Fayard Nicholas
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-20 (92 years old)
Deathday
2006-01-24
Place of Birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Also known As
The Nicholas Brothers
Nicholas Brothers
Fayard Antonio Nicholas
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 steps with daredevil athletic moves and an elegan...
Acting
1940
as One of the Nicholas Brothers
1935
2007
as Ulysses
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1935
2022
as Self (archival footage)
1937
as Himself
1932
as Child with Nina / Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
1936
as Dancer (uncredited)
1974
as (archive footage)
2002
as Self (uncredited)
1933
as Self - Dancer - One of the Nicholas Brothers
1970
as Benny Smith
1942
as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
1935
as Dance Specialty (uncredited)
1941
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
1940
as Dancer
2016
2002
1936
as Specialty Dancer
1956
1992
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
as Dancer
2002
as Self
2003
1985
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
2007
as Himself
1939
as Specialty Act
2002
as Mr. Maynard
1948
as Performer
1934
as Dancer on Ship
1941
as Railroad Station Dancer
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1952
as Himself
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