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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Hinton Battle</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hinton_Battle_resize.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Hinton_Battle_resize.jpg/220px-Hinton_Battle_resize.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Hinton_Battle_resize.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="322" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Hinton Govorn Battle Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1956-11-29</span>)</span>November 29, 1956<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Neubrücke, <a href="/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate" title="Rhineland-Palatinate">Rhineland-Palatinate</a>, West Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 30, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-01-30)</span> (aged 67)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Los Angeles, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Actor</li> <li>singer</li> <li>choreographer</li> <li>dancer</li> <li>author</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1975–2024</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hinton Govorn Battle Jr.</b> (November 29, 1956 – January 30, 2024) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He won three <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Awards</a>, all in the category of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical">Featured Actor in a Musical</a>. He was the first to portray the <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)" title="Scarecrow (Oz)">Scarecrow</a> in the stage version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i> (a role then taken on by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">1978 film adaptation</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hinton Govorn Battle Jr. was born in Neubrücke, <a href="/wiki/Hoppst%C3%A4dten-Weiersbach" title="Hoppstädten-Weiersbach">Hoppstädten-Weiersbach</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Baumholder" title="Baumholder">Baumholder</a> Army Military Community, and raised in Washington, D.C.,<sup id="cite_ref-Sandomir_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandomir-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and New York City. His mother was a homemaker and his father a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a>. Battle's talent became apparent at the age of nine. After three years of studying ballet at the <a href="/wiki/Jones-Haywood_School_of_Ballet" title="Jones-Haywood School of Ballet">Jones-Haywood School of Ballet</a>, he received a scholarship to The <a href="/wiki/School_of_American_Ballet" title="School of American Ballet">School of American Ballet</a> where he studied until the age of fifteen under <a href="/wiki/George_Balanchine" title="George Balanchine">George Balanchine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 21, 1974, the new musical <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i> opened at the <a href="/wiki/Morris_A._Mechanic_Theatre" title="Morris A. Mechanic Theatre">Morris A. Mechanic Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, and then moved to <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway's</a> <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Majestic Theatre (Broadway)">Majestic Theatre</a> with a new cast on January 5, 1975. This is where Battle made his Broadway debut starring as the <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)" title="Scarecrow (Oz)">Scarecrow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Battle appeared in 15 films and television programs, including <i><a href="/wiki/Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)" title="Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)">Quantum Leap</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dreamgirls_(film)" title="Dreamgirls (film)">Dreamgirls</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Touched_by_an_Angel" title="Touched by an Angel">Touched by an Angel</a></i>. On <i>Quantum Leap,</i> he played Thames, the evil Observer from the future, in the final installment of the Evil Leaper trilogy of episodes. </p><p>Battle played the role of <a href="/wiki/Cat_(Red_Dwarf)" title="Cat (Red Dwarf)">the Cat</a> in the first <a href="/wiki/Red_Dwarf#U.S._version" title="Red Dwarf">U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom <i>Red Dwarf</i></a>, based on the British show <a href="/wiki/Red_Dwarf" title="Red Dwarf">of the same name</a>. Notably, he guest-starred as Sweet the jazz demon, in "<a href="/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)" title="Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)">Once More, with Feeling</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer">Buffy The Vampire Slayer</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s musical episode in which his spell forces the characters to sing their biggest secrets and fears. </p><p>Battle's other Broadway starring roles included <i><a href="/wiki/Dancin%27" title="Dancin'">Dancin'</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dreamgirls" title="Dreamgirls">Dreamgirls</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sophisticated_Ladies" title="Sophisticated Ladies">Sophisticated Ladies</a></i> for which he won his first <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(musical)" title="Chicago (musical)">Chicago</a></i> (Billy Flynn), and <i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">Ragtime</a></i> (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), which garnered rave reviews from the Chicago press and earned him an Ira Aldridge Award. His role in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tap_Dance_Kid" title="The Tap Dance Kid">The Tap Dance Kid</a></i> earned Hinton a second Tony Award<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> Award and the Fred Astaire Award. He won his third Tony Award for <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Saigon" title="Miss Saigon">Miss Saigon</a></i> (1991) playing the role of John Thomas. He sang the riveting "Bui Doi", one of the feature songs.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Battle's long list of television credits included <i>Shine,</i> his one-man show presented at the HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival; The Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary; <i><a href="/wiki/These_Old_Broads" title="These Old Broads">These Old Broads</a></i>, co-starring <a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Collins" title="Joan Collins">Joan Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>; and ABC/Disney's <i>Child Star: The <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> Story</i> where Hinton served as a choreographer and co-star playing <a href="/wiki/Bill_Robinson" title="Bill Robinson">Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson</a>. </p><p>As a choreographer, Battle's work has been seen on the musical episode of <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>, "<a href="/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)" title="Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)">Once More, with Feeling</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/These_Old_Broads" title="These Old Broads">These Old Broads</a></i>, <i>Foreign Student</i> (with Charles Dutton), The <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a>, <i>Dance in America</i>; the sitcoms <i><a href="/wiki/Fired_Up_(TV_series)" title="Fired Up (TV series)">Fired Up</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sister,_Sister_(TV_series)" title="Sister, Sister (TV series)">Sister, Sister</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Normal_(TV_series)" title="The Trouble with Normal (TV series)">The Trouble with Normal</a></i>, and <i>The Boys</i>. Hinton has choreographed promos for <a href="/wiki/Warner_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Brothers">Warner Brothers</a>, commercials for <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a>, Chicago the musical, and New York Top Appliances. He served as Associate Choreographer on the 65th and 66th Annual <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> with <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Allen" title="Debbie Allen">Debbie Allen</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a>, Battle served as co-director and choreographer for <i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Dead_The_Musical" title="Evil Dead The Musical">Evil Dead The Musical</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having finished choreographing the movie musical <i><a href="/wiki/Idlewild_(film)" title="Idlewild (film)">Idlewild</a></i>, he joined with <a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a> for <i>The <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bolden" title="Buddy Bolden">Buddy Bolden</a> Story</i>, a feature film about one of the originators of <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> in the United States. He then directed the stage musical <i>Respect</i>, a musical journey of women from the 1900s to 2007. Battle's most recent creation, a dance form called Swop that combines swing and hip-hop, was performed on the highly rated <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i> in 2006. In 2014, Battle starred in the off-Broadway production <i>Cindy: The Musical</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Battle founded the Hinton Battle Dance Academy in Japan, which closed in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandomir_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandomir-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his prolific dancing career, Battle briefly drifted into singing in the mid-1980s. His song "Think We're Gonna Make It" was featured on the <a href="/wiki/Playing_for_Keeps_(1986_film)#Soundtrack" title="Playing for Keeps (1986 film)">soundtrack</a> to the 1986 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Playing_for_Keeps_(1986_film)" title="Playing for Keeps (1986 film)">Playing for Keeps</a></i>, and he released his lone solo album, <i>Untapped</i>, that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battle had written a children's book and had been working on an autobiography at the time of his death.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battle died after a lengthy illness at <a href="/wiki/Cedars-Sinai_Medical_Center" title="Cedars-Sinai Medical Center">Cedars-Sinai Medical Center</a> in Los Angeles on January 30, 2024, at the age of 67.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywoodReporter_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywoodReporter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In honor of Battle, the <a href="/wiki/The_Broadway_League" title="The Broadway League">Broadway League</a> announced all 41 Broadway theaters would dim their marquee lights on March 12, 2024. Dimming the lights of Broadway theaters is a tradition reflecting the honoree's influence and career.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinton_Battle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Sandomir-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sandomir_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sandomir_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSandomir2024" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sandomir" title="Richard Sandomir">Sandomir, Richard</a> (February 7, 2024). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/theater/hinton-battle-dead.html">"Hinton Battle, 'Supernova' Who Won 3 Tonys in Musicals, Dies at 67"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. p. B11<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Mandy Patinkin">Mandy Patinkin</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hinton Battle</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cleavant_Derricks_(actor)" title="Cleavant Derricks (actor)">Cleavant Derricks</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Coles" title="Charles Coles">Charles Coles</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hinton Battle</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Richardson" title="Ron Richardson">Ron Richardson</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rupert" title="Michael Rupert">Michael Rupert</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Maguire_(actor)" title="Michael Maguire (actor)">Michael Maguire</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCutcheon" title="Bill McCutcheon">Bill McCutcheon</a> (1988)</span></li> 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