George Ovey

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = George Ovey

| image = George Ovey.jpg

| caption = Photo Inscribed To Friend

| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|12|13}}

| birth_place = Trenton, Missouri, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|12|23|1870|12|13}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, US

| yearsactive = 1915–1951

| spouse = Louise Horner{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|date=2002 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |isbn=978-0786407637}}

| occupation = Actor

}}

File:George Ovey about 1916.jpg

George Overton O’Dell, known as George Ovey professionally (December 13, 1870 – September 23, 1951), was an American film actor and comedian. Ovey was born December 13, 1870, in Trenton, Missouri. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1951, but he is best known as the character "Merry Jerry" in dozens of short films known as the "Cub Comedies" that were produced in the mid-1910s by Mutual Films{{cite news |title=That funny fellow |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1916-01-29/ed-1/seq-6/ |newspaper=Evening World (final edition) |location=New York |date=January 29, 1916 |page=6 |accessdate=July 26, 2013}} and directed by Milton Fahrney. Ovey died September 23, 1951, in Hollywood, California.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}