Robert Nichols: Robert Nichols. Actor: The Thing from Another World. A native of Oakland, California, Robert Nichols got his start as an entertainer in the Army during World War II. After his discharge, he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art while working as a song-and-dance man at the Players Theater (Victorian music hall). Hollywood director Howard Hawks, visiting London, cast Nichols in a small part in his 1949 comedy I Was...
Known For: The Thing from Another World (Lt. Ken Erickson), This Island Earth (Joe Wilson), Giant (Mort 'Pinky' Snythe), So I Married an Axe Murderer (Scottish Minister)