George OHanlon was born on November 23, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as George Samuel O’Hanlon Jr. He was an actor and writer, known for Rocky (1976), So You Want a Television Set (1953) and So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956). He was married to Nancy Owens, Martha Stewart and Inez Yvonne Witt. He died on February 11, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
George O’Hanlon
Movies
Rocky
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a…
Fun Facts
Actor/director/writer best known as Joe McDoakes in film shorts during the 1940s and as the original voice of TV's George Jetson from 1961 until his death.
Father of actor/writer 'George OHanlon Jr..
Had suffered a stroke, so when he made the later Jetson series and the movie, he was practically blind and had very little short term memory. He had to have each line spoken to him so he could repeat it back.
He started working at 16 with his own stage show, but was fired after a few weeks due to a fight over wages.
His cousin, Virginia O'Hanlon, is the subject of the famous editorial, "Yes