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Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Born: 1921-03-27 • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Harold Lloyd Nicholas (March 27, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap. Nicholas was the younger half of the tap-dancing pair the Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world's greatest dancers. His older brother was Fayard Nicholas. Nicholas was featured in such musicals as An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and The Five Heartbeats (1991).

Filmography
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather poster
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather
2022 • Self (archival footage)
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back poster
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops poster
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016 • Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
It's Black Entertainment poster
It's Black Entertainment
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story poster
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood poster
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 • Self
Funny Bones poster
Funny Bones
1995 • Hal Dalzell
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance poster
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
1992 • Himself
The Five Heartbeats poster
The Five Heartbeats
1991 • Sarge
Tap poster
Tap
1989 • Harold
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC poster
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 • Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! poster
That's Dancing!
1985 • From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Disco 9000 poster
Disco 9000
1976 • Midget
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
Uptown Saturday Night poster
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 • Little Seymour
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage)
The Empire of Night poster
The Empire of Night
1962 • Sidekick
Hello Kathrin poster
Hello Kathrin
1956
El misterio del carro express poster
El misterio del carro express
1953 • Bailarín
El mensaje de la muerte poster
El mensaje de la muerte
1953 • Bailarín
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show poster
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952 • Himself
The Pirate poster
The Pirate
1948 • Performer
Carolina Blues poster
Carolina Blues
1944 • Dance Specialty
Reckless Age poster
Reckless Age
1944 • Dancer
Take It or Leave It poster
Take It or Leave It
1944 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stormy Weather poster
Stormy Weather
1943 • Dancer
Orchestra Wives poster
Orchestra Wives
1942 • Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
Sun Valley Serenade poster
Sun Valley Serenade
1941 • Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
The Great American Broadcast poster
The Great American Broadcast
1941 • Railroad Station Dancer
Tin Pan Alley poster
Tin Pan Alley
1940 • Dancer
Down Argentine Way poster
Down Argentine Way
1940 • One of the Nicholas Brothers
My Son Is Guilty poster
My Son Is Guilty
1939 • Specialty Act
No Image
Calling All Stars
1937 • Himself
The Black Network poster
The Black Network
1936 • Dancer (uncredited)
Don't Gamble with Love poster
Don't Gamble with Love
1936 • Specialty Dancer
Coronado poster
Coronado
1935 • Dance Specialty (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1936 poster
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 • Dash
An All-Colored Vaudeville Show poster
An All-Colored Vaudeville Show
1935 • Self
Kid Millions poster
Kid Millions
1934 • Dancer on Ship
No Image
Barber Shop Blues
1933 • Self - Dancer - One of the Nicholas Brothers
Emperor Jones poster
Emperor Jones
1933 • Young Tap Dancer
Stoopnocracy poster
Stoopnocracy
1933 • Baby Singer
No Image
Pie, Pie Blackbird
1932 • Child with Nina / Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)