David Nicholls (1950-2008) was a British actor who played Captain Flint in Muppet Treasure Island and Ragnar the executioner in Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.
His other credits included small parts in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, The Gangs of New York, and Highlander: End Game as well as appearances on The New Avengers, the UK Queer as Folk, The Bill, and the 1995 prison drama The Governor (recurring as Jumbo Jackson).