- Inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Won Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "My One and Only."
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1991 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Tap dancer.
- With Cholly Atkins, formed the tap dance team of Coles and Atkins.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pages 109-111. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
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