George O'Hanlon

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George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes
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.

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.

O'Hanlon died of a stroke in 1989 after completing 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.

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