Biography
Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 β February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, announcer and radio 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 voices of the titular superhero on Space Ghost and of 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 announcer of Antenna TV.
Filmography
all 26
Movies 13
TV Shows 13
Narrator 9
self 6
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare (2002)
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
Hanged on a Twisted Cross (1996)
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994)
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993)
Gone Fish'n (1993)
Eek! The Cat (1992)
Bobby's World (1990)
Son of Dinosaurs (1989)
Garfield and Friends (1988)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985)
More Dinosaurs (1985)
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (1985)
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me (1983)
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977)
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976)
The Gong Show (1976)
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)
Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)
Sally Sargent (1968)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Mr. Terrific (1967)
The Green Hornet (1966)
Roger Ramjet (1965)
Jerks of All Trades (1949)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-05-10
Deathday2015-02-12 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceMitchell, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Inkpot Award
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