George O'Hanlon

Known for The Jetsons · Mission: Impossible · I Love Lucy

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.

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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.

Filmography

Movies

The Death KissBystander / Man Sitting on Curb

1932

Blondes at WorkThird Newsboy (uncredited)

1938

Brother RatOrderly

1938

Hollywood HotelCasting Assistant (uncredited)

1938

Secrets of an ActressFlower Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1938

Women Are Like ThatPage (uncredited)

1938

A Child is BornYoung Husband (uncredited)

1939

Daughters CourageousDancer (uncredited)

1939

Dust Be My DestinyMan at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)

1939

Hell's KitchenUsher (uncredited)

1939

Swanee RiverTicket Taker

1939

City for ConquestNewsboy (uncredited)

1940

Sailor's LadySailor

1940

Saturday's ChildrenOffice Worker at Party (uncredited)

1940

Spring ParadePeasant (uncredited)

1940

The Fighting 69thEddie Kearney (uncredited)

1940

New WinePeppi

1941

Criminal InvestigatorPowers

1942

Man From HeadquartersWeeks, Reporter

1942

So You Think You Need GlassesJoe McDoakes

1942

So You Want to Give Up SmokingJoe McDoakes

1942

Action in the North AtlanticNavy Pilot (uncredited)

1943

All by MyselfBuck

1943

Corvette K-225RCAL Wireless Operator

1943

Nearly EighteenEddie

1943

Reconnaissance PilotJocular Officer

1943

Two Tickets to LondonSailor (uncredited)

1943

Once Over LightlyNarrator

1944

Resisting Enemy InterrogationAmerican Pilot at Headquarters

1944

So You Think You're AllergicJoe McDoakes/MacGregor McDoakes

1945

So You Think You're AllergicWriter

1945

So You Think You're a Nervous WreckJoe McDoakes

1946

So You Want to Keep Your HairJoe McDoakes

1946

So You Want to Play the HorsesJoe McDoakes

1946

Heading for HeavenAlvin Ponacress

1947

Hollywood WonderlandDancing Townsman (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

1947

So You Want to Be a SalesmanJoe McDoakes

1947

So You Want to Be in PicturesJoe McDoakes / Self

1947

So You Want to Hold Your WifeJoe McDoakes

1947

So You Want to Hold Your WifeWriter

1947

So You're Going on a VacationJoe McDoakes

1947

So You're Going to Be a FatherJoe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes

1947

The HuckstersFreddie Callahan (uncredited)

1947

The Spirit of West PointJoe Wilson

1947

Are You With It?Buster

1948

June BrideScott Davis

1948

So You Want an ApartmentJoe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be a DetectiveJoe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)

1948

So You Want to Be a GamblerJoe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be in PoliticsJoe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be on the RadioJoe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Build a HouseJoe McDoakes

1948

The CounterfeitersFrankie Dodge

1948

Joe Palooka in the Big FightLouie

1949

So You Want to Be a Baby SitterJoe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be a Muscle ManJoe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be a Muscle ManWriter

1949

So You Want to Be an ActorJoe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be PopularJoe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be PopularWriter

1949

So You Want to Get Rich QuickJoe McDoakes

1949

So You're Having In-Law TroubleJoe McDoakes

1949

ZambaMarvin

1949

So You Think You're Not GuiltyJoe McDoakes

1950

So You Want a RaiseJoe McDoakes

1950

So You Want a RaiseWriter

1950

So You Want to Hold Your HusbandJoe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Hold Your HusbandWriter

1950

So You Want to MoveJoe McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Throw a PartyJoe McDoakes

1950

So You're Going to Have an OperationJoe McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Be a BachelorJoe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a CowboyJoe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a CowboyWriter

1951

So You Want to Be a HandymanJoe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a Paper HangerJoe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a PlumberJoe McDoakes

1951

The Tanks Are ComingSgt. Tucker

1951

Cattle TownShiloh

1952

Park RowSteve Brodie

1952

Room for One MoreMinor Role (uncredited)

1952

So You Never Tell a LieJoe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Enjoy LifeJoe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Get It WholesaleJoe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Go to a ConventionJoe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Go to a ConventionWriter

1952

So You Want to Wear the PantsCorporal Joe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Wear the PantsOriginal Story

1952

So You're Going to the DentistJoe McDoakes

1952

The Lion and the Horse'Shorty' Cameron

1952

So You Love Your DogJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Think You Can't SleepJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Think You Can't SleepStory

1953

So You Want a Television SetJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Want a Television SetStory

1953

So You Want to Be a MusicianJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Be a MusicianOriginal Story

1953

So You Want to Be an HeirJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Learn to DanceJoe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Learn to DanceOriginal Story

1953

So You Want to Be a BankerJoe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Be Your Own BossJoe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Go to a NightclubJoe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Know Your RelativesJoe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Know Your RelativesStory

1954

So You're Having Neighbor TroubleJoe McDoakes

1954

So You're Taking in a RoomerJoe McDoakes

1954

So You Don't Trust Your WifeJoe McDoakes

1955

So You Want a Model RailroadJoe McDoakes

1955

So You Want a Model RailroadWriter

1955

So You Want to Be a GladiatorJoe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a PolicemanJoe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a V.P.Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a V.P.Writer

1955

So You Want to Be on a JuryJoe McDoakes

1955

Battle StationsPatrick Mosher

1956

So You Think the Grass Is GreenerJoe McDoakes

1956

So You Want to Be PrettyJoe McDoakes aka Roger

1956

So You Want to Be PrettyStory

1956

So You Want to Play the PianoJoe McDoakes

1956

So Your Wife Wants to WorkJoe McDoakes

1956

So Your Wife Wants to WorkStory

1956

Your Safety FirstMan (voice)

1956

Bop Girl Goes CalypsoBarney

1957

KronosDr. Arnold Culver

1957

The Vanishing DuckGeorge (voice) (uncredited)

1958

The RookieDirector

1959

The RookieWriter

1959

For Those Who Think YoungScreenplay

1964

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl CrewStory

1968

The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)

1968

The Million Dollar DuckParking Attendant

1971

Now You See Him, Now You Don'tTed

1972

Charley and the AngelPolice Chief

1973

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at RivertonHerb Evans

1974

RockyTV Commentator

1976

The Jetsons Meet the FlintstonesGeorge Jetson (voice)

1987

Rockin' with Judy JetsonGeorge Jetson (voice)

1988

Jetsons: The MovieGeorge Jetson (voice)

1990

Jetsons: The MovieIn Memory Of

1990

Television

I Love LucyCharlie Appleby (uncredited) · 1 eps

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of StarsDave, pawnbroker · 1 eps

1951

The Red Skelton ShowUS Corporal · 1 eps

1951

Letter to LorettaSam Brown · 1 eps

1953

The Danny Thomas ShowChick · 1 eps

1953

The Life Of RileyCalvin Dudley · 7 eps

1953

The Wonderful World of DisneyHerb Evans · 2 eps

1954

MaverickCaldwell · 1 eps

1957

MaverickCousin Elmo · 1 eps

1957

MaverickMorton Connors · 1 eps

1957

SugarfootYamp Dooley · 1 eps

1957

SugarfootDick · 1 eps

1957

Bronco1 eps

1958

The Ann Sothern ShowAce · 1 eps

1958

Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseHowie · 1 eps

1958

The Roaring 20's1 eps

1960

Mister EdGeorge Harper · 1 eps

1961

The Gallant Men1 eps

1962

The JetsonsGeorge Jetson (voice) · 75 eps

1962

Petticoat JunctionHarry Harmon · 1 eps

1963

Petticoat JunctionWriter

1963

The LieutenantJeweler · 1 eps

1963

Reporter11 eps

1964

Mission: ImpossibleCaptain Douglas · 1 eps

1966

Adam-12Drunk · 1 eps

1968

The Name of the GameManager · 1 eps

1968

Love, American StyleSid Doff · 1 eps

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.Mrs. Pate · 1 eps

1969

The Odd CoupleDrunk · 1 eps

1970

The Partridge FamilyBear Man · 1 eps

1970

Sanford and Son1 eps

1972

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

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