Charles August Nichols

Charles August "Nick" Nichols (September 15, 1910 – August 23, 1992) was an American animator and film director.

Charles A. Nichols
Born	Charles August Nichols (1910-09-15)September 15, 1910 Milford, Utah, U.S.
Died	August 23, 1992(1992-08-23) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	animator
Employers	Walt Disney Animation Studios (1937-1961) Hanna-Barbera (1961-1991) Ruby-Spears (1980-1990)

Biography

Nichols was born in Milford, Utah.

As an animator for Disney, his first credit was on the film Pinocchio, where he was the lead animator for the villainous Coachman. Later he directed many projects, including Morris the Midget Moose, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, and numerous cartoons involving the character Pluto and the final season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on ABC.

At Hanna-Barbera, he directed episodes of The Jetsons, Jonny Quest and The Flintstones. With Iwao Takamoto, he co-directed the feature-length animated film Charlotte's Web (1973). Later, he created Hong Kong Phooey and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, and directed many other Hanna-Barbera cartoon series from the 1970s, including The Scooby-Doo Show.

He is also credited as Nick Nichols on Scooby's All-Stars on ABC (the second-season title of Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics). In addition, he directed the animated film Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1944	Donald Duck and the Gorilla	director
	Springtime for Pluto	director
	First Aiders	director
1945	Dog Watch	director
	Canine Casanova	director
	The Legend of Coyote Rock	director
	Canine Patrol	director
1946	Pluto's Kid Brother	director
	In Dutch	director
	The Purloined Pup	director
	A Feather in His Collar	director
	Bath Day	director
1947	Pluto's Housewarming	director
	Rescue Dog	director
	Figaro and Frankie	director
	Mickey's Delayed Date	director
	Pluto's Blue Note	director
1948	Mickey Down Under	director
	Bone Bandit	director
	Pluto's Purchase	director
	Cat Nap Pluto	director
	Pluto's Fledgling	director
	Mickey and the Seal	director
1949	Pueblo Pluto	director
	Pluto's Surprise Package	director
	Pluto's Sweater	director
	Bubble Bee	director
	Sheep Dog	director
1950	Pluto's Heart Throb	director
	Pluto and the Gopher	director
	Wonder Dog	director
	Primitive Pluto	director
	Puss Cafe	director
	Pests of the West	director
	Food for Feudin'	director
	Camp Dog	director
	Morris the Midget Moose	director
1951	Plutopia	director
	R'coon Dawg	director
	Cold Turkey	director
1953	The Simple Things	director
	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom	director
1954	Grand Canyonscope	director
1956	How to Have an Accident in the Home	director
1959	How to Have an Accident at Work	director
1961	The Saga of Windwagon Smith	director
1966	The Man Called Flintstone	animation director
1973	Charlotte's Web	director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Top Cat	animation director
1964	The Magilla Gorilla Show	animation director
	The Peter Potamus Show	animation director
1964-1965	Jonny Quest	animation director
1966	Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles	animation director
	Space Ghost	animation director
1967	Birdman and the Galaxy Trio	animation director
1968	Wacky Races	animation director
1969	The Perils of Penelope Pitstop	animation director
	Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines	animation director
	Cattanooga Cats	animation director
1970	Josie and the Pussycats	animation director
	Harlem Globetrotters	animation director
1973	Speed Buggy	director
	Goober and the Ghost Chasers	director
	The Addams Family	director
	Super Friends	director
	Inch High, Private Eye	director
1974	Hong Kong Phooey	director
	Devlin	director
	Valley of the Dinosaurs	director
	Partridge Family 2200 A.D.	director
	Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch	director
1976	Clue Club	director
	The Mumbly Cartoon Show	director
1976-1977	Dynomutt, Dog Wonder	director
1977	CB Bears	director
1984	Dragon's Lair	director
1986	Rambo: The Force of Freedom	director
	Karate Kommandos	director
1990	Piggsburg Pigs!	supervising director

External links

• Charles A. Nichols at IMDb