14 Facts About Hinton Battle

Hinton Battle won three Tony Awards, all in the category of Featured Actor in a Musical.

Hinton Battle was the first to portray the Scarecrow in the stage version of The Wiz.

Hinton Battle's mother was a homemaker and his father a US Army officer.

Hinton Battle appeared in 15 films and television programs, including Quantum Leap, Dreamgirls, and Touched by an Angel.

Hinton Battle played the role of the Cat in the first US pilot for science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, based on the British show of the same name.

Hinton Battle won his third Tony Award for Miss Saigon playing the role of John Thomas.

Hinton Battle sang the riveting "Bui Doi", one of the feature songs.

Hinton Battle has choreographed promos for Warner Brothers, commercials for Coca-Cola, Chicago the musical, and New York Top Appliances.

Hinton Battle served as Associate Choreographer on the 65th and 66th Annual Academy Awards with Debbie Allen.

Hinton Battle then directed the stage musical Respect, a musical journey of women from the 1900s to 2007.

In 2014, Hinton Battle starred in the off-Broadway production Cindy: The Musical.

Hinton Battle's song "Think We're Gonna Make It" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 movie Playing for Keeps, and he released his lone solo album, Untapped, that same year.

Hinton Battle had written a children's book and had been working on an autobiography at the time of his death.

Hinton Battle died after a lengthy illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 30,2024, at the age of 67.