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

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

Down Argentine Way

as One of the Nicholas Brothers

2007

Hard Four

as Ulysses

2022

Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

as Self (archival footage)

1937

1932

Pie, Pie Blackbird

as Child with Nina / Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)

1936

The Black Network

as Dancer (uncredited)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1933

Barber Shop Blues

as Self - Dancer - One of the Nicholas Brothers

1942

Orchestra Wives

as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)

1935

Coronado

as Dance Specialty (uncredited)

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as Dancer

1936

Don't Gamble with Love

as Specialty Dancer

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

1939

My Son Is Guilty

as Specialty Act

2002

1948

The Pirate

as Performer

1934

Kid Millions

as Dancer on Ship

1941

The Great American Broadcast

as Railroad Station Dancer

2019

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

as Self (archive footage)

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