George Samuel O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 â€" 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.George O'Hanlon was born on November
23, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York.From the early 1940s, O'Hanlon was a
character comedian in feature films, usually playing the hero's
streetwise, cynical friend. He appeared in features for various
studios while continuing the Joe McDoakes role for Warner Bros. After
the McDoakes series lapsed in 1956, O'Hanlon returned to character
work, mostly in television (two rare post-McDoakes movie appearances
are in Bop Girl Goes Calypso and Kronos, both from 1957).In the
1953â€"54 season, O'Hanlon appeared several times on NBC's The Dennis
Day Show. In 1957, he played Charlie Appleby on an I Love Lucy
episode, "Lucy and Superman". In 1958, O'Hanlon played a New York
publicist for a fashion model, Loco Jones (Barbara Eden) in the
syndicated romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire.
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.George O'Hanlon was born on November
23, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York.From the early 1940s, O'Hanlon was a
character comedian in feature films, usually playing the hero's
streetwise, cynical friend. He appeared in features for various
studios while continuing the Joe McDoakes role for Warner Bros. After
the McDoakes series lapsed in 1956, O'Hanlon returned to character
work, mostly in television (two rare post-McDoakes movie appearances
are in Bop Girl Goes Calypso and Kronos, both from 1957).In the
1953â€"54 season, O'Hanlon appeared several times on NBC's The Dennis
Day Show. In 1957, he played Charlie Appleby on an I Love Lucy
episode, "Lucy and Superman". In 1958, O'Hanlon played a New York
publicist for a fashion model, Loco Jones (Barbara Eden) in the
syndicated romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire.
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