Jimmy Slyde

Jimmy Slyde

male, 82 years old
American tap dancer, Oklahoma City University, American, Steve Condos, King of Slides, Tony Award…tap, tap dancer, The Cotton Club actor, Tapactor, actor
Jimmy Slyde (b. James T. Godbolt), who is known as the "King of Slides," is a world-renowned tap dancer, especially famous for his innovative tap...
Steve Condos

Steve Condos

male
American tap dancer, tap dance, tap dancer, American, Greek-American, Tapactor…Song of the Open Road actor, actor, She's Back on Broadway actor
Steve Condos was an American tap dancer. He was a member of the Condos Brothers, with siblings Nick and Frank.

Joseph Morton

male
film producer, film director, actor, eureka, associate producer, Executive Producer…Ali actor, Tapactor, Terminator 2 Judgment Day actor, Speed actor, The Good Mother actor
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37. Was nominated for Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best...

Sammy Jr

male
musician, Songwriter, Television presenter, writer, film producer, film director…actor, Tapactor, Robin and the 7 Hoods actor, Diamonds Are Forever actor, Ocean's Eleven actor
Sammy Davis Jr. was often billed as the "greatest living entertainer in the world". The son of vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr., he was known as...

and Dad Hines, Hines

male
musician, Television presenter, film producer, film director, actor, performer…Off Limits actor, Tapactor, History of the World Part I actor, Running Scared actor, The Cotton Club actor
He grew up as a member of "Hines, Hines, and Dad" with his father, Maurice Hines Sr. and brother, Maurice Hines in a tap dancing act. He won a Tony...

Richard Williams

male
actor, Homefront, Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tapactor, The Jerk actor, The Players Club actor…Dog Day Afternoon actor, The Final Conflict actor, The Long Night actor, The Rapture actor, The Star Chamber actor
On Broadway, earned consecutive Tony Award nominations as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic): in 1974 for "What the Wine Sellers Buy" and...

Harold Lloyd Nicholas

male
musician, actor, performer, Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Tapactor, died from heart failure…Down Argentine Way actor, Tin Pan Alley actor, My Son Is Guilty actor, Reckless Age actor, The Five Heartbeats actor
Harold Nicholas, the younger half of the world famous Nicholas Brothers dance team, is known as one of the world's greatest dancers. He and his...

Terrence McNally

male
Songwriter, writer, film producer, composer, actor, associate producer…Tapactor, Looker actor, Earth Girls Are Easy actor, Nine to Five actor, Taking Care of Business actor
Ex-brother-in-law of Paul Brown. Trained at the American Conservatory Theatre, at Harvard University, and with Roy London, Charles Conrad, Donna...

Howard Sims

male
musician, sandman, actor, performer, born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, died from natural causes…Tapactor, Harlem Nights actor, The Cotton Club actor
Legendary tap dancer. He got his nickname from a routine in which he danced on sand sprinkled on the stage. Awarded a National Heritage Fellowship...

Bunny Briggs

male
musician, actor, performer, Born in New York, New York, Tapactor
Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Black and Blue," a performance he recreated in the...