George Nicholas

George Nicholas (December 14, 1910-November 23, 1996) was an American animator, known for his work at Disney and Hanna-Barbera.

Biography Nicholas was born on December 14, 1910, in Vermilion, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles with his parents when he was 10. Among his later Disney credits were Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, as well as The Jetsons TV series.

When Nicholas died, he left an extensive collection of his own animation work, as well as that of other prominent animators such as Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery and Milt Kahl, which he bequeathed to Edinboro University. Working with the Erie Art Museum, his daughter Donna Nicholas organized a traveling exhibition of the best these works, called From Mickey to the Grinch: Art of the Animated Film. Those works were then auctioned off to fund a memorial scholarship in his memory.