Maurice Hines

Maurice Hines

Born: December 13, 1943
Died: December 29, 2023
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Maurice Hines...

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Title: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 2019
Type: Movie
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
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Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries
Title: Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries
Character: Bayard Rustin (Voice)
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Following seven iconic Quakers, the film takes us from England in 1652, where Quakers were persecuted, tortured and even killed, to their arrival in the New World. They founded a state run on Godly principles – the Holy Experiment, envisioned by young William Penn. He welcomed everyone to Pennsylvania, where they could worship freely. Their testimonies of equality, integrity, community and peace are fundamental to Quakers today.
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American Tap
Title: American Tap
Character: Self
Released: July 24, 2018
Type: Movie
The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-depth documentary is an absorbing narrative about a quintessentially American dance form—from its origins, to the historic and cultural events that shaped it, to its present day rebirth as a vibrant art form.
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Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Title: Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: Movie
In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world. And yet, his story has never been told. Until now. The film explores Erroll's childhood in Pittsburgh; his meteoric rise in popularity while playing on 52nd street, New York's famed jazz epicenter; the origins of his most famous album (Concert By The Sea) and his most famous composition (Misty); his singular, virtuosic piano style; and his dynamic personality, both on and off the stage.
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Memories of Manon
Title: Memories of Manon
Character: Bump
Released: February 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before. Created by editing 2-parts of episodes of the TV series, The Equalizer.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Billy Bump
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Billie Bump
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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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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The Cotton Club
Title: The Cotton Club
Character: Clay Williams
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
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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Eubie!
Title: Eubie!
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Eubie! began life as a Broadway musical, celebrating the life and work of legendary black entertainer/composer Eubie Blake. This taped version was specially prepared for cable TV in 1981, then released on videocassette a few years later. Gregory and Maurice Hines head the exuberant, toe-tapping cast. Among the highlights are such Blake standards as "I'm Just Wild About Harry". The race issue is brought into play every once in a while, but never in such an omnipresent fashion as to dampen the spirits of this sparkling example of Broadway at its best.
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Title: The Pearl Bailey Show
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Kraft Music Hall
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: TV
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.