Gregory Hines Net Worth
Gregory Hines Net Worth is
$1.5 Million
Gregory Hines Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Gregory Hines was born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA as Gregory Oliver Hines. He was an actor, known for The Cotton Club (1984), Running Scared (1986) and Renaissance Man (1994). He was married to Pamela Koslow and Patricia Panella. He died on August 9, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA. | Full Name | Gregory Hines |
| Date Of Birth | February 14, 1946, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | August 9, 2003, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Pamela Koslow (m. 1981–2000) |
| Children | Daria Hines, Zach Hines |
| Parents | Maurice Hines Sr., Alma Hines |
| Siblings | Maurice Hines |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Seri... |
| Nominations | Tony Award for Best Choreography, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program, Screen Actors ... |
| Movies | White Nights, Tap, The Cotton Club, Running Scared, History of the World, Part I, Waiting to Exhale, Renaissance Man, Wolfen, The Preacher's Wife, A Rage in Harlem, Deal of the Century, Off Limits, Eve of Destruction, Bojangles, The Tic Code, Mad Dog Time, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Things You Can ... |
| TV Shows | The Gregory Hines Show, Little Bill, Lost at Home, Motown Returns to the Apollo, Amazing Stories, Great Performances: Dance in America, I Love Liberty |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
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| 1 | He's an accomplished tap dancer and many of his films feature his dancing |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Hope Clarke, Ted L. Levy and he were awarded the 1993 New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway in New York City. |
| 2 | He was awarded the 1992 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actor in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway in New York City. |
| 3 | He was the son of Alma Iola (Lawless) and Maurice Robert Hines. Gregory's father was of African-American background. Gregory's maternal grandparents, Lionel Sidney Lawless and Bernice A. Walker, were from Trinidad and Saint Kitts, respectively. Gregory's mother had Afro-Caribbean, and smaller amounts of Welsh, Portuguese, English, and Irish ancestry. |
| 4 | Hines made his feature film debut in Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part I (1981). He was a last minute replacement for Richard Pryor, who had to cancel his appearance in the movie due to his freebasing accident. |
| 5 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 248-249. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
| 6 | Inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004. |
| 7 | Appeared with Eubie Blake on a 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live (1975), hosted by Gary Busey. He sang two Eubie Blake songs and danced as well. |
| 8 | Sings on the title track, "So Nobody Else Can Hear", of a recording by legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis' "Kinda Blue"). Bill Cosby and Freddie Hubbard are also on this record. |
| 9 | In 1954 he and brother Maurice Hines they were cast in the Broadway musical "The Girl in the Pink Tights". |
| 10 | "There's nothing better than love" is a duet song he recorded with friend Luther Vandross back in the 80s. Gregory is known for his smooth silky voice and recorded his own self-titled album on Epic/Sony in 1987. |
| 11 | Won Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Jelly's Last Jam," for which he also shared a Best Choreographer nomination with Hope Clarke and Ted L. Levy. He was also nominated for Tonys three other times: as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) in 1979 for "Eubie!", which he recreated in the television version with the same title, Eubie! (1981); ; and as Best Actor (Musical), in 1980 for "Comin' Uptown" and in 1981 for "Sophisticated Ladies." |
| 12 | Was considered for the part of "Winston Zeddemore" in Ghostbusters (1984). |
| 13 | Buried in the family plot of Carmela and Michael Truszyk in St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, west of Toronto |
| 14 | When he was in his twenties he worked on a farm. |
| 15 | His mother's name is Alma. |
| 16 | Had his professional debut when only 5 years old. |
| 17 | Was aged six when he and brother Maurice Hines performed, as the Hines Kids, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. |
| 18 | In the late '60s he decided to try his hand at performing rock 'n' roll music, and writing his own songs. |
| 19 | He and Maurice Hines were cast as brothers in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), set in the Harlem club where their grandmother had been one of the elite black entertainers performing for a whites-only audience in the twenties and thirties. Coppola encouraged the brothers to improvise so they based one scene on their real-life reunion in "Eubie!" and admitted the tears were real. |
| 20 | He had a reunion with brother Maurice Hines when they were both hired for the Broadway musical, "Eubie!" in 1978. It earned him a Tony nomination, as did his role in another musical, "Sophisticated Ladies". |
| 21 | Has two children: Daria Hines, born in 1971 and Zachary, born in 1983. Also has a stepdaughter, Jessica. |
| 22 | His own stage show has taken him from New York's Bottom Line to spots as far-flung as Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Japan and Monte Carlo. |
| 23 | Was the first choice to play the Eddie Murphy role in 48 Hrs. (1982) but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with The Cotton Club (1984). |
| 24 | He won a Tony in 1992 for "Jelly's Last Jam". |
| 25 | 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. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bill | 1999-2004 | TV Series | Big Bill |
| The Root | 2003/I | ||
| Lost at Home | 2003 | TV Series | Jordan King |
| Law & Order | 2003 | TV Series | Carl Halpert |
| The Red Sneakers | 2002 | TV Movie | Zeke |
| Santa, Baby! | 2001 | TV Movie | Noel (voice) |
| Bojangles | 2001 | TV Movie | Bojangles |
| Will & Grace | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Ben Doucette |
| Once in the Life | 2000 | Ruffhouse | |
| Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | 2000 | TV Movie | Ron Larson |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | 2000 | Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca") | |
| Blue's Big Treasure Hunt | 1999 | Video short | Jack (voice) |
| The Gregory Hines Show | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Ben Stevenson |
| The Tic Code | 1999 | Tyrone Pike | |
| Stories from My Childhood | 1998 | TV Series | the Czar |
| Color of Justice | 1997 | TV Movie | Reverend Walton |
| SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie | Jack (segment "Manhattan Miracle") |
| The Cherokee Kid | 1996 | TV Movie | The Undertaker Jedediah Turner |
| The Preacher's Wife | 1996 | Joe Hamilton | |
| Mad Dog Time | 1996 | Jules Flamingo | |
| Good Luck | 1996 | Bernard 'Bern' Lemley | |
| Waiting to Exhale | 1995 | Marvin King | |
| A Stranger in Town | 1995 | TV Movie | Barnes |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | TV Series | The Beast / Prince Koro |
| Kangaroo Court | 1994 | Short | |
| Dead Air | 1994 | TV Movie | Mark Jannek / Jim Sheppard |
| Renaissance Man | 1994 | Sergeant Cass | |
| Sesame Street | 1993 | TV Series | |
| T Bone N Weasel | 1992 | TV Movie | T Bone |
| White Lie | 1991 | TV Movie | Len Madison Jr. |
| A Rage in Harlem | 1991 | Goldy | |
| Eve of Destruction | 1991 | Colonel Jim McQuade | |
| Tap | 1989 | Max Washington | |
| Off Limits | 1988 | Albaby Perkins | |
| Running Scared | 1986 | Ray Hughes | |
| White Nights | 1985 | Raymond Greenwood | |
| Amazing Stories | 1985 | TV Series | Falsworth |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1985 | TV Series | Edgar - Miller's Son |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | Sandman Williams | |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | 1984 | Roller Skater | |
| Deal of the Century | 1983 | Ray Kasternak | |
| Parade of Stars | 1983 | TV Movie | Bill Robinson |
| Eubie! | 1981 | TV Movie | |
| Wolfen | 1981 | Whittington | |
| History of the World: Part I | 1981 | Josephus | |
| Away We Go | 1967 | TV Series | Guest Performer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special performer: "It's a Grand Night for Singing", "New York, New York", "Lullaby of Broadway", "Fugue for Tinhorns", "Heart", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "America" | |
| The 49th Annual Tony Awards | 1995 | TV Special performer: "Broadway Songs We've Never Done and Never Will" | |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The 46th Annual Tony Awards | 1992 | TV Special performer: "That's How You Jazz" | |
| Tap | 1989 | performer: "Challenge", "Cheek to Cheek", "Can't Escape The Rhythm" | |
| White Nights | 1985 | performer: "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" | |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | performer: "Copper Colored Gal" | |
| Parade of Stars | 1983 | TV Movie performer: "Doin' the New Low-Down" | |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary performer: "Lullaby of Broadway", "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", " You May Not Be an Angel, but I'll String Along with You", "Shuffle Off to Buffalo", "Lulu's Back in Town", "Jeepers Creepers", "Nagasaki", "There Will Never Be Another You", "Forty-Second Street" - uncredited | |
| The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | 1979 | TV Special performer: "Hot Feet" | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1979 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tap | 1989 | improvographer | |
| White Nights | 1985 | tap improvography | |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | tap improvography |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Red Sneakers | 2002 | TV Movie | |
| Bleeding Hearts | 1994 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bojangles | 2001 | TV Movie executive producer |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| To Her Own Rhythm | 2015 | Documentary short post-production | Himself |
| Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Bruce Hornsby & Friends | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Luther Vandross: From Luther with Love - The Videos | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself (segment "There's Nothing Better Than Love") |
| Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Venice: Lost and Found | 2002 | Documentary | |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Host & Peformer |
| 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| 33rd NAACP Image Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| It's Black Entertainment | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Journeys in Black | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Omnibus | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1997-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2000 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Come Get Some: The Women of the WWF | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Roseanne Show | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Intimate Portrait | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 29th NAACP Image Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The DeMille Dynasty | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Signature: George C. Wolfe | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 27th NAACP Image Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| Reading Rainbow | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 50th Annual Tony Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Choreography |
| The 49th Annual Tony Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Host & Performer |
| Baseball | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Satchel Paige / Various |
| In a New Light '94 | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 47th Annual Tony Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Choreography |
| Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Great Performances | 1989-1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 46th Annual Tony Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Performer, Nominee: Best Choreography & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical |
| Dying for a Smoke | 1992 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Dancing Man | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| Square One Television | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song |
| Entertainment Tonight | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress / Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy / Musical |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1985-1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 5th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| 21st NAACP Image Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
| Soul Train | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 42nd Annual Tony Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Direction of a Musical |
| 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| About Tap | 1985 | Himself | |
| Lou Rawls Parade of Stars | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| 6.20 Soul Train | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Wogan | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 57th Annual Academy Awards | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song & Best Sound |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1970-1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sesame Street | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Performer |
| I Love Liberty | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Kids Are People, Too | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fridays | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
| The 24th Annual Grammy Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1981 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | 1981 | TV Special | Himself / Lionel Foot |
| The 35th Annual Tony Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical |
| Live from Studio 8H: 100 Years of America's Popular Music | 1981 | TV Special | |
| The 34th Annual Tony Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical |
| Good Morning America | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Saturday Night Live | 1979 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1978 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Singer / Dancer |
| Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The New Bill Cosby Show | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Pearl Bailey Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Dancer / Singer |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Operation: Entertainment | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Bachelor Judge |
| Stage Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself (as the Hines Brothers) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Performances | 2004 | TV Series | |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Gleason: He's the Greatest | 1988 | TV Series | Guest Tap Dancer |
| The Best of Gleason 2 | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| ¡Qué noche la de aquel año! | 1987 | TV Series | Raymond Greenwood |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'History of the World, Part 1' (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Little Bill (1999) |
| 2002 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Bojangles (2001) |
| 1988 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture | Running Scared (1986) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special | The Red Sneakers (2002) |
| 2003 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special | The Red Sneakers (2002) |
| 2002 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Network/Cable - Best Actor | Bojangles (2001) |
| 2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Bojangles (2001) |
| 2001 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Bojangles (2001) |
| 2001 | American Comedy Award | American Comedy Awards, USA | Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series | Will & Grace (1998) |
| 2000 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Will & Grace (1998) |
| 1998 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | The Gregory Hines Show (1997) |
| 1996 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture | Waiting to Exhale (1995) |
| 1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Tap Dance in America (1989) |
| 1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985) |
| 1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class | I Love Liberty (1982) |
Known for movies
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Sandman Williams
Running Scared (1986)
as Ray Hughes
Renaissance Man (1994)
as Sergeant Cass
History of the World: Part I (1981)
as Josephus