Bill Robinson
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 flat-footed style, while Robinson performed on the balls of his feet with a shuffle-tap style that allowed him more improvisation. It obviously got him noticed and it certainly made him a legend. Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, on May 25, 1878, he was orphaned in infancy and reared by a ...
Known For
Filmography
Dancetime Tap Dance History
2011
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
as Self (Archival Footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Stormy Weather
1943
as Bill Williamson
Let's Scuffle
1942
as HImself
By an Old Southern River
1942
as Self
Just Around the Corner
1938
as Samuel G. Henshaw
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
as Aloysius
Road Demon
1938
as Zephyr
Up the River
1938
as Memphis Jones
One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Officer Joe Dudley
The Littlest Rebel
1935
as Uncle Billy
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
as Specialty
Hooray for Love
1935
as himself
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Greyboy
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Wash Jackson
The Little Colonel
1935
as Walker
King for a Day
1934
as Bill Green
The Big Benefit
1933
as Self
Harlem Is Heaven
1932
as Bill
Dixiana
1930
as Specialty Dancer
The Delicatessen Kid
1929
as Bill Robinson