Most Recent Role: Big Bill Glover on Little Bill
Alias Name(s): Hines Hines & Dad
Gender: Male
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 2-14-1946
Birth Name: Gregory Oliver Hines
Date of Death: 8-9-2003
Cause of Death: Liver Cancer
Alias Name(s): Hines Hines & Dad
Gender: Male
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 2-14-1946
Birth Name: Gregory Oliver Hines
Date of Death: 8-9-2003
Cause of Death: Liver Cancer
His career began at the age of five tap dancing with his brother and father. Gregory received the Tony award for Jelly's Last Jam. (1992) He was considered the greatest tap dancer of his time, using Sammy Davis Jr as a role model.
After becoming an actor, he appeared in movies such as The Cotton Club (1984), White Nights (1985), Running Scared (1986), Tap (1989), Waiting To Exhale (1995),...
Most Recent Appearance
Private Time/ Never
Thursday 5 February 2004 on Nickelodeon
Private Time : The Glover family is cleaning the kitchen together when Big Bill mentions to Brenda that "their song" is playing on the radio and asks her to dance. April takes the hint that her parents might like to be alone together and tries to escort her brothers out, but Little Bill doesn't...
In 1998, Gregory dated actress Camryn Manheim.
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Gregory was laid to rest in the family plot of Carmela and Michael Truszyk in St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in Oakville, Ontario.
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In his twenties, Gregory worked on a farm.
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In 1954, Gregory and his brother Maurice were in the Broadway musical The Girl in the Pink Tights.
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Gregory co-hosted the June 2002 Tony awards telecast with actress/singer Bernadette Peters.
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Gregory: One of the things about acting is that one has to get in touch with one's own self, one's own emotions and experiences, with anything that will help. We all have a darker side, but we push that side back.
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Gregory: You've got to be sure the shoe fits comfortably and snuggly. And you can choose from many different styles. But when it comes down to it, it's not the shoe that matters. It's what in your heart that counts.
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Other Appearances
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Little Bill
Big Bill Glover |
Lost at Home
Jordan King |
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The Gregory Hines Show
Ben Stevenson |
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Will & Grace
Ben Doucette |
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Amazing Stories
The Amazing Falsworth Falsworth |
Faerie Tale Theatre
Puss in Boots Miller's Son |
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Fridays
3.19 Guest Host |
Great Performances
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway Himself |
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Late Night With David Letterman
Show #0677 Guest |
Law & Order
Suicide Box Carl Halpert |
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