James H. Nicholson

James H. Nicholson was born on Sep 14, 1916 in USA. James H. Nicholson's big-screen debut came with The Fast and the Furious directed by John Ireland in 1954. James H. Nicholson is known for The Abominable Dr. Phibes directed by Robert Fuest, Vincent Price stars as Dr. Anton Phibes and Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius. The upcoming new movie James H. Nicholson plays is Slaughter which will be released on Sep 12, 1974.

James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures. The company turned out hundreds of movies over the next 35 years. AIP discovered an audience that was being ignored by mainstream Hollywood--teenagers--and in its early years, it turned out movies about monsters, hot rods and rock'n'roll, and the drive-ins filled with kids. In the 1960s, AIP turned out a string of zany, inexpensive but highly profitable "Beach Party" movies full of sand, songs, surf and (tame) sex. In 1964, 48-year-old Nicholson divorced his wife Sylvia and married 24-year-old actress Susan Hart. When the biker craze hit, AIP was there with