Identité
Genre : homme
Pseudonyme(s) :
- Nicholas Castle
État civil :
- Nicholas Charles Castle Sr.
Fonctions : Acteur, Parolier des chansons préexistantes, Compositeur des chansons préexistantes, Parolier des chansons originales, Compositeur des chansons originales, Chorégraphe
Biographie
Formation :
Nick Castle débute sa carrière comme danseur dans des vaudevilles à New York.Carrière :
Considéré comme l'un des plus grands chorégraphes d'Hollywood du milieu des années 1930 aux années 1960, Nick Castle travaille avec les grands noms de la danse : Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Betty Grable, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, les Nicholas Brothers et Bill Robinson lui doivent de nombreuses exhibitions. Il chorégraphie notamment les numéros de Down Argentine way (Irving Cummings, 1940), Stormy weather (Andrew L. Stone, 1943), Thrill of Brazil (S. Sylvan Simon, 1946), Anything goes (Robert Lewis, 1956) et State fair (José Ferrer, 1962).Autres activités :
Nick Castle travaille également pour la télévision. En 1967, notamment, le grand humoriste américain Jerry Lewis lui confie la chorégraphie de The Jerry Lewis show .Filmographie
Longs métrages
Chorégraphe
- 1936 - One in a Million
- 1936 - Life Begins in College
- 1937 - Love and Hisses
- 1937 - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
- 1938 - Straight Place and Show
- 1938 - My Lucky Star
- 1938 - Little Miss Broadway
- 1938 - While New York Sleeps
- 1938 - Battle of Broadway
- 1938 - Sally, Irène and Mary
- 1938 - Just Around the Corner
- 1938 - Josette
- 1938 - Up the River
- 1938 - Hold That Co-Ed
- 1939 - Boy Friend
- 1939 - Everything Happens at Night
- 1939 - The Arizona Wildcat
- 1939 - Swanee River
- 1939 - The Little Princess
- 1940 - Buck Privates
- 1940 - Tall, Dark and Handsome
- 1940 - Golden Hoofs
- 1940 - Girl from Avenue A
- 1940 - Young People
- 1940 - Shooting High
- 1940 - Youth Will Be Served
- 1940 - Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1
- 1941 - Ball of Fire
- 1941 - San Antonio Rose
- 1941 - In the Navy
- 1941 - The Great American Broadcast
- 1941 - South of Tahiti
- 1941 - Hold That Ghost
- 1941 - Ride'em Cowboy
- 1941 - Hellzapoppin
- 1942 - The Mayor of 44th Street
- 1942 - Miss Annie Rooney
- 1942 - Joan of Ozark
- 1942 - Orchestra Wives
- 1942 - Moonlight Masquerade
- 1942 - Johnny Doughboy
- 1943 - Nobody's Darling
- 1943 - What's Buzzin', Cousin ?
- 1943 - Stormy Weather
- 1943 - Hit Parade of 1943
- 1943 - Two señoritas from Chicago
- 1943 - Show Business
- 1943 - Around the World
- 1944 - Something for the Boys
- 1944 - Nob Hill
- 1945 - Mexicana
- 1945 - Suspense
- 1946 - Earl Carroll Sketchbook
- 1946 - The Thrill of Brazil
- 1947 - On Our Merry Way
- 1947 - Lulu Belle
- 1948 - The Saxon Charm
- 1948 - For the Love of Mary
- 1948 - Luxury liner
- 1949 - You're my Everything
- 1949 - Shamrock Hill
- 1949 - Nancy Goes to Rio
- 1949 - There's a Girl in My Heart
- 1950 - Rich, Young and Pretty
- 1950 - Royal Wedding
- 1950 - Summer Stock
- 1951 - The Strip
- 1952 - Skirts Ahoy
- 1952 - Stars and Stripes Forever
- 1952 - Everything I Have is Yours
- 1953 - Red Garters
- 1953 - Living It up
- 1953 - Here Come the Girls
- 1953 - Sweethearts on Parade
- 1954 - You're Never too Young
- 1954 - Three Ring Circus
- 1954 - The Seven Little Foys
- 1955 - Anything Goes
- 1955 - That Certain Feeling
- 1955 - Pardners
- 1955 - The Birds and the Bees
- 1956 - The Delicate Delinquent
- 1956 - Bundle of Joy
- 1957 - Sing, Boy, Sing
- 1957 - Rock-a-Bye Baby
- 1959 - Cinderfella
- 1960 - The Bellboy
- 1961 - The Errand Boy
- 1961 - State Fair
- 1961 - Pocketful of Miracles
- 1964 - Goodbye Charlie
Parolier des chansons originales
- 1938 - Hold That Co-Ed
- 1940 - The House Across the Bay
Compositeur des chansons originales
- 1940 - The House Across the Bay
Compositeur des chansons préexistantes
- 1941 - Rookies on Parade
Parolier des chansons préexistantes
- 1941 - Rookies on Parade
Acteur
- 1955 - Artists and Models
- 1957 - Rock-a-Bye Baby
Bibliographie éditoriale
- Ouvrage : Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance / Marshall and Jean Stearns ; [updated with a new foreword & afterword by Brenda Bufalino]. 1st Da Capo Press ed.- New York : Da Capo Press, 1994
- Ouvrage : Tap! : the greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 / Rusty E. Frank. Rev. ed. - New York : Da Capo Press, c1994
- Site Internet : Fiche biographique et filmographique