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George O'Hanlon

Date of birth: 1912-11-23

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: George Samuel O'Hanlon Jr., George Samuel 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.

Movie Credits

3.9

Rocky

1976-11-20

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate

3.2

The Movie Orgy

1968-01-01

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop

3.3

Park Row

1952-09-01

In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It i

2.8

Kronos

1957-03-31

Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscra

2.7

Hollywood Hotel

1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola

Jetsons: The Movie

1990-06-06

George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new f

The Spirit of West Point

1947-10-03

The story of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, two All-American football players at the U.S. Army Milit

2.8

Secrets of an Actress

1938-09-10

Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.

2.9

Women Are Like That

1938-04-23

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries h

4.2

The Tanks Are Coming

1951-10-31

An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.

Two Tickets to London

1943-06-14

Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find th

1.8

Zamba

1949-09-01

Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bai

3.3

The Vanishing Duck

1958-05-02

George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the d

2.9

So You Think You're Not Guilty

1950-04-15

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setba

3.3

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944-08-01

A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germa

3.4

So You Want to Be a Detective

1948-06-26

Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars

Criminal Investigator

1942-10-23

A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging

2.9

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947-06-07

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand

3.4

Cattle Town

1952-09-06

The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.

2.5

Heading for Heaven

1947-12-06

A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airp

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

1951-09-22

"I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing

2.5

So You Want to Wear the Pants

1952-11-08

It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes

2.8

The Counterfeiters

1948-05-28

Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.

Man From Headquarters

1942-01-23

A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, s

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

1988-01-15

There's intergalactic trouble when the lyrics Judy Jetson wrote for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are s

3.5

The Hucksters

1947-07-17

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be

3.4

Spring Parade

1940-09-27

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card

3.6

June Bride

1948-10-29

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which g

2.5

So You Want an Apartment

1948-01-03

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

2.9

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947-11-22

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice.

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

1946-12-07

Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hai

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946-10-05

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winni

2.1

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947-05-10

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father

2.3

So You Want to Build a House

1948-05-15

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home.

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

1942-11-14

A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the h

2.4

So You Want to Be a Gambler

1948-02-14

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.

2.3

So You Think You Need Glasses

1942-12-26

A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.

Once Over Lightly

1944-10-14

A short compilation movie similar to When Comedy was King (1960), and The Golden Age of Comedy (1957

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

1946-12-28

Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

3.2

Room for One More

1952-01-10

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innoce

2.5

Brother Rat

1938-10-29

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an

3.3

A Child Is Born

1939-12-07

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

3.1

Daughters Courageous

1939-06-23

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane,

3.1

Hell's Kitchen

1939-07-08

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrup

3.4

Swanee River

1939-12-29

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls

3.1

Dust Be My Destiny

1939-09-16

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a

2.8

The Fighting 69th

1940-01-27

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the

All by Myself

1943-06-11

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark,

3.5

So Your Wife Wants to Work

1956-07-14

Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather sh

2.6

Charley and the Angel

1973-03-23

Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will b

3.4

City for Conquest

1940-09-21

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug

3.1

Saturday's Children

1940-05-04

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

So You Think You're Allergic

1945-12-01

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

So You Want a Model Railroad

1955-08-27

Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

1950-07-01

Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor

2.5

Your Safety First

1956-01-01

An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumer

2.9

The Lion and the Horse

1952-05-16

After selling it to a cruel rodeo owner, a cowboy attempts to buy back the wild stallion he snared.

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947-07-05

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.

1.9

Are You With It?

1948-03-19

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insura

3.1

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972-07-12

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

1949-08-22

Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

1949-10-28

Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.

3.3

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones

1987-11-15

Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Fli

New Wine

1941-09-10

The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schun

2.9

So You Want to Be on the Radio

1948-11-06

Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfe

So You're Going to Have an Operation

1950-12-02

A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.

2.5

The Death Kiss

1932-12-05

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to

So You Want to Move

1950-08-19

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

1951-06-02

Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.

1.5

So You Want to Be a Plumber

1951-11-10

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.

So You Want to Be an Actor

1949-12-03

Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees a

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

1954-01-30

Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor.

2.5

So You Think You Can't Sleep

1953-10-31

Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

1956-01-28

When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts

So You Want to Go to a Convention

1952-06-07

Joe has to find a way to go to a convention.

So You Never Tell a Lie

1952-08-02

When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe M

So You Want to Be an Heir

1953-12-19

Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the

So You Want to Be a Handyman

1951-01-03

Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, bu

4.3

So You Want to Be a V.P.

1955-10-29

Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the

So You Want to Be a Policeman

1955-12-17

Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop.

So You Want to Be a Musician

1953-01-10

Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.

So You Want a Raise

1950-09-23

Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run t

So You Want a Television Set

1953-05-23

Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop

So You Love Your Dog

1953-08-01

Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving

0.8

So You Want to Be Pretty

1956-03-10

In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.

So You Want to Get It Wholesale

1952-01-12

Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible.

So You Want to Enjoy Life

1952-03-29

Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

1954-03-14

Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restau

So You're Taking in a Roomer

1954-10-30

Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

1954-05-01

In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and b

2.5

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

1955-01-29

When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a

So You're Going to the Dentist

1952-09-20

Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

1951-04-14

Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie show

So You Want to Be a Banker

1954-07-03

Joe McDoakes graduates from Potash University and gets a job in a bank run by Harrington Arrington F

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954-12-18

Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many

So You Want to Learn to Dance

1953-03-28

Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives

So You Want to Be on a Jury

1955-05-07

Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interf

So You Want to Throw a Party

1950-02-04

Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with

2.5

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

1955-03-12

Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum

So You Want to Play the Piano

1956-05-05

Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Fla

So You Want to Be Popular

1949-03-12

Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox

2.8

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947-09-13

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.

3.5

Action in the North Atlantic

1943-06-12

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged wi

2.9

The Million Dollar Duck

1971-06-30

Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds

Reconnaissance Pilot

1943-01-25

Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World

Corvette K-225

1943-09-29

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

Blondes at Work

1938-02-05

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself a

2.8

Battle Stations

1956-02-01

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Sailor's Lady

1940-07-05

Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose

2.1

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

1957-07-01

Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring

3.4

Hollywood Wonderland

1947-08-09

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

1949-03-06

Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big

2.5

Nearly Eighteen

1943-11-12

A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

1949-01-08

Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

1949-07-02

Joe wants to be a muscle man.

So You Want to Be in Politics

1948-10-02

Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

1974-01-06

A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city