GREGORY HINES

'Gregory Hines' (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer.
Born Gregory Oliver Hines in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang. Together with their father the three were known as "The Hines Kids" and later as "The Hines Brothers" only to have the name change again in 1963 to "Hines, Hines and Dad".
Hines appeared in such movies as ''The Cotton Club'', ''White Nights'', ''Running Scared'', and ''Tap''. On television, he starred in his own series in 1997 called ''The Gregory Hines Show'', as well as in the recurring role of Ben Doucette on ''Will & Grace''.
Hines made his Broadway debut with his brother in ''The Girl in Pink Tights'' in 1954. He earned Tony Award nominations for ''Eubie!'', ''Comin' Uptown'' and ''Sophisticated Ladies'', and won a Tony and Drama Desk Award for the revue ''Jelly's Last Jam'' and a Theatre World Award for ''Eubie!''.
In 1990, Hines visited with his idol, Sammy Davis, Jr., as the great entertainer lay dying of throat cancer, unable to speak. After Davis died, a choked-up Hines spoke at Davis's funeral of how Sammy had made a gesture to him, "as if passing a basketball … and I caught it." Hines spoke of the honor that Sammy thought that Hines could carry on from where he left off.^[1]
Hines died of liver cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was engaged to bodybuilder Negrita Jayde at the time of his death.

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Filmography

Reference

References

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Filmography

★ '' (1981)

★ ''Wolfen'' (1981)

★ ''Deal of the Century'' (1983)

★ ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984) (Cameo)

★ ''The Cotton Club'' (1984)

★ ''White Nights'' (1985)

★ ''Puss in Boots'' (1985 ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' episode)

★ ''Running Scared'' (1986)

★ ''Off Limits'' (1988)

★ ''Tap'' (1989)

★ ''Eve of Destruction (film)'' (1991)

★ ''A Rage in Harlem'' (1991)

★ ''Kangaroo Court'' (1994) (short subject)

★ ''Renaissance Man'' (1994)

★ ''Dead Air'' (1994)

★ ''Waiting to Exhale'' (1995)

★ ''Good Luck'' (1996)

★ ''Mad Dog Time'' (1996)

★ ''The Preacher's Wife'' (1996)

★ '' (1997)

★ ''The Tic Code'' (1999)

★ ''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her'' (2000)

★ ''Once in the Life'' (2000)

★ ''Walter and Henry'' (2001)

★ '' Bojangles'' (2001)

★ '' (2002) (documentary)

★ ''The Root'' (2003)

★ '' (2004) (documentary)

Reference

''For The Record: Gregory Hines'' by Richard C. Lynch, published in ''ShowMusic: The Musical Theatre Magazine'', 1994

References

1. http://www.sammydavis-jr.com/Pages/read/hines/hines.htm

External links

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★ Blog of Death obituary

★ "Tapping into history." Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice. August, 2003.

★ TonyAwards.com Interview with Gregory Hines