Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
Dancer
actor
choreographer
singer
Years active
1948–2003
Spouses
Patricia Panella
(m. 1968; div. 1972)
Pamela Koslow
(m. 1981; div. 2000)
Partner(s)
Negrita Jayde (2000–2003)
Children
2
Relatives
Maurice Hines (brother)
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), The Gregory Hines Show (1997–1998), playing Ben on Will & Grace (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. Channel 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.
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...
singer, and choreographer. He was the older brother of dancer GregoryHines. Maurice Robert Hines Jr. was born on December 13, 1943, in New York City to a...
The GregoryHines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997, before airing on September...
Hammond was Hines' son, Matty Stevenson, in short-lived sitcom The GregoryHines Show (1997−98). A reviewer for The New York Times opined Hines and Hammond...
actress and businesswoman. She was the longtime partner and fiancée of GregoryHines at the time of his death in August 2003. Her books include Supervixen:...
comedy film directed by William Friedkin and starring Chevy Chase, GregoryHines, and Sigourney Weaver. The film follows the adventures of several arms...
McMillan. Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, GregoryHines, Donald Faison, and Mykelti Williamson rounded out the rest of the cast...
(1990–92), Shaky Ground (1992–93), Thunder Alley (1994–95), and The GregoryHines Show (1997–98). From 2008 to 2010 she played the role of Beth Logan...
the film The Turning Point. He starred in the movie White Nights with GregoryHines, Helen Mirren, and Isabella Rossellini, and had a recurring role in...
Gregory Scott Cummins (born 1956) is an American character actor known for his recurring roles in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Bosch. "'It's...
attention in her second Broadway show, called Comin' Uptown, which featured GregoryHines. She rose to stardom in Dreamgirls, a smash 1983 Broadway musical loosely...
pulse that keeps one rolling with the beat." GregoryHines, a tap legend, was one of Glover's tap teachers. Hines stated that "Savion is possibly the best...
Cosby's late son, Ennis Cosby. William "Big Bill" Glover Sr. (voiced by GregoryHines) is the city's building inspector who is Little Bill, Bobby, and April's...
also portrayed Amy Simms in the 1989 dance/drama film Tap alongside GregoryHines and the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., for which she won an NAACP Image...
stars Forest Whitaker, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, Robin Givens and GregoryHines. Producer Stephen Woolley intended it to be a comedy film, and several...
Nights, in which a pas de deux is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and GregoryHines. A grand pas de deux is a structured pas de deux that typically has...
American fantasy comedy-drama television film produced and directed by GregoryHines. The film stars Vanessa Bell Calloway, Dempsey Pappion, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson...
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