Fayard Nicholas(1914-2006)

Fayard Nicholas was one-half of The Nicholas Brothers, a famous African-American tap dancing team who appeared in several movies and became one of the famous and most beloved dance team of all time. Both brothers appeared in films such as An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), The Pirate (1948) and The Five Heartbeats (1991). Fayard's brother, Harold Nicholas died on July 3, 2000, while Fayard died on January 24, 2006.

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Hard Four
4.1
- Ulysses
- 2007
Night at the Golden Eagle
5.7
- Mr. Maynard
- 2001
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
6.8
- Benny
- 1970
Bon soir, Kathrin!
TV Series
- (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1958
Bonjour Kathrin
5.6
- Specialty Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1956
Musik im Blut
7.5
- (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1955
Sie können sich sehen lassen
TV Movie
- Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1955
El misterio del carro express
- Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
- 1953
El mensaje de la muerte
6.7
- Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1953
Botta e risposta
4.9
- Un danseur (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1950
The Pirate
6.9
- Specialty Dancer
- 1948
Stormy Weather
7.3
- Dancer (uncredited)
- 1943
Orchestra Wives
6.8
- Dancer (uncredited)
- 1942
Sun Valley Serenade
7.1
- Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1941
The Great American Broadcast
6.6
- Railroad Station Dance Specialty (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- 1941

Official site
- The Official Fayard Nicholas Website
Alternative names
- Nicholas Brothers
Born
- October 20, 1914
- Mobile, Alabama, USA
Died
- January 24, 2006
- Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia and complications from a stroke)
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Other works
Stage: Appeared in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" on Broadway. Musical revue.
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Trivia
Compliments followed them wherever they went. Dancer extraordinaire Fred Astaire once called The Nicholas Brothers' "Jumpin' Jive" dance sequence in the film Stormy Weather (1943) the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen. Famed choreographer George Balanchine called their acrobatic movement ballet, despite their lack of formal training. Tapper Gregory Hines once said that if a film were ever made about the Nicholas Brothers, the dance numbers would have to be computer-generated because nobody could duplicate them. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov once called them the most amazing dancers he had ever seen.