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Thứ Hai, 14 tháng 7, 2014

Knowing The Talented Emmy Award Winner Rick Overton

By Rosella Campbell


American television has since been graced with talents that have made it a much colorful venue and melting pot for such personalities. Many people may have secured their breaks, but were not able to sustain their streaks. There are some that have managed to shine through with sheer perseverance and talent. Among these people is Emmy Award Winner Rick Overton.

He is known as a very reputable script writer. This has been evidence in the nods and recognition that he has secured out of establishing a career penning scripts for the television industry. He is an actor and a comedian too. His comedic side is attributed to the stand-up comedy that he used to do back in his high school years.

There are many writing credits that he is known for. The most popular one would have to be his stint in writing the script for Dennis Miller Live. Several nods were given for his excellent scriptwriting here. He received the Emmy award for his talent in scriptwriting for this same series back in 1996. He is credited for firms and video materials as as the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne film and Willow.

His birth place is in Forest Hills in Queens, New York. However, he actually grew up in Englewood in New Jersey. It was in Dwight Morrow High School that he finished his secondary education. His mother is Nancy. She was famous for her personal appearances as a member of the famous girl group The Chordettes. They are known for their famous songs Mr. Sandman, as well as Lollipop. Hal, his father, used to be a band arranger. He was associated with Thelonious Monk. He's a music teacher from the Milliards Institute. Also, he hails from a family of musicians.

The first appearance he had on screen was for the film Young Doctors in Love. It was released in the year 1982. A small role in the Airplane II movie was what he took next. In the year 1987, he penned New Adventures of Beans Baxter. While penning this, he also appeared in such works as the Amazing Stories, Million Dollar Mystery, ad well as in Willow.

He has dabbled in the music industry as well. He is known to actually play the harmonica. For occasional performance, he uses this when playing with some of the blues bands in the local scene. In addition, his career as a stand up comedian actually started in high school. This was when he was part of the duo Overton and Sullivan. He has to go solo though in the 1970s.

His work in Dennis Miller Live got an Emmy nomination in the year 1997. He already won the award for Outstanding Writing on a Variety or Music Program the year before. This is for the same series. He was able to receive the nod of the panel from the Writers Guild of America. This is for the very same show too, but for the year 1997. This further cemented his renown as an outstanding scriptwriter in the field.

An avid motorcyclist, he's known to take part in many charity rides. For instance, he is a regular in the love ride, which is for the annual ride in celebration of the Muscular Atrophy. He loves to build models in his spare time too and has won awards for the sci-fi category in certain convention.




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