Bill Robinson
Acting • AGE 71
According to one jazz dance source, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson was the chief instigator for getting tap dance "up on its toes." Early forms of tap, including the familiar "buck and wing", contained a f...
Acting
Dancetime Tap Dance History
2011
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
2004
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
1997
That's Dancing!
1985
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Stormy Weather
Bill Williamson
1943
Up the River
Memphis Jones
1938
Just Around the Corner
Samuel G. Henshaw
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Aloysius
1938
One Mile from Heaven
Officer Joe Dudley
1937
The Littlest Rebel
Uncle Billy
1935
In Old Kentucky
Greyboy
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Specialty
1935
Hooray for Love
himself
1935
The Little Colonel
Walker
1935
The Big Benefit
Self
1933
Harlem Is Heaven
Bill
1932
Dixiana
Specialty Dancer
1930