Nick Nicholson (actor)

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Nick Nicholson
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Born(1952-04-19)April 19, 1952
DiedAugust 11, 2010(2010-08-11) (aged 58)
Quezon City, Philippines
Other namesNick Nichols
Nick Nickelson
Occupation Film actor

Daniel Patrick Nicholson, better known as Nick Nicholson, was an American expatriate character actor working in the Philippines. Since the early 1980s, Nicholson has appeared in both big-budget Hollywood productions shot in the archipelago and low-budget, Filipino action movies. [1]

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He had acted in several films by the directors Cirio H. Santiago, John Gale, and Teddy Page. [1] He died from heart failure on August 11, 2010, in the Philippine Heart Center. [2]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "An interview with Nick Nicholson". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2006-06-29.
  2. http://nicknicholson.blogspot.com/ [ user-generated source ]