LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included starring roles in "White Nights" and "The Cotton ...

Indeed, Hines' prolific talent has permeated nearly every corner of pop culture. He has danced with Debra Messing on "Will & Grace" and with Mikhail Baryshnikov in "White Nights." ...

Hines' extensive and varied film resume includes "White Nights," in which he co-starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Frances Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club." In 1986, he teamed with Billy Crystal in ...

Gregory Hines, 57, who won international acclaim as an exuberant and charming tap dancer, choreographer and actor, died Aug. 9 in Los Angeles. He had cancer. Mr. Hines, who had performed ...

LOS ANGELES Tony Award winner Gregory Hines, the tap-dancing actor who started on Broadway and in movies including "White Nights" and "Running Scared," has died, his publicist says. He was 57.

Gregory Oliver Hines was born on Feb. 14, 1946, in New York City. He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto.

Maurice Hines, a high-wattage song-and-dance man who rose to stardom as a child in a tap-dancing act with his brother, Gregory, then performed on and off Broadway, including in shows he directed ...

In ''The Cotton Club," Hines also had a lead acting role, which led to more offers from Hollywood. He starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1985's Cold War-era dancers' story ''White Nights" and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included starring roles in ‘‘White Nights'' and ...