Fayard Nicholas
Acting
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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…
Also known as
The Nicholas Brothers · Nicholas Brothers · Fayard Antonio Nicholas
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MGM Parade
1955 · TV
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · TV
The Jacksons
1976 · TV
The Pirate
1948 · Movie
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003 · Movie
Kid Millions
1934 · Movie