---
name: "Hinton Battle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hinton-battle"
fi1m_id: "hinton-battle"
imdb_id: "nm0061507"
tmdb_id: 15567
wikidata_id: "Q711711"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 November 1956"
died: "29 January 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:09:01.975791+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hinton Battle

## Identity

Hinton Battle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hinton-battle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hinton-battle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0061507
- **TMDB ID:** 15567
- **Wikidata ID:** Q711711
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15567

Actor. Born 29 November 1956 in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany. Died 29 January 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 November 1956, Neubrücke, Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany
- **Died:** 29 January 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15567

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- **Pluto TV:** [*Dreamgirls*](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md) (68)

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## Biography

Hinton Battle (29 November 1956 – 30 January 2024) was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer. Born in Neubrücke, West Germany, he trained at the Jones Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, D.C., and the School of American Ballet in New York before making his Broadway debut at 18 as the original Scarecrow in *The Wiz* (1975).

He won three Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, for *Sophisticated Ladies* (1981), *The Tap Dance Kid* (1984) and *Miss Saigon* (1991). Battle appeared in the film *Dreamgirls* (2006) as Wayne and on television in series including *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (as Sweet), *Quantum Leap* and *Touched by an Angel*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Fi1m 68, as Wayne — [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Smash* (2012), series, as Pastor
- *Evil Dead: The Musical* (2007), Co-Director
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), as Wayne — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)
- *Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story* (2001), as Bill Bojangles Robinson · Choreographer
- *These Old Broads* (2001), as Pete
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Sweet — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Rev. O.C. Nicks
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Candy 'the Clown' McCloud
- *Foreign Student* (1994), as Sonny Boy Williamson
- *The Switch* (1993), as Hildred Shumake
- *Wedding Band* (1990), as Hawk
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Thames
- *The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory* (1987), as Joe - Travis' Servant
- *A Night on the Town* (1983), Actor
- *Sophisticated Ladies* (1982), as Performer

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