Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for Wolfen (1981), The Cotton Club (1984), White Nights (1985), Running Scared (1986), A Rage in Harlem (1991), The Gregory Hines Show (1997–1998), playing Ben on Will & Grace (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. animated children's television program Little Bill (1999–2004).
Hines starred in more than 40 films and also appeared on Broadway. He received many accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.6589 |
| Birthday | 1946-02-14 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Hines, Hines, and Dad, Gregory Oliver Hines, |
1981
History of the World: Part I
6.754/905
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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History of the World: Part I
1984
The Cotton Club
6.521/435
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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The Cotton Club
2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
5.792/101
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker fo...
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
1983
Deal of the Century
4.731/67
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; und...
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Deal of the Century
1996
The Preacher's Wife
5.8/250
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived nei...
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The Preacher's Wife
1995
Waiting to Exhale
6.259/197
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...
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Waiting to Exhale
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8.25/4
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
1994
Renaissance Man
6.138/316
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: te...
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Renaissance Man
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan
6.603/414
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a...
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
Milt & Honi
0/0
The story of legendary jazz bassist Milt Hinton and tap dancer Charles "Honi" Coles offers a front row seat to the creation of Jazz History. The film...
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Milt & Honi
1982
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
8/3
Shirley MacLaine uses music and drama to look at ways in which things are not necessarily what they seem to be.
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Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982
I Love Liberty
0/0
An all-star variety special saluting America.
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I Love Liberty
1991
A Rage in Harlem
5.429/56
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavo...
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A Rage in Harlem
1986
Running Scared
6.069/240
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in t...
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Running Scared
2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
0/0
Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
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Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
1985
White Nights
6.727/143
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch an...
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White Nights
1991
Eve of Destruction
4.7/60
Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstop...
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Eve of Destruction
2000
Once in the Life
4.8/15
Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dop...
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Once in the Life
1988
Off Limits
5.652/66
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time...
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Off Limits
1989
Tap
6.839/28
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend,...
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Tap
1996
Mad Dog Time
5.286/49
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
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Mad Dog Time
2001
Bojangles
8.25/4
The life of the legendary showman Bill Robinson, African American tap dancing star of stage and screen, better known as Mr. Bojangles.
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Bojangles
1997
Good Luck
4.864/11
Bernard "Bern" Lemly is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Olezniak is stewing...
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Good Luck
2002
The Red Sneakers
4/7
A kid named Reggie Reynolds is a high school student who is good in the classroom but not so good on the basketball court. But one day he meets a junk...
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The Red Sneakers
2000
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
5.6/15
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city unti...
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Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
1994
Dead Air
5.8/5
A distraught disc jockey seeks out a mystery caller who may be the killer of his girlfriend.
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Dead Air
1994
Kangaroo Court
8/1
A black city attorney is forced to defend a white cop who's being held hostage by a gang seeking revenge for a young boy's murder.
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Kangaroo Court
2001
Santa, Baby!
5.5/4
Songwriter Noel is struggling to write a hit song, and so he takes his frustrations out on his family. His daughter Dakota is granted one wih for doin...
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Santa, Baby!
2015
Uncovering Wolfen
0/0
After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood wri...
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Uncovering Wolfen
1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
7.6/5
Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produc...
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
8.667/6
Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/4
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
7/1
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtuall...
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
1996
The Cherokee Kid
5.429/28
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyru...
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The Cherokee Kid
1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
0/0
Four tales are compiled from the popular television series. After a death row inmate (Patrick Swayze) is struck by lightning, he discovers he's receiv...
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Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1985
About Tap
7/4
ABOUT TAP features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde, and Chuck Green...
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About Tap
1985
Puss in Boots
5/1
A young man (Gregory Hines) journeys from rags-to-riches thanks to his talented Puss in Boots (Ben Vereen). Starring Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Alfre...
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Puss in Boots
1992
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
8/3
A behind the scenes look at the Broadway production of Jelly's Last Jam, including a tribute to jazz musician and composer Jelly Roll Morton. Gregory...
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Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
1997
Color of Justice
5.5/9
Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the f...
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Color of Justice
1981
Eubie!
10/1
Eubie! began life as a Broadway musical, celebrating the life and work of legendary black entertainer/composer Eubie Blake. This taped version was spe...
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Eubie!
1995
A Stranger in Town
6.333/3
In this made-for-TV movie, Kay's (Jean Smart) small-town life allows her to manage the challenges of caring for her sick baby. But when a mysterious s...
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A Stranger in Town
2003
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
6/3
Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between...
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2002
It's Black Entertainment
8.667/3
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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It's Black Entertainment
1991
White Lie
7/3
A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the hands of a white mob.
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White Lie
1992
T Bone N Weasel
4.25/4
An ex-con and a crazy man are an unlikely duo on the road looking for a better life. All they have is an old gun and a stolen car to aid them in findi...
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T Bone N Weasel
1997
Subway Stories
5.647/17
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
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Subway Stories
1981
Wolfen
5.953/255
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral ani...
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Wolfen
2018
American Tap
6/1
The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-depth documentary is an absorbing narrative about a...
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American Tap
1998
The Tic Code
5.889/9
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is...
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The Tic Code
2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
5/4
Maurice Hines -- actor, director, singer, and choreographer -- navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous...
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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
9/1
Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
6.5/2
Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leade...
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