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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
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
Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies poster
Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies
1940
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)