The third of five children, Hinton Govorn Battle Jr. was born in Neubrücke, West Germany, on Nov. 29, 1956. His father was a U.S. Army sergeant whose postings took the family to Kansas and later ...

Hinton Battle, the three-time Tony winner who made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow in The Wiz at 15, has died. He was 67. The actor died on Jan. 30 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in ...

Hinton Battle Dance Academy (HBDA) in 2017, preparing students for careers in the entertainment industry. He was also working on an autobiography as well as a children’s book, which was selected ...