Robert Albert Nicholson, known as "Bobby Nicholson" and "Nick Nicholson" was an American actor, musician, director and producer.
11 Facts About Bobby Nicholson
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Bobby Nicholson assumed the role of Clarabell the Clown, after the show's original Clarabell, Bob Keeshan, was fired in late 1952 over a salary dispute.
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Bobby Nicholson assumed the voice roles for several of the puppets after Allen Swift left the show in 1956.
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Bobby Nicholson got his nickname of "Nick" on the show, as there were up to six men named "Bob" on the cast and crew at any given time.
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Bobby Nicholson was kept busy at NBC as a staff conductor of the NBC Symphony for ten years, including the early years of "The Tonight Show", when Skitch Henderson wasn't available for the show.
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Bobby Nicholson did musical arrangements for various NBC shows and for many performers.
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Bobby Nicholson spent most of the later years of his life as a trombonist, conductor, arranger, and composer.
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Bobby Nicholson was one of the founders of the Westchester Philharmonic in 1983, for which he served as principal conductor, and he was one of the founders of the Florida Symphonic Pops.
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Bobby Nicholson was the son of Malcom Bobby Nicholson and Ida Mendelsohn.
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Bobby Nicholson married Jane Torgler in 1942 while in the Army during World War II.
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Bobby Nicholson has a scholarship in his honor, "The Nick Bobby Nicholson Music Scholarship Fund", at Palm Beach Community College.