George O'Hanlon

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · b. Nov 23, 1912

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credits

Acting

known for

76

age at death

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.

KNOWN FOR

Love, American Style

Mission: Impossible

The Red Skelton Show

Petticoat Junction

The Name of the Game

Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Partridge Family

FILMOGRAPHY

All

Movies

TV

Acting

148

Directing

1

Writing

22

Crew

1

1990

Jetsons: The Movie

as George Jetson (voice)

1988

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

as George Jetson (voice)

1987

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones

as George Jetson (voice)

1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1976

as TV Commentator

1974

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

1974

Sanford and Son

1974

The Wonderful World of Disney

1973

Charley and the Angel

as Police Chief

1973

Mission: Impossible

as Captain Douglas

1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1971

The Million Dollar Duck

as Parking Attendant

1971

1971

1971

The Partridge Family

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969

The Name of the Game

1969

Love, American Style

1968

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Petticoat Junction

as Harry Harmon

1964

1963

The Gallant Men

1963

1962

as George Jetson (voice)

1962

The Roaring 20's

1962

as George Harper

1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

The Vanishing Duck

as George (voice) (uncredited)

1958

1958

The Red Skelton Show

1958

1958

1958

1958

as Morton Connors

1958

The Ann Sothern Show

1957

as Dr. Arnold Culver

1957

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

1957

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Dave, pawnbroker

1957

1957

as Charlie Appleby (uncredited)

1956

So Your Wife Wants to Work

as Joe McDoakes

1956

Your Safety First

1956

So You Want to Be Pretty

as Joe McDoakes aka Roger

1956

So You Want to Play the Piano

as Joe McDoakes

1956

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

as Joe McDoakes

1956

Battle Stations

as Patrick Mosher

1956

The Danny Thomas Show

1955

So You Want a Model Railroad

as Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be on a Jury

as Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

as Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a Policeman

as Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

as Joe McDoakes

1955

So You Want to Be a V.P.

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Be a Banker

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You're Taking in a Roomer

as Joe McDoakes

1954

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

as Joe McDoakes

1954

Letter to Loretta

1954

The Life Of Riley

as Calvin Dudley

1953

So You Love Your Dog

as Joe McDoakes

1953

So You Think You Can't Sleep

as Joe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Learn to Dance

as Joe McDoakes

1953

So You Want a Television Set

as Joe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Be an Heir

as Joe McDoakes

1953

So You Want to Be a Musician

as Joe McDoakes

1952

as Steve Brodie

1952

1952

So You Want to Wear the Pants

as Corporal Joe McDoakes

1952

Room for One More

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1952

The Lion and the Horse

as 'Shorty' Cameron

1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

as Joe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Go to a Convention

as Joe McDoakes

1952

So You're Going to the Dentist

as Joe McDoakes

1952

So You Never Tell a Lie

as Joe McDoakes

1952

So You Want to Get It Wholesale

as Joe McDoakes

1951

The Tanks Are Coming

1951

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

as Joe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

as Joe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a Plumber

as Joe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a Handyman

as Joe McDoakes

1951

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

as Joe McDoakes

1950

So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Joe McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

as Joe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

1950

So You're Going to Have an Operation

as Joe McDoakes

1950

So You Want a Raise

as Joe McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Throw a Party

as Joe McDoakes

1950

So You Want to Move

as Joe McDoakes

1949

1949

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

as Joe McDoakes

1949

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

as Joe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be Popular

as Joe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be an Actor

as Joe McDoakes

1949

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

1949

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

as Joe McDoakes

1949

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

as Joe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be a Detective

as Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)

1948

The Counterfeiters

as Frankie Dodge

1948

1948

So You Want an Apartment

as Joe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Build a House

as Joe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be a Gambler

as Joe McDoakes

1948

Are You With It?

1948

So You Want to Be on the Radio

as Joe McDoakes

1948

So You Want to Be in Politics

as Joe McDoakes

1947

The Spirit of West Point

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Joe McDoakes / Self

1947

Heading for Heaven

as Alvin Ponacress

1947

as Freddie Callahan (uncredited)

1947

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

as Joe McDoakes

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

as Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes

1947

So You're Going on a Vacation

as Joe McDoakes

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

as Joe McDoakes

1947

Hollywood Wonderland

as Dancing Townsman (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

as Joe McDoakes

1946

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

as Joe McDoakes

1946

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

as Joe McDoakes

1945

So You Think You're Allergic

as Joe McDoakes/MacGregor McDoakes

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as American Pilot at Headquarters

1944

Once Over Lightly

1943

Two Tickets to London

as Sailor (uncredited)

1943

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Navy Pilot (uncredited)

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Jocular Officer

1943

as RCAL Wireless Operator

1943

Nearly Eighteen

1942

Criminal Investigator

1942

Man From Headquarters

as Weeks, Reporter

1942

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

as Joe McDoakes

1942

So You Think You Need Glasses

as Joe McDoakes

1941

1940

as Peasant (uncredited)

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Eddie Kearney (uncredited)

1940

City for Conquest

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1940

Saturday's Children

as Office Worker at Party (uncredited)

1940

1939

A Child is Born

as Young Husband (uncredited)

1939

Daughters Courageous

as Dancer (uncredited)

1939

as Usher (uncredited)

1939

as Ticket Taker

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as Casting Assistant (uncredited)

1938

Secrets of an Actress

as Flower Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1938

Women Are Like That

as Page (uncredited)

1938

1938

Blondes at Work

as Third Newsboy (uncredited)

1932

as Bystander / Man Sitting on Curb

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