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