Rick Overton(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Art Department
Raised in New Jersey and New York, Overton comes from a musical family.
His father,Hal Overton,was
Thelonious Monk's big band arranger as
well as a music teacher at the Juilliard Institute. His mother,
Nancy Overtonaka Anne Swain Overton, sang
in personal appearances as a member of
The Chordettes,the girl group most
famous for their singles "Lollipop" and "Mr. Sandman". Rick has dabbled
in the music industry himself as he plays the harmonica occasionally
with local blues bands. Rick began his stand-up career while in high
school as one half of the comedy team "Overton & Sullivan" but
eventually went solo as he broke in at the New York Improvisation in
the early 1970s.
