Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/20/1914
Place of Birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
The Nicholas BrothersNicholas BrothersFayard 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...
Known For
The Pirate
as Performer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Benny Smith
Orchestra Wives
as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Hard Four
as Ulysses
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kid Millions
as Dancer on Ship
Tin Pan Alley
as Dancer
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
Down Argentine Way
as One of the Nicholas Brothers
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
as Himself
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Mr. Maynard
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Dot
Don't Gamble with Love
as Specialty Dancer
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)