Fayard Nicholas [1005050] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.2968 Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, USA Birthday: 1914-10-20 Deathday: 2006-01-24 Age: 91 years Movies: 41 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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 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. Nicholas Brother2022-06-11 Maurice Hines: B2019-11-10 Bob Hope: Entert2016-05-10 Hard Four2007-11-01 The Pirate: A Mu2007-07-24 Dorothy Dandridg2003-06-24 Broadway: The Go2003-04-03 Gene Kelly: Anat2002-09-24 Night at the Gol2002-05-17 It's Black Enter2002-02-08 Added Attraction2002-02-05 Small Steps, Big1998-02-10 The Nicholas Bro1992-11-29 Happy Birthday, 1988-05-16 That's Dancing!1985-01-18 Brother, Can You1975-08-06 That's Entertain1974-06-21 The Liberation o1970-03-18 Hello Kathrin1956-05-08 El misterio del 1953-07-22 El mensaje de la1953-05-02 Abbott and Coste1952-02-22 The Pirate1948-06-11 Take It or Leave1944-07-17 Stormy Weather1943-07-21 Orchestra Wives1942-09-04 Sun Valley Seren1941-08-29 The Great Americ1941-05-09 Tin Pan Alley1940-11-29 Down Argentine W1940-10-11 Nicholas Brother1940-01-01 My Son Is Guilty1939-12-28 Calling All Star1937-03-01 The Black Networ1936-04-04 Don't Gamble wit1936-02-28 Coronado1935-11-27 The Big Broadcas1935-09-20 An All-Colored V1935-06-21 Kid Millions1934-11-10 Barber Shop Blue1933-09-30 Pie, Pie Blackbi1932-06-03