and in London they worked with jazz choreographer Buddy Bradley. The performances led them to a career in film. Nicholas appeared in over 60 films, including the 1943 musical Stormy Weather with their signature staircase dance.
His career was interrupted from 1943 to 1944 when he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Nicholas achieved the rank of Technician fifth grade while in WWII.
After his dance career ended, Nicholas and his wife, Katherine Hopkins Nicholas, embarked on a lecture tour discussing dance. In 2003, Nicholas served as "Festival Legend" at the third "Soul to Sole Tap Festival" in Austin, Texas.
Nicholas was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2001.
Movies
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather
2022-06-11
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019-11-10
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016-05-10
Hard Four
2007-11-01
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
2007-07-24
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003-06-24
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002-09-24
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002-05-17
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
1992-11-29
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970-03-18
Hello Kathrin
1956-05-08
El misterio del carro express
1953-07-22
El mensaje de la muerte
1953-05-02
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952-02-22
The Pirate
1948-06-11
Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
Stormy Weather
1943-07-21
Orchestra Wives
1942-09-04
Sun Valley Serenade
1941-08-29
The Great American Broadcast
1941-05-09
Tin Pan Alley
1940-11-29
Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies
1940-01-01
My Son Is Guilty
1939-12-28
Calling All Stars
1937-03-01
The Black Network
1936-04-04
Don't Gamble with Love
1936-02-28
Coronado
1935-11-27
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935-09-20
An All-Colored Vaudeville Show
1935-06-21
Kid Millions
1934-11-10
Barber Shop Blues
1933-09-30
Pie, Pie Blackbird
1932-06-03
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