Rick Overton
Biography
Raised in New Jersey and New York, Overton comes from a musical family. His father, Hal Overton, was Thelonious Monk's big band arranger as well as a music teacher at the Juilliard Institute. His mother, Nancy Overton aka Anne Swain Overton, sang in personal appearances as a member of The Chordettes, the girl group most famous for their singles "Lollipop" and "Mr. Sandman". Rick has dabbled in the music industry himself as he plays the harmonica occasionally with local blues bands. Rick began his stand-up career while in high school as one half of the comedy team "Overton & Sullivan" but eventually went solo as he broke in at the New York Improvisation in the early 1970s. IMDb Mini Biography By: Maggie Houtz
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Full filmography
- NCIS (2003) as Elmer Barlow
- Bones (2005) as Minister
- Lost (2004) as Matthew Reed
- The Office (2005) as Mr. Beesly
- Seinfeld (1989) as The Drake
- Grimm (2011) as Felix
- Charmed (1998) as Triad Member
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Victor
- ER (1994) as Mr. McNamara
- Married... with Children (1987) as Dr. Fisher
- The Middle (2009) as Obadiah
- JAG (1995) as William Markey
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Angry Gentile
- True Blood (2008) as Stewart Shelby
- Mom (2013) as Burt
- Six Feet Under (2001) as Thomas Sheedy
- Mad About You (1992) as Shepherd
- Veep (2012) as Congressman Spencer
- Childrens Hospital (2008) as Chairman
- Last Man Standing (2011) as Ted Dryer
- According to Jim (2001) as Rick
- Leverage (2008) as FBI Agent Taggert
- Amazing Stories (1985) as John Aubrey
- The League (2009) as Mr. Rosenthal