# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-overton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:21:18.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-overton"
name: "Rick Overton"
slug: "rick-overton"
description: "Richard Overton is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include Gung Ho and Odd Jobs, Million Dollar Mystery (1987), Willow (1988), The Rocketeer (1991), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and Northfork (2003)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Comedian_Rick_Overton_(2017-10-26).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.92
  momentum:             3.446412488742119
  historical:           13.09457733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653959/"
    handle:    "nm0653959"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickoverton.net"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريك اوفرتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Overton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Overton"
    title: "Rick Overton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Overton"
    title: "Rick Overton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریک اورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Overton"
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    title: "Rick Overton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AD_%EC%98%A4%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%BC"
    title: "릭 오버튼"
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    title: "رک اوورٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump