Charles A. Nichols

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 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web, and helped create series, such 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 You?, Jonny Quest, The Peter Potamus Show, The Banana Splits Adventures Hour, Yogi's Gang, Jabberjaw, Birdman, Abbott & Costello, The Atom Ant Show, and Super Friends. Other shows he worked for other companies included Alvin & the Chipmunks, Sky Commanders, Punky Brewster, and 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.
==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 	directoranimator - uncredited
1952 	Man's Best Friend 	animator
1952 	Pluto's Party 	animator
1953 	Peter Pan 	animator - uncredited
1953 	The Simple Things 	directoranimator - 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 	directorsequence directorsegment directorlyrics:"Yip Yip Yip Yow" (The Coyote's Lament)
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 	storydirector
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 directortiming director
1992 	Goof Troop 	animation director
1993 	Bonkers 	animation director (Posthumous release)
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