Gary Owens

Gary Owens

  • Birthday: 1936-05-10
  • Deathday: 2015-02-12
  • Place of birth: Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Biography

Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 - February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, radio announcer and personality. His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Owens was equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and was frequently heard on television and radio as well as in commercials. He was best known, aside from being the announcer on Laugh-In, for providing the voice of the titular superhero on Space Ghost and Blue Falcon in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder. He also played himself in a cameo appearance on Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1998. Owens' first cartoon-voice acting was performing the voice of Roger Ramjet on the Roger Ramjet cartoons. He later served as voice of the over-the-air digital network Antenna TV. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Owens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

How I Got Into College

1989

As Sports Announcer (voice)

The Aristocrats

2005

As Self

Hysterical

1982

As TV announcer

Pigs Is Pigs

1954

As Narrator

Son of Dinosaurs

1989

As Himself

Prehistoric World

1989

As Himself

More Dinosaurs

1985

As Himself

Lunch

2012

As Himself

Diggin' Up Business

1990

As Minister

Out to Lunch

1974

As Announcer

Kill Crazy

1990

As The Sheriff

Muppets from Space

1999

As UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare

2002

As Narrator (voice)

The Love Bug

1968

As Announcer

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

1975

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

I Know That Voice

2014

As Self

Loose Shoes

1978

As Narrator (voice)

The Volcano Show

1988

As Himself

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

As Gary Owens

DTV Monster Hits

1987

As Announcer (voice)

The Roots of Goofy

1984

As Himself

Return from Witch Mountain

1978

As Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975

As Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Naked Witch

1960

As Narrator (uncredited)

Defenders of Dynatron City

1992

As Announcer (voice)

Jane White Is Sick & Twisted

2002

As TV Announcer

Gone Fish'n

1993

As

The Love Bug

1968

As Race Announcer

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

1989

As Self - Announcer (voice)

The Return of Dinosaurs

1993

As Himself

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969

As (voice)

Production

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