Fayard Antonio Nicholas
Fayard 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).
Fayard Nicholas was also joint winner in the Best Choreography category at the Tony Awards in 1989.