Trivia

AIP vice-president Samuel Z. Arkoff credits Nicholson with being the idea man at the company. He would come up with a great title and a campaign would be built around it. When that was all settled, they would get around to actually making the film.

When he divorced his first wife Sylvia, her settlement included a portion of his stock in American-International Pictures. This reduced his status as an equal partner with Samuel Z. Arkoff.

Before teaming up with Samuel Z. Arkoff, Nicholson was the sales manager at Realart Pictures. Realart was a company that bought the distribution rights to older films from other studios for a set period of time and re-released them.

He had three daughters with wife Sylvia: Luree Holmes, Loretta Nicholson, and Laura Nicholson.

Grandfather of Joi Holmes.