Lynne Overman (September 19, 1887 – February 19, 1943Monush, Barry (2003). The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965. Lanham, MD: Applause Theater and Cinema Books. p. 575. .) was an American actor. In films he often played a sidekick.
Early life and career Overman was born in Maryville, Missouri.Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 55. . He began his career in theatre before becoming a film actor in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Early in his career, he sang in musical comedies, but he left that genre after a severe cold and an operation on his throat affected his larynx. His credits on Broadway included The Budget (1932), Hot-Cha! (1932), Company's Coming (1931), Dancing Partner (1930), Button, Button (1929), Sunny Days (1928), People Don't Do Such Things (1927), The Gossipy Sex (1927), Just Married (1921), Honey Girl (1920), Come-on Charlie (1919), and Fair and Warmer (1916). He also performed in London in Just Married, The Hottentot, and Little Accident.
His film debut came in Little Miss Marker (1934).
Personal life and death Overman married Emily Helen Drange on November 4, 1922, in a double ceremony with popular bandleader Paul Whiteman and Vanda Hoff.
Overmann died in Santa Monica, California, on February 19, 1943, five days after having suffered his second heart attack in less than two months.
Partial filmography
The Perfect Crime (1928) - Newlywed (uncredited) Midnight (1934) - Joe Biggers Little Miss Marker (1934) - Regret The Great Flirtation (1934) - Joe Lang She Loves Me Not (1934) - Gus McNeal You Belong to Me (1934) - Brown - Theatre Manager Broadway Bill (1934) - Oscar 'Happy' McGuire Enter Madame (1935) - Mr. Farnum Rumba (1935) - Flash Paris in Spring (1935) - DuPont Men Without Names (1935) - Gabby Lambert Two for Tonight (1935) - Harry Collegiate (1936) - Sour-Puss Poppy (1936) - Attorney Eddie G. Whiffen Yours for the Asking (1936) - Honeysuckle Three Married Men (1936) - Jeff Mullins The Jungle Princess (1936) - Frank Don't Tell the Wife (1937) - Steven A. 'Steve' Dorsey Murder Goes to College (1937) - Henry 'Hank' Hyer Nobody's Baby (1937) - Det. Lt. Emory Littleworth Hotel Haywire (1937) - Dr. Parkhouse Wild Money (1937) - Perry Brown Blonde Trouble (1937) - Joe Hart Partners in Crime (1937) - Hank Hyer Night Club Scandal (1937) - Russell Kirk - Reporter True Confession (1937) - Bartender The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) - Scoop McPhail Her Jungle Love (1938) - Jimmy Wallace Hunted Men (1938) - Peter Harris Men with Wings (1938) - Hank Rinebow Spawn of the North (1938) - 'Jack' Jackson Sons of the Legion (1938) - Charles Lee Ride a Crooked Mile (1938) - Oklahoma Persons in Hiding (1939) - Agent Pete Griswold Union Pacific (1939) - Leach Overmile Death of a Champion (1939) - Oliver Quade Typhoon (1940) - Skipper Joe Edison, the Man (1940) - Bunt Cavatt Safari (1940) - Jock McPhail Northwest Mounted Police (1940) - Tod McDuff The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) - George Thomas Caught in the Draft (1941) - Steve Riggs Aloma of the South Seas (1941) - Corky New York Town (1941) - Sam Roxie Hart (1942) - Jake Callahan Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Captain Phillip Philpott The Forest Rangers (1942) - Jammer Jones Silver Queen (1942) - Hector Bailey Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) - Mark in Card Playing Skit Dixie (1943) - Mr. Whitlock The Desert Song (1943) - Johnny Walsh (final film role)
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