Getting To Know Emmy Award Winner Rick Overton

By Rosella Campbell


It is a fact that the American television has been successfully graced with really outstanding talents, many have lasted through time. There are those whose careers were really short-lived. However, there are those that were actually able to get their careers properly cemented over the years due to their talent, the perseverance, and their devotion to the craft they have chosen, one of these is the outstanding Emmy Award Winner Rick Overton.

He's very much known as a screen writer, an actor and as a comedian. He has written pieces that have made their way to award giving bodies that did recognize the outstanding manner in which he penned such scripts. He is an excellent actor that has appeared in several films and music videos. He is a very effective stand up comedian as well- something which he has been doing since high school.

There are many writing credits that he is known for. The most popular one would have to be his stint in writing the script for Dennis Miller Live. Several nods were given for his excellent scriptwriting here. He received the Emmy award for his talent in scriptwriting for this same series back in 1996. He is credited for firms and video materials as as the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne film and Willow.

His birth place is in Forest Hills in Queens, New York. However, he actually grew up in Englewood in New Jersey. It was in Dwight Morrow High School that he finished his secondary education. His mother is Nancy. She was famous for her personal appearances as a member of the famous girl group The Chordettes. They are known for their famous songs Mr. Sandman, as well as Lollipop. Hal, his father, used to be a band arranger. He was associated with Thelonious Monk. He's a music teacher from the Milliards Institute. Also, he hails from a family of musicians.

His first onscreen appearance was in 1982 for the Young Doctors in Love film. This was followed by a small role which he played for Airplane II: The Sequel. He then penned New Adventures of Beans Baxter back in 1987. While doing so, he was also appearing on television shows and films that include Willow, Million Dollar Mystery, and Amazing Stories among others.

He has dabbled in the music industry as well. He is known to actually play the harmonica. For occasional performance, he uses this when playing with some of the blues bands in the local scene. In addition, his career as a stand up comedian actually started in high school. This was when he was part of the duo Overton and Sullivan. He has to go solo though in the 1970s.

In 1997, he got a nod of an Emmy nomination for his script writing work for Dennis Miller Live. He already won the same award for the same category as well as the same show the year before. He was also able to get the nod from the panel of judge on the Writers Guild of America and secured a nomination for the same show. This time, it is for the category in Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Category. Hence, his reputation as a scriptwriter was firmly cemented.

He is also a motorcyclist. He has been for the last 20 years. He can be seen performing many charity rides. One the most notable ones is the Love Ride. This is a charity event aimed for the celebration of the annual Muscular Atrophy. He does model budding using his own designs as a hobby and he as even won awards at certain sci-fi conventions.




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