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|name     = Don Nicholl 
|image    =  
|born     = {{birth date|1925|8|9}}
|birth_place = Sunderland, England, UK
|died     = {{death date and age|1980|7|25|1025|8|9}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation  = Screenwriter/Producer-Director
|yearsactive = 1958-1980 (his death)
|series     = ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', co-creator along with [[Michael Ross]] and [[Bernie West]]
|job       = co-wrote the episode ''[[Episode:A Dinner for Harry|"A Dinner for Harry"]]'' (Season 1)
}}
'''Donald "Don" Nicholl''' (August 9, 1925 – July 5, 1980) was an English-American screenwriter and producer. His production company Nicholl Ross West (with [[Michael Ross]] and [[Bernie West]]) produced the sitcoms  ''All In The Family'', ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' (for which he also co-wrote the Season 1 episode ''[[Episode:A Dinner for Harry|"A Dinner for Harry"]]'' with Ross and West) , ''Three's Company'', and ''The Ropers''.<ref name="apobit">Associated  Press (July 10, 1980). [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0910F9385C11728DDDA80994DF405B8084F1D3 Don Nicholl, British-Born Writer And Producer of TV Comedies.] ''[[New York Times]]''</ref> Don was involved in a total of 77 episodes of ''AITF'', 31 of which he also wrote, as well as 41 episodes of ''Three's Company'' and 28 of its inital spinoff series. ''The Ropers''.

Born in Sunderland, England, Don worked as a journalist, columnist, and publicist in England, and moved to the United States in 1968. His widow Gee set up the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program after his death.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0629447}}
*[http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/index.html Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting] via [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]
 
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