George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes

George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 - February 11, 1989) was an American screen actor, comedian and voice actor. He was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Joe McDoakes series was a long-lived series of live-action one-reel short films produced by Warner Bros. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

He is best known on-camera as the star of Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956. Off-camera, O'Hanlon is famous as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1980s revival. Warner Bros. ... The Joe McDoakes series was a long-lived series of live-action one-reel short films produced by Warner Bros. ... Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... The year 1956 in film involved some significant events. ... George Jetson, with Star Trek: Voyager character Seven of Nine. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... See also: 1961 in television, other events of 1962, 1963 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1962-63 American network television schedule. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Jetsons was a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and aired on Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

O'Hanlon died of a stroke in 1989 while recording his voice tracks for Jetsons: The Movie. The film was released by Universal Pictures in 1990 and dedicated to the memory of both O'Hanlon and co-star Mel Blanc. He was 77. Stroke (or cerebrovascular accident or CVA) is the clinical designation for a rapidly developing loss of brain function due to an interruption in the blood supply to all or part of the brain. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Jetsons: The Movie (1990) is an animated film based on the cartoon series The Jetsons, where George Jetson becomes vice president of Spacely Sprockets and oversees the work at Spacelys Orbiting Ore Asteroid. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a prolific American voice actor, performing on radio, in television commercials, and most famously, in hundreds of cartoon shorts for Warner Bros. ...

External link

• George O'Hanlon at the Internet Movie Database