Rick Overton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-08-10 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA

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 Imp...

Acting

1993

1987

Double Switch

as Deejay

2004

1994

The High Crusade

as Sir Roger

2005

Frostbite

as Bartender

2002

Eight Legged Freaks

as Pete Willis

2007

Heckler

as Self

1986

Gung Ho

as Googie

2010

I Am Comic

as Self

2005

1998

Devil in the Flesh

as Dr. Milletson

1998

My Giant

as Director

1982

Young Doctors in Love

as Dr. Thurman Flicker

1989

Blind Fury

as Tector Pike

1987

Million Dollar Mystery

as Stuart Briggs

2010

Jelly

as Tad Wasserstein

2011

InSight

as Det. Gehrke

2007

Chasing Robert

as Thadeus Wrazinski

1996

Encino Woman

as Raji (as Ric Overton)

2008

Cloverfield

as Frantic Man

2014

A Haunted House 2

as Professor Wilde

1989

A Sinful Life

as Janitor Joe

2009

Wonder Woman

as Slick (voice)

2012

Bright Day

as Dr. Alex Joyfrem

2014

Such Good People

as Sidney Talmadge

1980

Target... Earth?

as Ino The Computer (voice)

2005

Popstar

as Mr. Thomas

1991

The Rocketeer

as South Seas Patron

1986

A Fine Mess

as Companion

2009

The Whole Truth

as Uri Standinoff

2009

The Informant!

as Terry Wilson

2022

Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth

as Board Member Valentine

2005

Keep Your Distance

as Dr. Floyd Beasley

2024

Hendrie

as Self

2017

Literally, Right Before Aaron

as Dean (Allison's Dad)

2015

Lethal Seduction

as Deacon Williams

1986

Modern Girls

as Marsalis

2014

The Liars Chair

as Herschel Boone

2012

2010

A Fork in the Road

as Sheriff Thompson

2017

2007

The Astronaut Farmer

as Arnold 'Arnie' Millard

1988

1989

That's Adequate

as Standup Comic

1984

Beverly Hills Cop

as Bonded Warehouse Night Supervisor

1988

Willow

as Franjean

2011

Bad Teacher

as Philip

1998

2007

Pledge This!

as Janitor Jones

2005

Family Plan

as Owens

2017

1984

Dark Seduction

as Punk Ninja

1994

2013

Noobz

as Martin Wilson

1999

EDtv

as Barry

2017

Escaping Dad

as Tulsa Ted

2008

A Plumm Summer

as Agent Brinkman

2018

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

as First Publisher

2004

Fat Albert

as Coach Gillespie

2018

Duck Duck Goose

as Stanley (voice)

2019

2006

Cloud 9

as Buckner

2012

Meridian

as Alan Greggs

2006

The Tripper

as Mayor Hal Burton

1997

The Love Bug

as The General

2005

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Head Shop Clerk

2012

1986

Odd Jobs

as Roy

1988

Traxx

as Frank Williams

2021

2004

Off the Lip

as McReady

1993

Mrs. Doubtfire

as Maitre D'

2004

Taxi

as Man at Taxi Convention

2003

Northfork

as Rudolph

2001

Extreme Honor

as Dr. Lumber

2001

Jackpot

as Roland

Production

1985

Fletch

as Stunts

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