Chuck Green

Birth : 1919-11-06, Fitzgerald, Georgia, USA

Death : 1997-03-07

History

Charles "Chuck" Green was an American tap dancer. Green was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He would stick bottle caps on his bare feet as a child and tap dance on the sidewalk for money. He won third place in a dance contest in 1925 in which Noble Sissle was the bandleader.

Movies

About Tap
Self
ABOUT TAP features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde, and Chuck Green.
No Maps on My Taps
Self
The remarkable spirit of tap dancers and their history provides a joyous backdrop for intimate portraits of hoofers Sandman Sims, Chuck Green, and Bunny Briggs.
Putney Swope
Myron X alias Rufus
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.