Rick Overton has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. Comedy is where the largest part of the work sits. He has been working on screen for more than 46 years. Ralph in 'Groundhog Day' is the role that outgrew the rest. There is 'Cloverfield' as well.
Rick Overton
72 years (Aug 10, 1954)Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
66 Movies40 Series
Rick Overton has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. Comedy is where the largest part of the work sits. He has been working on screen for more than 46 years. Ralph in 'Groundhog Day' is the role that outgrew the rest. There is 'Cloverfield' as well.
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