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The Nicholas Brothers
Nicholas Brothers
Fayard Antonio Nicholas
Fayard Nicholas
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather
as Self (archival footage)
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
as Self
Hard Four
as Ulysses
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Self
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Mr. Maynard
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
