Fayard Nicholas
Known for: Acting
Born: October 20, 1914
Died: January 24, 2006
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 Ne…
Known for
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather
2022
An All-Colored Vaudeville Show
1935
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
1992
Pie, Pie Blackbird
1932
Barber Shop Blues
1933
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952
The Black Network
1936
Stormy Weather
1943
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
2007
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
The Pirate
1948
Calling All Stars
1937
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016
El misterio del carro express
1953
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
Orchestra Wives
1942
The Great American Broadcast
1941
Hello Kathrin
1956
El mensaje de la muerte
1953
Hard Four
2007
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
My Son Is Guilty
1939
Coronado
1935
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
Kid Millions
1934
Down Argentine Way
1940
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
Take It or Leave It
1944
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Jacksons
1976
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
MGM Parade
1955
That's Dancing!
1985
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019
That's Entertainment!
1974
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975