George O'Hanlon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Samuel O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian, writer and director. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival.

Career Overview

George O'Hanlon has 151 screen credits in a career dating back to 1932. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Rocky with 1 titles. Signature works include The Jetsons, Jetsons: The Movie, Rockin' with Judy Jetson. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 151
Birth Date: 1912-11-23 00:00:00
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

Rocky (1 titles)
Dexter Riley Collection (1 titles)
Westworld Films (1 titles)
Brother Rat Collection (1 titles)
Torchy Blane Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Penny Singleton (3 collaborations)
Jean Vander Pyl (3 collaborations)
Don Messick (3 collaborations)
Mel Blanc (3 collaborations)
Phyllis Coates (3 collaborations)
Daws Butler (2 collaborations)
Janet Waldo (2 collaborations)
Frank Welker (2 collaborations)
Lester Dorr (2 collaborations)
Tiffany (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (127 credits)
- Jetsons: The Movie
  George Jetson (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson
  George Jetson (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
  George Jetson (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Rocky
  TV Commentator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
  Herb Evans
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Charley and the Angel
  Police Chief
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't
  Ted
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Sanford and Son
  
  - Ol' Brown Eyes is Back (1974) ... actor actors
  
  1972
- The Million Dollar Duck
  Parking Attendant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Love, American Style
  
  - Love and the Dummies (1969) ... Sid Doff actor actors
  
  1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  
  - Hello, Goodbye, Hello (1969) ... Mrs. Pate actor actors
  
  1969
- The Movie Orgy
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Adam-12
  
  - Extortion (1971) ... Drunk actor actors
  
  1968
- Mission: Impossible
  
  - The Question (1973) ... Captain Douglas actor actors
  
  1966
- Petticoat Junction
  
  - There's No Business With Show Business (1965) ... Harry Harmon actor actors
  
  1963
- The Jetsons
  George Jetson (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Spacely for a Day (1987) ... George Jetson (voice) actor actors
  
  - Two Many Georges (1987) ... George Jetson (voice) actor actors
  
  - The Odd Pod (1987) ... George Jetson (voice) actor actors
  
  - Wedding Bells for Rosie (1987) ... George Jetson (voice) actor actors
  
  - Clean as a Hound's Tooth (1987) ... George Jetson (voice) actor actors
  
  1962
- The Vanishing Duck
  George (voice) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- Bop Girl Goes Calypso
  Barney
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- Kronos
  Dr. Arnold Culver
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- Maverick
  
  - Holiday at Hollow Rock (1958) ... Morton Connors actor actors
  
  - Black Fire (1958) ... Cousin Elmo actor actors
  
  - Rope of Cards (1958) ... Caldwell actor actors
  
  1957
- So Your Wife Wants to Work
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- So You Want to Play the Piano
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- So You Want to Be Pretty
  Joe McDoakes aka Roger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- Battle Stations
  Patrick Mosher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- So You Think the Grass Is Greener
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- Your Safety First
  Man (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- So You Want to Be a Policeman
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Want to Be a V.P.
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Want a Model Railroad
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Want to Be on a Jury
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Want to Be a Gladiator
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Don't Trust Your Wife
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- So You're Taking in a Roomer
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- So You Want to Be a Banker
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- So You Want to Go to a Nightclub
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- So You're Having Neighbor Trouble
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  
  - The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (2) (1974) ... Herb Evans actor actors
  
  - The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1) (1974) ... Herb Evans actor actors
  
  1954
- So You Want to Be an Heir
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Think You Can't Sleep
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Love Your Dog
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Want a Television Set
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Want to Learn to Dance
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Want to Be a Musician
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- So You Want to Wear the Pants
  Corporal Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You're Going to the Dentist
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Cattle Town
  Shiloh
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Park Row
  Steve Brodie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You Never Tell a Lie
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You Want to Go to a Convention
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- The Lion and the Horse
  'Shorty' Cameron
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You Want to Enjoy Life
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You Want to Get It Wholesale
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Room for One More
  Minor Role (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- So You Want to Be a Plumber
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- The Tanks Are Coming
  Sgt. Tucker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- So You Want to Be a Bachelor
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- So You Want to Be a Cowboy
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- So You Want to Be a Handyman
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- The Red Skelton Show
  
  - Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) ... US Corporal actor actors
  
  1951
- I Love Lucy
  
  - Lucy and Superman (1957) ... Charlie Appleby (uncredited) actor actors
  
  1951
- So You're Going to Have an Operation
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Want a Raise
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Want to Move
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Want to Hold Your Husband
  Joe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Think You're Not Guilty
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Want to Throw a Party
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- So You Want to Be an Actor
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You Want to Get Rich Quick
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Zamba
  Marvin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You're Having In-Law Trouble
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You Want to Be Popular
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
  Louie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- So You Want to Be on the Radio
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- June Bride
  Scott Davis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- So You Want to Be in Politics
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- So You Want to Be a Detective
  Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- The Counterfeiters
  Frankie Dodge
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- So You Want to Build a House
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Are You With It?
  Buster
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- So You Want to Be a Gambler
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- So You Want an Apartment
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Heading for Heaven
  Alvin Ponacress
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You Want to Hold Your Wife
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- The Spirit of West Point
  Joe Wilson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You Want to Be a Salesman
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Hollywood Wonderland
  Dancing Townsman (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- The Hucksters
  Freddie Callahan (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You're Going on a Vacation
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You Want to Be in Pictures
  Joe McDoakes / Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You're Going to Be a Father
  Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- So You Want to Keep Your Hair
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- So You Want to Play the Horses
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- So You Think You're Allergic
  Joe McDoakes/MacGregor McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Once Over Lightly
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Resisting Enemy Interrogation
  American Pilot at Headquarters
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Nearly Eighteen
  Eddie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Corvette K-225
  RCAL Wireless Operator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Two Tickets to London
  Sailor (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Action in the North Atlantic
  Navy Pilot (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- All by Myself
  Buck
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Reconnaissance Pilot
  Jocular Officer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- So You Want to Give Up Smoking
  Joe McDoakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Criminal Investigator
  Powers
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Man From Headquarters
  Weeks, Reporter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- New Wine
  Peppi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Spring Parade
  Peasant (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- City for Conquest
  Newsboy (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Sailor's Lady
  Sailor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Saturday's Children
  Office Worker at Party (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- The Fighting 69th
  Eddie Kearney (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Swanee River
  Ticket Taker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- A Child is Born
  Young Husband (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Dust Be My Destiny
  Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Hell's Kitchen
  Usher (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Daughters Courageous
  Dancer (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Brother Rat
  Orderly
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Secrets of an Actress
  Flower Delivery Boy (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Women Are Like That
  Page (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Blondes at Work
  Third Newsboy (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Hollywood Hotel
  Casting Assistant (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- The Death Kiss
  Bystander / Man Sitting on Curb
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1932
crew (1 credits)
- Jetsons: The Movie
  
  in memory of
  
  crew
  
  1990
writing (22 credits)
- I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1968
- For Those Who Think Young
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1964
- Petticoat Junction
  
  - Hooterville A-Go-Go (1965) ... writer writing
  
  - There's No Business With Show Business (1965) ... writer writing
  
  1963
- The Rookie
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1959
- So Your Wife Wants to Work
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1956
- So You Want to Be Pretty
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1956
- So You Want to Be a V.P.
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1955
- So You Want a Model Railroad
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1955
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1954
- So You Think You Can't Sleep
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1953
- So You Want a Television Set
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1953
- So You Want to Learn to Dance
  
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1953
- So You Want to Be a Musician
  
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1953
- So You Want to Wear the Pants
  
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1952
- So You Want to Go to a Convention
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1952
- So You Want to Be a Cowboy
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1951
- So You Want a Raise
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1950
- So You Want to Hold Your Husband
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1950
- So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1949
- So You Want to Be Popular
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1949
- So You Want to Hold Your Wife
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1947
- So You Think You're Allergic
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1945
directing (1 credits)
- The Rookie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1959

Content sources

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