Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tapdance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An AllColored Vaudeville Show , Stormy Weather , The Pirate , The Five Heartbeats and Hard Four . The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th CenturyFox musicals Down Argentine Way , Sun Valley Serenade , and Orchestra Wives .

Nicholas was born in Alabama, but grew up primarily in Philadelphia. He learned to dance while watching vaudeville shows with his brother while their musician parents played in the orchestra. His father, Ulysses D. Nicholas, was a drummer and his mother, Viola Harden Nicholas, was a pianist.

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