George Nichols (actor)


George Nichols, sometimes credited in films as George O. Nicholls, was an American actor and film director. He worked at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios.
Nichols was born in Rockford, Illinois. He made 221 known film appearances from 1908 up to his death in 1927. He also directed 103 films between 1911 and 1916. Along with Henry "Pathe" Lehrman, Nichols became an arch-enemy of Charlie Chaplin very early on in Chaplin's film career, as Chaplin was dissatisfied with Nichols' way of directing and comic ideas while both worked at Keystone in 1914. In his autobiography, Chaplin recalled a dispute between himself and Nichols during the shooting of a film in which Chaplin appeared.
While working at Keystone, 'Pops', as he was known, was often cast as father to Mabel Normand.

Personal life

With his wife Viola Alberti, whom he married in 1896, he was the father of another prolific director, George Nicholls Jr., sometimes also credited as George Nichols, Jr.
The New York Times from 1927 states that beloved actor and director George Nichols died at the age of 62 due to an illness he had for several months because of heart trouble. He died in Hollywood, California.

Partial filmography

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Behind the Scenes The Heart of O'Yama A Smoked Husband The Pirate's Gold The Hessian Renegades Pippa Passes The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period The Red Man's View In Little Italy To Save Her Soul The Day After The Rocky Road The Woman from Mellon's The Two Brothers The Unchanging Sea What the Daisy Said A Flash of Light The Modern Prodigal as The SheriffA Mohawk's Way as Doctor Van BrumHeart Beats of Long Ago What Shall We Do with Our Old? The Lily of the Tenements The Lonedale Operator Enoch Arden Fighting Blood Two Daughters of Eve Heredity The Unwelcome Guest A Little Hero Some Nerve The Under-Sheriff A Flirt's Mistake In the Clutches of the Gang Mickey Fame and Fortune A Romance of Happy Valley The Turn in the Road When Doctors Disagree The Greatest Question Victory The Coming of the Law The Family Honor Pinto The Iron Rider Oliver Twist, Jr. The Queen of Sheba The Fox Shame Molly O' Live and Let Live The Barnstormer The Pride of Palomar Don't Get Personal The Flirt The Ghost Patrol Let's Go The Phantom Fortune The Extra Girl Don't Marry for Money The Miracle Makers Children of Dust East of Broadway Geared to Go The Silent Stranger Secrets The Beautiful Sinner The Red Lily Daughters of Today The Silent Watcher Capital Punishment Proud Flesh The Light of Western Stars The Goose Woman His Majesty, Bunker Bean Rolling Home Broken Hearts of Hollywood Flames Gigolo Señor Daredevil White Gold Finger Prints

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