“Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend who left us to dance and sing in God’s Ensemble last night,” Allen wrote wrote on Instagram. “He fought this battle to live and be creative ...

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Hinton Battle was nominated but did not win. 1984 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Hinton Battle won. Best ...

Actor and singer Hinton Battle has died at the age of 67 ... He then went on to star in Sophisticated Ladies (1981), The Tap Dance Kid (1984) and Miss Saigon (1991), roles which each picked ...