Harold Nicholas
Born: 1921-03-27 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Died: 2000-07-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2022
- Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather as Self (archival footage)
2019
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back as Self (archive footage)
2016
2002
- It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
- Funny Bones as Hal Dalzell
1992
- The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance as Himself
1991
- The Five Heartbeats as Sarge
1989
- Tap as Harold
1988
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
- That's Dancing! as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1976
- Disco 9000 as Midget
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- Uptown Saturday Night as Little Seymour
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Tap Dancer
1962
- The Empire of Night as Sidekick
1956
1955
- MGM Parade as self
1953
- El mensaje de la muerte as Bailarín
- El misterio del carro express as Bailarín
1952
- Abbott and Costello Christmas Show as Himself
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- The Pirate as Performer
1944
- Reckless Age as Dancer
- Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Carolina Blues as Dance Specialty
1943
- Stormy Weather as Dancer
1942
- Orchestra Wives as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
1941
- The Great American Broadcast as Railroad Station Dancer
- Sun Valley Serenade as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
1940
- Down Argentine Way as One of the Nicholas Brothers
- Tin Pan Alley as Dancer
1939
- My Son Is Guilty as Specialty Act
1937
- Calling All Stars as Himself
1936
- Don't Gamble with Love as Specialty Dancer
- The Black Network as Dancer (uncredited)
1935
- Coronado as Dance Specialty (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 as Dash
- An All-Colored Vaudeville Show as Self
1934
- Kid Millions as Dancer on Ship
1933
- Emperor Jones as Young Tap Dancer
- Barber Shop Blues as Self - Dancer - One of the Nicholas Brothers
- Stoopnocracy as Baby Singer
1932
- Pie, Pie Blackbird as Child with Nina / Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)