Charles Coles
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American tap dancer (1911-1992)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1911 births, 1992 deaths and 20th-century African-American male actors.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Game conservation in a changing countryside
- Shooting and stalking
- Gardens And Deer
- Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
- Shooting pigeons
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer. He was best known for his role as Tito Suarez in the film Dirty Dancing.
Known for
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back — Self (archive footage)2019
- Dirty Dancing — Tito Suarez1987
- Night of 100 Stars II — Self1985
- The Cotton Club — Suger Coates1984
- The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me — Self1982
- Mr. Griffin and Me — William 'Bill' Murphy1981
- Charleston — Old Shady1979
- Rocky II — Singer (uncredited)1979
- The Tap Dance Kid1978
- Milt & Honi — himself
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film actor
- Employer
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1911-04-02
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 1992-11-12
- place of burial
- Philadelphia
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- English language
- dance style
- tap dance
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Categories
1911 births1992 deaths20th-century African-American male actors20th-century American male actors20th-century American singersAfrican-American educatorsAfrican-American male dancersAfrican-American male singersAmerican dance teachersAmerican male dancersAmerican male film actorsAmerican male musical theatre actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican tap dancersAmerican vaudeville performersCornell University facultyDeaths from cancer in New York (state)Drama Desk Award winnersDuke University facultyEducators from New York CityGeorge Washington University facultyMale actors from New York CityMale actors from PhiladelphiaMusicians from New York City