Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954 in Queens, New York) is an American screenwriter, actor, and comedian best known for his roles in Willow and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. He also served as a writer on Dennis Miller Live, for which he earned an Emmy Award in 1996.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
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Film roles
- Young Doctors in Love (1982) as Dr. Thurman Flicker
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) as Clerk
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984) as Bonded Warehouse Night Supervisor
- Gung Ho (1986) as Googie
- A Fine Mess (1986) as Companion
- Willow (1988) as Franjean
- Traxx (1988) as Frank Williams
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) as Dr. Rick
- Blind Fury (1989) as Tector Pike
- The Rocketeer (1991) as South Seas Patron
- Groundhog Day (1993) as Ralph
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) as Maitre D'
- Devil in the Flesh (1998) as Dr. Milletson
- EDtv (1999) as Barry
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002) as Deputy Pete Willis
- Fat Albert (2004) as Coach Gillespie
- Taxi (2004) as Man at Taxi Convention
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) as Head Shop Clerk
- The Tripper (2006) as Mayor Hal Burton
- The Astronaut Farmer (2006) as Arnold "Arnie" Millard
- Cloverfield (2008) as Frantic Man
- Year One (2009) as Sodom Officer Rick (uncredited)
- The Informant! (2009) as Terry Wilson
- Dinner for Schmucks (2010) as Chuck – Beard Champion
- Bad Teacher (2011) as Philip
- Noobz (2012) as Martin Wilson
- Dave Made a Maze (2017) as Hobo
- Escaping Dad (2017) as Tulsa Ted
- A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) as First Publisher
Television roles
- Remington Steele (1 episode, 1983) as New Wave Cop
- The Disney Sunday Movie (2 episodes, 1986–87) as Photographer/Dee Jay
- Amazing Stories (1 episode, 1987) as John Aubrey
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (5 episodes, 1987) as UGLI Agent #1/Elvis Lynx/Jack
- Encyclopedia Brown (1 episode, 1989) as Buddy Claggett
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (8 episodes, 1991) as Rufus (voice, uncredited)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (8 episodes, 1992) as Rufus
- Seinfeld (2 episodes, 1993) as The Drake
- Lois & Clark (2 episodes, 1994–95) as Victor
- Duckman (1 episode, 1995) (voice)
- The Single Guy (2 episodes, 1996) as Carl Gannon
- Married... with Children (2 episodes, 1996) as Dr. Fisher
- Clueless (1 episode, 1996) as Mr. Dunny
- Ned & Stacey (1 episode, 1997) as Rod
- ER (1 episode, 1997) as Mr. McNamara
- The Weird Al Show (1 episode, 1997) as Mr. Molasses
- Mad About You (2 episodes, 1998) as Earl/Shepard
- The Angry Beavers (1 episode, 1998) as Diner Owner (voice)
- It's Like, You Know... (2 episodes, 1999–2001) as Evan/Miloevic
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (5 episodes, 2000) as Count Gregory
- Charmed (3 episodes, 2000) as Triad Member #3
- JAG (1 episode, 2001) as William Markey
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (1 episode, 2001) as Angry Gentile
- NYPD Blue (1 episode, 2002) as Richard Webb
- According to Jim (1 episode, 2004) as Rick
- Six Feet Under (1 episode, 2004) as Thomas Sheedy
- My Wife and Kids (2 episodes, 2004) as M.C./Rick
- Joan of Arcadia (1 episode, 2004) as Bad Stand-Up Comedian God
- Alias (1 episode, 2005) as Alexei Vasilevich
- Lost (1 episode, 2005) as Matthew Reed
- Drive (1 episode, 2007) as Bank Manager
- Leverage (3 episodes, 2008–09) as FBI Agent Taggert
- The Office (US) (4 episodes, 2009–10) as William Beesly
- General Hospital (2 episodes, 2010) as Robaire
- True Jackson, VP (2 episodes, 2010)
- Chaos (8 episodes, 2011) as Operative Alan Blanke
- The Middle (2 episodes, 2011–15) as Obadiah
- Last Man Standing (1 episode, 2012) as Ted Dryer
- Childrens Hospital (2 episodes, 2012) as Chairman
- The League (1 episode, 2012) as Mr. Rosenthal
- Kroll Show (1 episode, 2013) as Drone Captain
- True Blood (1 episode, 2014) as Stewart Shelby
- Murder in the First (1 episode, 2014) as Howard Toomey
- Togetherness (1 episode, 2015) as Miles Kenton
- Bones (1 episode, 2015) as Minister
- Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn (1 episode, 2015) as Wizard (voice)
- Comedy Bang! Bang! (1 episode, 2015) as Dr. Sutter
- Another Period (1 episode, 2015) as Mr. Savoy
- Blunt Talk (1 episode, 2015)
- Grimm (1 episode, 2016) as Felix
- Veep (2 episodes, 2016–17) as Congressman Spencer
- Speechless (1 episode, 2017) as Frank Dante
- Drunk History (1 episode, 2019) as Chicago Tribune Editor
- Mom (1 episode, 2019) as Burt
- NCIS (1 episode, 2019) as Elmer Barlow
- A.P. Bio (1 episode, 2020) as House Father
- Willow (2022) as Franjean
Web video roles
- BlackBoxTV (1 episode, 2012) as Frank
- That Moment When (1 episode, 2017) as Dad
