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Genres
  
Jazz

Role
  
Actor

Instruments
  
vocals

Siblings
  
Labels
  
Arbors Records

Movies
  
Name
  
Maurice Hines


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Born
  
December 13, 1944 (age 79) New York City, New York, United States (
1944-12-13
)

Parents
  
Maurice Hines Sr., Alma Hines

Albums
  
To Nat "King" Cole With Love, I've Never Been In Love Before

Similar People
  
Gregory Hines, Jeff Calhoun, Bob Cranshaw, Frank Wess, Henry LeTang

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Maurice Hines (born December 13, 1943) is an American actor, director, singer, and choreographer. He is the brother of dancer Gregory Hines.

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Life and career

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Hines was born in 1943 in New York City, the son of Alma Iola (Lawless) and Maurice Robert Hines, a dancer, musician, and actor. Hines began his career at the age of five, studying tap dance at the Henry LeTang Dance Studio in Manhattan. LeTang recognized his talent and began choreographing numbers specifically for him and his younger brother Gregory, patterned on the Nicholas Brothers. Maurice made his Broadway debut in The Girl in Pink Tights in 1954.

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Shortly after, the brothers began touring as the opening act for such headliners as Lionel Hampton and Gypsy Rose Lee. Their father joined them and "Hines, Hines & Dad" performed on a regular basis in New York, Las Vegas, and throughout Europe and on many television shows, including The Pearl Bailey Show, The Hollywood Palace, and The Tonight Show.

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Hines decided to pursue a solo career and was cast as Nathan Detroit in the national tour of Guys and Dolls, after which he returned to Broadway in Eubie! (1978). Additional Broadway credits include Bring Back Birdie and Sophisticated Ladies (both in 1981) as a performer, Uptown... It's Hot! (1986) as a performer (earning a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor in a Musical) and choreographer, and Hot Feet (2006), which he conceived, choreographed, and directed.

Hines co-directed and choreographed the national tour of the Louis Armstrong musical biography Satchmo and directed, choreographed, and starred in the national tour of Harlem Suite with successive leading ladies Jennifer Holliday, Stephanie Mills, and Melba Moore. He directed and choreographed Havana Night in Cuba, an all-Latino production of The Red Shoes in the Dominican Republic, and created the revue Broadway Soul Jam to inaugurate an entertainment complex in the Netherlands.

Hines has directed and choreographed music videos, including one for Quincy Jones. He is the first African American to direct at Radio City Music Hall.

Hines' film debut, Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club, remains his sole big screen credit to date, although he appeared in Oops, Ups & Downs: The Murder Mystery of Humpty Dumpty in 2007. On television, he appeared in Eubie!, Love, Sidney, and Cosby.

Hines played the lead role in Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage production of the Duke Ellington-inspired musical Sophisticated Ladies at the historic Lincoln Theatre in April and May 2010, featuring teenaged tap-dancing brothers John and Leo Manzari. The Washington Post review was positive for his role and the show in general.

Hines conceived, directed, and choreographed Yo Alice, an urban hip-hop fantasy staged for a workshop in 2000 and a reading in 2007 at the Triad Theatre.

In May 2013 he performed a tribute to his late brother Gregory, entitled Tappin' Thru Life: An Evening with Maurice Hines, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, which was reviewed by the Boston Globe as "a class act by a class act". "Tappin' " went on to Boston and the Manhattan club 54 Below, and opened in November 2013 for a six-week run at the Arena Stage, where the Washington Post wrote, "it's a pleasure to be in the company of a shameless, ebullient vaudeville heart."

The production again featured the Manzari Brothers, D.C. seventh-graders, and identical twins Max and Sam Heimowitz, who tap-danced on stage with Hines.

Discography

  • I've Never Been in Love Before (Arbors, 2001)
  • To Nat King Cole With Love (Arbors, 2006)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    2019
    This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy (TV Series documentary) as
    Greg
    - A.I. is the Future. Will it Keep Us Around to Enjoy It? (2019) - Greg
    1997
    Cosby (TV Series)
    - Shall We Dance? (1997)
    1987
    Memories of Manon (TV Movie) as
    Bump
    1987
    The Equalizer (TV Series) as
    Billy Bump / Billie Bump
    - Shadow Play (1987) - Billy Bump
    - Memories of Manon: Part 1 (1987) - Billie Bump
    1984
    The Cotton Club as
    Clay Williams
    1982
    Love, Sidney (TV Series)
    - Charlotte's Web (1982)
    1981
    Eubie! (TV Movie)
    Miscellaneous
    1993
    At Home with the Webbers (TV Movie) (choreographer)
    Self
    -
    The Lost Diva (post-production) as
    Self
    2019
    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (Documentary) as
    Self
    2019
    Leonard Soloway's Broadway (Documentary) as
    Self
    2018
    American Tap (Documentary) as
    Self
    2014
    Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 14 May 2014 (2014) - Self - Guest
    2012
    Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (Documentary)
    2011
    The Mo'Nique Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 28 July 2011 (2011) - Self
    2006
    Josephine Baker - Schwarze Diva in einer weißen Welt (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2001
    The Nightclub Years (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    1995
    Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1992
    The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance (Documentary) as
    Self - actor / dancer
    1990
    The Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 27 March 1990 (1990) - Self - Guest
    1987
    Great Performances (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne (1987) - Self
    1986
    The 40th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee
    1986
    Working in the Theatre (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Performance (1986) - Self
    1985
    Night of 100 Stars II (TV Special) as
    Self
    1980
    Sesame Street (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #15.10 (1983) - Self
    - Telly and Max have a problem (1980) - Self
    1982
    Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (TV Special) as
    Self
    1972
    The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
    Self / Self - Singer / Dancer
    - Episode #17.210 (1978) - Self
    - Episode #12.56 (1972) - Self - Singer / Dancer
    1973
    Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 20 September 1973 (1973) - Self
    1972
    Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.7 (1972) - Self
    1972
    The New Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.5 (1972) - Self
    1970
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 29 October 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 18 October 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 25 August 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 1 April 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 24 March 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 23 February 1971 (1971) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 8 December 1970 (1970) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 8 June 1970 (1970) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Episode dated 6 April 1970 (1970) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1969
    The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.187 (1971) - Self
    - Episode #1.30 (1969) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1971
    The Pearl Bailey Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Ethel Waters/Robert Goulet/Hines, Hines and Dad (1971) - Self (as Hines - Hines and Dad)
    1969
    The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) as
    Self - Dancer / Singer
    - Guest host: Milton Berle; guest stars: Steve Allen, Connie Stevens, Martha Raye, Hines, Hines And Dad, The Kuban Cossacks, The Youngbloods (1969) - Self - Dancer / Singer (as Hines, Hines and Dad)
    1969
    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Fess Parker, John Byner and Hines, Hines & Dad (1969) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    - Pilot - guests: Desi Arnaz, Bobby Goldsboro, Hines, Hines, and Dad (1969) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1969
    The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.4 (1969) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1968
    The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #4.17 (1969) - Self
    - Episode #3.26 (1968) - Self
    - Episode #2.124 (1968) - Self
    1969
    The Talk of the Town (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Hines, Hines, and Dad (1969) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1968
    Soul (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1968
    Operation: Entertainment (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.14 (1968) - Self
    1967
    The Clay Cole Show (TV Series) as
    Self - as Hines, Hines and Dad
    - Episode #8.7 (1967) - Self - as Hines, Hines and Dad
    1967
    Away We Go (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.9 (1967) - Self (as Hines Hines and Dad)
    1963
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
    Self - as Hines, Hines & Brown / Self - Hines, Hines and Brown
    - George Raft, Jack Carter, Rickie Layne & Velvel, John Byner, The Alcettys, Hines, Hines & Brown (1964) - Self - as Hines, Hines & Brown
    - Eartha Kitt, Jackie Mason, Wayne & Shuster, Kaye Ballard, Neil Sedaka, Hines, Hines & Brown (1963) - Self - Hines, Hines and Brown
    1956
    Stage Show (TV Series) as
    Self (as the Hines Brothers)
    - Salute to Irving Berlin (1956) - Self (as the Hines Brothers)
    Archive Footage
    1993
    60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Gregory's Brother (segment "Dancing Feet")
    - Totaled/Dancing Feet/Just Say Yes (1993) - Self - Gregory's Brother (segment "Dancing Feet")
    1988
    Gleason: He's the Greatest (TV Series) as
    Guest Tap Dancer
    - Episode #1.14 (1988) - Guest Tap Dancer
    1988
    The Best of Gleason 2 (TV Movie) as
    Self

    References

    Maurice Hines Wikipedia


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