Ron Gans

Ron Gans

  • Birthday: 1931-09-08
  • Deathday: 2010-06-29
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also know as: Ronald Gans

Biography

While many people may not know Ron Gans' face, any self-respecting fan of 70s drive-in exploitation cinema should be highly familiar with his extremely distinctive and unmistakable deep'n'dulcet velvet smooth golden throat voice. Gans lent his deliciously plummy tones to numerous theatrical trailers for Roger Corman's New World Pictures which include "The Student Nurses," "The Big Doll House," "Bury Me An Angel," "Night Call Nurses," "The Big Bird Cage," "The Arena," "Caged Heat," and "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase." Gans also did the trailers for "Terminal Island" and "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane." Moreover, Gans' booming sonorous voice can be heard on the radio spots for John Carpenter's "Halloween" and Lucio Fulci's "Zombie." Gans hilariously sent up his trailer work in the sidesplitting "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" sketch in the riotous anthology comedy "The Kentucky Fried Movie." He was likewise amusing as the pompous voice of a cooking instructor in the uproariously raunchy "Revenge of the Cheerleaders." Gans narrated the documentaries "The Raw Ones," "Sexual Liberty Now," and "Go for It." On television Gans was the voices for both Kanga and Roo on the Walt Disney Channel children's show "Welcome to Pooh Corner" and the voice of Drag Strip on the "Transformers" cartoon program. He was especially effective as the metallic voice of Crimebuster in the charming sci-fi comedy "Heartbeeps" and the sinister voice of Armus on the "Skin of Evil" episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Among his occasional on-screen appearances are a job interviewer in "Group Marriage," a would-be rapist in the sordid "Runaway, Runaway," and a television newscaster in "Carnal Madness."

Filmography

Group Marriage

1973

As Interviewer

Runaway, Runaway

1971

As The Attacker

Coffy

1973

As Stranger

Deathsport

1978

As Narrator (voice)

Hidden Guns

1956

As Burt Miller

Hell Night

1981

As Driver (as Ronald Gans)

Go for It

1976

As Narrator

Sexual Liberty Now

1971

As Narrator (voice)

Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure

1986

As Eeyore (voice)

Tea and Sympathy

1956

As Dick

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

As Chapman (uncredited)

Too Smart for Strangers

1985

As Eeyore (voice)

Appointment in Honduras

1953

As Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)

The Student Nurses

1970

As Psychiatrist

The Thing with Two Heads

1972

As Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited)

The Raw Ones

1965

As Narrator (voice)

Sexual Freedom in Denmark

1970

As Narrator (voice)

Heartbeeps

1981

As Crimebuster Deluxe (voice)

Bonnie's Kids

1973

As Radio Newscaster (voice)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

As Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)

Day is Done

1955

As 3rd Soldier

Black Silk Stockings

1978

As Narrator (voice)

Sex Freaks

1974

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

1976

As Cooking Lesson (voice)

Operation Mad Ball

1957

As Tinneman (uncredited)

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