George Nicholls, Jr.
| George Nicholls, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
George Alberti Nicholls May 5, 1897 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | November 13, 1939 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Director, editor |
| Years active | 1928–39 |
George Nicholls, Jr. (May 5, 1897 – November 13, 1939), also known as George Nichols, Jr., was an American director and editor during the 1930s. Born to show business parents, he entered the film industry at the tail end of the silent film era, working as an editor for the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. After moving to RKO Pictures in 1933, Nicholls shortly began directing films by the end of the year. His career was cut short when he died in a car accident while driving to the location of his final film.
Born George Alberti Nicholls on May 5, 1897 in San Francisco, his father was the American actor and director George Nichols, and his mother was the actress Viola Alberti. While his father was working at Biograph Studios, Nicholls made his film debut, acting in shorts during the 1910s. In 1912, as a child actor he had the lead in the comedy short Pa's Medicine at the Thanhouser Film Corporation.
He returned to the film industry behind the camera in 1928, as the editor on the Paramount film Wife Savers, directed by Ralph Ceder, and starring Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, ZaSu Pitts. For the next five years he worked primarily at Paramount as an editor. While at Paramount, he went by George Nichols, Jr. When he moved to RKO in 1933, he began using the original spelling of his last name, and became known as George Nicholls, Jr. His first film at his new studio was Sweepings, directed by John Cromwell. By the end of the year he was tapped to be an associate director to Thornton Freeland on Flying Down to Rio, the first film to team Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers. The following year he would make his directorial debut, co-directing Finishing School with Wanda Tuchock (who was also directing her first film).
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