Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

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.

  • Title: Fayard Nicholas
  • Popularity: 1.345
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-10-20
  • Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama, USA
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  • Also Known As: The Nicholas Brothers, Nicholas Brothers, Fayard Antonio Nicholas
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Fayard Nicholas Movies

  • 1940
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    Down Argentine Way

    Down Argentine Way

    6 1940 HD

    The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their...

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  • 1935
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    An All-Colored Vaudeville Show

    An All-Colored Vaudeville Show

    7 1935 HD

    Black vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a...

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  • 2007
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    Hard Four

    Hard Four

    5.5 2007 HD

    When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal...

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  • 1988
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    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    6 1988 HD

    Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

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  • 1935
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    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    5.4 1935 HD

    Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions...

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  • 1940
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    Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies

    Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies

    1 1940 HD

    The Nicholas family home movies capture a golden age of show business -- with extraordinary footage of Broadway, Harlem and Hollywood -- and also...

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  • 2022
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    Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

    Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

    1 2022 HD

    In the 1940s, the Nicholas Brothers performed a dance routine so seminal it prefigured hip hop by three decades. Contemporary dancers Les Twins...

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  • 1937
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    Calling All Stars

    Calling All Stars

    1 1937 HD

    Musical review. The messenger carrying the master discs of a season drops them, so Flotsam and Jetsam are sent out to collect the stars concerned....

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  • 1932
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    Pie, Pie Blackbird

    Pie, Pie Blackbird

    6 1932 HD

    Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

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  • 1936
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    The Black Network

    The Black Network

    6 1936 HD

    The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor,...

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 2002
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    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    1 2002 HD

    The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

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  • 1933
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    Barber Shop Blues

    Barber Shop Blues

    4 1933 HD

    A barber shop owner wins a sweepstake. He remodels his shop and hires Claude Hopkins and his orchestra to play for his customers. Two songs are sung,...

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  • 1970
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    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    5.7 1970 HD

    A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's...

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  • 1942
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    Orchestra Wives

    Orchestra Wives

    5.8 1942 HD

    Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him,...

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  • 1935
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    Coronado

    Coronado

    3 1935 HD

    Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the...

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  • 1941
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    Sun Valley Serenade

    Sun Valley Serenade

    6.9 1941 HD

    When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When...

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  • 1940
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    Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alley

    5 1940 HD

    Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new...

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  • 2016
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    Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops

    Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops

    1 2016 HD

    Dazzling appearances by Ursula Andress, Teresa Graves, Gloria Loring, Bobbi Martin, Romy Schneider, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Worlds, The...

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  • 2002
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    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    7.7 2002 HD

    American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and...

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  • 1936
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    Don't Gamble with Love

    Don't Gamble with Love

    1 1936 HD

    Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to...

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  • 1956
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    Hello Kathrin

    Hello Kathrin

    5 1956 HD

    German musical with Caterina Valente and Peter Alexander.

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  • 1992
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    The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

    The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

    1 1992 HD

    The Nicholas Brothers are presented here in a way that reflects the joy and intrinsic goodness that seemed to come from their hearts, and express...

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1953
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    El misterio del carro express

    El misterio del carro express

    5 1953 HD

    Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

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  • 1944
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    Take It or Leave It

    Take It or Leave It

    4 1944 HD

    A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

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  • 1943
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    Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather

    6.9 1943 HD

    The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early...

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  • 2002
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    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    8 2002 HD

    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

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  • 2003
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    Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

    Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

    7.5 2003 HD

    Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame...

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

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  • 2007
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    The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest

    The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest

    1 2007 HD

    A documentary on the making of the Gene Kelly/Judy Garland musical The Pirate (1948)

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  • 1939
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    My Son Is Guilty

    My Son Is Guilty

    8 1939 HD

    Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.

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  • 2003
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    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    7 2003 HD

    Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. ...

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  • 2002
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    Night at the Golden Eagle

    Night at the Golden Eagle

    4.5 2002 HD

    Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to...

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  • 1953
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    El mensaje de la muerte

    El mensaje de la muerte

    5.3 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Pirate

    The Pirate

    6.4 1948 HD

    A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and...

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  • 1934
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    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions

    6.5 1934 HD

    A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

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  • 1941
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    The Great American Broadcast

    The Great American Broadcast

    5.4 1941 HD

    After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A...

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  • 1998
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    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    1 1998 HD

    Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

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  • 2019
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    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

    5 2019 HD

    Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous,...

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970....

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  • 1976
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    The Jacksons

    The Jacksons

    8.7 1976 HD

    The Jacksons is an American variety show featuring the Jackson siblings. It was the first variety show where the entire cast were siblings. As with...

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  • 1978
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    The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    7.3 1978 HD

    The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

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