Charles August "Nick" Nichols was an American animator and film director, who worked for both Walt Disney Productions and Hanna-Barbara.
Nichols was born in Milford, Utah, a small ranching town and started his career at the Disney studio with animated shorts before being tasked with animating the villainous Coachman for the animated film Pinocchio. Later, he served as a film director for several short films, including the "Adventures in Music" duology (Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom) and numerous cartoons involving Mickey Mouse and especially Pluto and introducing characters such as Morris the Midget Moose. He also worked on some scenes of "The Walrus and The Carpenter" for Alice in Wonderland.
Nichols found a new career when working with the animation studio Hanna-Barbera. He co-directed the popular film "Charlotte's Web" (1973), and helped create such series as Hong Kong Phooey and Goober and the Ghost Chasers. He also animated and supervised shows like The Jetsons, The Flintstones, The Magilla Gorilla Show, Top Cat, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo, Where Are Your?, Jonny Quest, Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt, The Peter Potamus Show, The Banana Splits Adventures Hour, The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Yogi's Gang, Devlin, CB Bears, Jabberjaw, Birdman, Abbott & Costello, The Atom Ant Show, and Super Friends. Other shows he worked for other companies include Alvin & the Chipmunks, Sky Commanders, Punky Brewster, Heathcliff.
He returned to the Disney studio in the 1980s, where his most notable work were his contributions to the final season of the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
He died in 1992, at the age of 82.
Disney filmography
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Pluto's Quin-puplets | animator - uncredited |
| 1939 | Mickey's Surprise Party | animator - uncredited |
| 1939 | The Practical Pig | animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | animator |
| 1940 | Bone Trouble | animator |
| 1940 | Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip | animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Fantasia | assistant animator - segment "Dance of the Hours" |
| 1940 | The Fire Chief | animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Pantry Pirate | animator |
| 1941 | Canine Caddy | animator |
| 1941 | Lend a Paw | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Pluto Junior | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | The Army Mascot | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | The Sleep Walker | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Bambi | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | T-Bone for Two | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Private | animator |
| 1942 | Sky Trooper | animator |
| 1942 | Pluto at the Zoo | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Der Fuehrer's Face | animator - uncredited |
| 1943 | Pluto and the Armadillo | animator - uncredited |
| 1943 | Private Pluto | animator - uncredited |
| 1943 | The Old Army Game | animator |
| 1943 | Home Defense | animator |
| 1944 | Trombone Trouble | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | Donald Duck and the Gorilla | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | Contrary Condor | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | Springtime for Pluto | director |
| 1944 | First Aiders | director |
| 1945 | Dog Watch | director |
| 1945 | Canine Casanova | director |
| 1945 | The Legend of Coyote Rock | director |
| 1945 | Canine Patrol | director |
| 1945 | The Legend of Coyote Rock | animator - uncredited |
| 1946 | Pluto's Kid Brother | director |
| 1946 | In Dutch | director |
| 1946 | The Purloined Pup | director |
| 1946 | Bath Day | director |
| 1947 | Pluto's Housewarming | director |
| 1947 | Rescue Dog | director |
| 1947 | Figaro and Frankie | director |
| 1947 | Mickey's Delayed Date | director |
| 1947 | Mail Dog | director |
| 1947 | Pluto's Blue Note | director |
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | animator - uncredited "Mickey and the Beanstalk": animator - uncredited |
| 1948 | Mickey Down Under | director |
| 1948 | Bone Bandit | director |
| 1948 | Pluto's Purchase | director |
| 1948 | Cat Nap Pluto | director |
| 1948 | Pluto's Fledgling | director |
| 1948 | Mickey and the Seal | director |
| 1949 | Pueblo Pluto | director |
| 1949 | Pluto's Surprise Package | director |
| 1949 | Pluto's Sweater | director |
| 1949 | Bubble Bee | director |
| 1950 | Pluto's Heart Throb | director |
| 1950 | Pluto and the Gopher | director |
| 1950 | Wonder Dog | director |
| 1950 | Primitive Pluto | director |
| 1950 | Puss Café | director |
| 1950 | Pests of the West | director |
| 1950 | Food for Feudin' | director |
| 1950 | Camp Dog | director |
| 1950 | Morris the Midget Moose | director |
| 1950 | Motor Mania | animator |
| 1950 | Cinderella | animator - uncredited |
| 1951 | Plutopia | director |
| 1951 | Lion Down | animator |
| 1951 | Home Made Home | animator |
| 1951 | Cold Storage | animator |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | character animator |
| 1951 | Cold Turkey | director |
| 1951 | R'Coon Dawg | director animator - uncredited |
| 1952 | Man's Best Friend | animator |
| 1952 | Pluto's Party | animator |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | animator - uncredited |
| 1953 | The Simple Things | director animator - uncredited |
| 1953 | Melody | director |
| 1953 | Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom | director |
| 1954 | Social Lion | animator - uncredited |
| 1954 | Grand Canyonscope | director |
| 1954-1968 | The Magical World of Disney | director sequence director segment director "The Coyote's Lament" (1961) - (lyrics) |
| 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 | story director |
| 1970 | The Aristocats | animator - uncredited |
| 1973 | Robin Hood | animator - uncredited |
| 1977 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | animator - uncredited |
| 1980 | Mickey Mouse Disco | director |
| 1986-1989 | Adventures of the Gummi Bears | animator |
| 1991 | The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | director - "Grown, But Not Forgotten" (1991) |
| 1991 | Darkwing Duck | animation director timing director |
| 1992 | Goof Troop | animation director |
| 1993 | Bonkers | animation director (Posthumous release) |
