The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bill Overton.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 40 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2008.073 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Overton, Bill, 1947- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Lesure, Jacques, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Bill Overton |
| Portion of title | Bill Overton |
| Abstract | Actor Bill Overton was born on February 26, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston English High School. Overton went on to enroll at Wake Forest University where he graduated in 1968 as a speech and drama major. He was then drafted by the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and in 1969, was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. After a brief stint in the Canadian Football League, in 1970, Overton moved back to Boston and was hired as a sports agent for Pro Sports, Inc. In 1971, Overton started a career in modeling and helped to launch ad campaigns for various companies including Benson and Hedges and Canadian Mist. He later received acting lessons at the Lee Strausberg Institute in New York City and began a career in television and film. Overton made appearances in various sitcoms including The Red Foxx Show, 227 and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Jacques Lesure, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2008 April 4. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2008.073 HistoryMakers |