Fayard Nicholas
Choreographer, dancer, actor (1914–2006)
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 (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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 6 films (1940–1970) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley. | Walter Lang | 9 000 ft. | B&W | ||
| 1942 | Stormy Weather. | Andrew L. Stone | 1 reel | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1943 | Stormy weather | Films inc. | 77 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1943 | Stormy weather. | Andrew L. Stone | 4:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather. | Andrew L. Stone | 6980 ft. | B&W | ||
| 1970 | The Liberation Of L. B. Jones | Liberation Co | 102 min | Color | sound |