Editing Rick Overton (section)

== Life and career ==
Overton was born on August 10, 1954, in [[Forest Hills, Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]], the son of [[Nancy Overton]] ([[married and maiden names|née]] Swain), a singer, and [[Hall Overton]], a teacher and music arranger.<ref name="filmr">{{cite web|website=filmreference.com|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Rick-Overton.html|title=Rick Overton Biography}}</ref> He grew up in [[Englewood, New Jersey]],{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} where he attended [[Dwight Morrow High School]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Hu, Winnie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/education/16major.html|title=Forced to Pick a Major in High School|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 2007|accessdate=August 17, 2007|quote=The comedians David Feldman and Rick Overton, alumni of the high school, are scheduled to conduct a comedy writing workshop in October.}}</ref>

Overton made his first onscreen appearance performing his standup act in 1981's ''HBO Presents The 6th Annual Young Comedians''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387006/ "HBO Presents The 6th Annual Young Comedians"], imdb.com.  Accessed February 2, 2025.</ref>  His first movie role was in the 1982 film ''[[Young Doctors in Love]]'', followed by a small role in ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' later that year. In 1987, he wrote an episode of ''[[The New Adventures of Beans Baxter]]'' while also appearing in various films and television shows including ''[[Willow (1988 film)|Willow]]'', ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' and ''[[Million Dollar Mystery]]''.

In 1992, he landed a role in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX Network]] [[sketch comedy]] show ''[[The Edge (TV series)|The Edge]]''. The show ended in 1993. Later that year, Overton appeared in two episodes of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and landed a small role in ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]''. The following year, he won an Emmy for writing an episode of ''Dennis Miller Live''.

In 2005, Overton appeared on ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' and ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]''; in the latter he played God explaining to the title character the meaning of real wealth. He also portrayed both [[H. G. Wells]] and [[Orson Welles]] in a [[podcast]] episode of ''[[The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd]]'' that same year.

In 2009, Overton appeared in the film ''A Fork in the Road'' alongside [[Jaime King]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Fork in the Road|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_fork_in_the_road/cast-and-crew}}</ref>

In 2010s, Overton appeared in a [[General Electric]] commercial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/television-q-a-the-catch-martin-milner-and-more/article_3ef3cd0e-b414-5f1f-a76e-ed99b7cec3e0.html|newspaper=[[The Virgin Islands Daily News]]|title=Television Q&A: 'The Catch,' Martin Milner, and more|date=August 1, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401234937/https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/television-q-a-the-catch-martin-milner-and-more/article_3ef3cd0e-b414-5f1f-a76e-ed99b7cec3e0.html|archivedate=April 1, 2025|author=Heldnefels, Rich}}</ref>