Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Antonio Nicholas (October 20, 1914 – January 24, 2006) 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 (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007). The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942).

Fayard Nicholas
Nicholas in 2000
Born
Fayard Antonio Nicholas

(1914-10-20)October 20, 1914
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 24, 2006(2006-01-24) (aged 91)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Choreographer
  • dancer
  • actor
  • singer
Years active1935–1991
Spouse(s)Geraldine Pate (m. 1942; div. 1955)
Barbara January (m. 1967; died 1998)
Katherine Hopkins
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(m. 2000)​
AwardsHollywood Walk of Fame
Websitenicholasbrothers.com
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