Hinton Battle

Hinton Battle

Born: November 29, 1956
Died: January 29, 2024
in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany
Hinton Battle (November 29, 1956 – January 30, 2024) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and dance instructor.He was a three time Tony Award winning actor best known for his musical performances on stage.

Movies for Hinton Battle...

Title: Smash
Character: Pastor
Released: February 6, 2012
Type: TV
A songwriting duo tries to create a hit with a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
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Dreamgirls
Title: Dreamgirls
Character: Wayne
Released: December 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
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Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
Title: Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
Character: Bill Bojangles Robinson
Released: December 18, 2001
Type: Movie
As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
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These Old Broads
Title: These Old Broads
Character: Pete
Released: February 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after their 1960s movie musical Boy Crazy is re-released. Though the three women share the same agent, Gavin's seemingly insurmountable obstacle is that they all cannot stand each other.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: Sweet
Released: March 10, 1997
Type: TV
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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Foreign Student
Title: Foreign Student
Character: Sonny Boy Williamson
Released: April 20, 1994
Type: Movie
A French football playing exchange student falls in love.
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The Switch
Title: The Switch
Character: Hildred Shumake
Released: January 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.
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Wedding Band
Title: Wedding Band
Character: Hawk
Released: March 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
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Title: Quantum Leap
Character: Thames
Released: March 26, 1989
Type: TV
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Title: The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Character: Joe - Travis' Servant
Released: November 11, 1987
Type: Movie
Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
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Night of 100 Stars II
Title: Night of 100 Stars II
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1985
Type: Movie
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 taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
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Sophisticated Ladies
Title: Sophisticated Ladies
Character: Performer
Released: November 5, 1982
Type: Movie
The classic songs of legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington come alive on stage in this performance video. Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies documents a performance of the popular Broadway revue, built around more than two dozen great tunes from Ellington's songbook. Hinton Battle, Paula Kelly and Phyllis Hyman headline the cast for this production; songs include "Take The A Train," "Caravan," "Satin Doll," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Mood Indigo," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," and many more.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.