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Gary Owens

Acting

Born May 10, 1934 · Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Died February 12, 2015

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Inkpot Award · 1981
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography47 titles

Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993as Commander Feral (voice)

That '70s Show

1998as Announcer

Sledge Hammer!

1986

The Munsters

1964

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour

as Blue Falcon (voice)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

1994

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993as Gary (voice)

Dinosaurs

1991as Narrator (voice)

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Gary Owens

Dexter's Laboratory

1996as TV Announcer (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008as Space Ghost (voice)

The Ren & Stimpy Show

1991as Powdered Toast Man (voice)

The Fall Guy

1981

Space Ghost

1966as Space Ghost (voice)

Johnny Bravo

1997as Blue Falcon (voice)

Garfield and Friends

1988

Night Court

1984as Bobby Baumgarner

The Green Hornet

1966as Newscaster

Batman

1966as Voice on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

I Know That Voice

2013as Self

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

1989

Barnaby Jones

1973as Gary Michaels

Goof Troop

1992as Mr. Hammerhead (voice)

Mad About You

1992as Gary Owens

Simon & Simon

1981

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Regular Performer - Announcer

101 Dalmatians: The Series

1997

Fantastic Four: The Animated Series

1994as Gary Owens (voice)

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Love Bug

1968as Announcer

Man from Atlantis

1977as Blaise Mullen

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988as Gary Owens

Love & War

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985as "Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

Muppets from Space

1999as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Galactica 1980

1980as Cy (voice)

The Aristocrats

2005as Self

Comic Book: The Movie

2004as Gary Owens

How I Got Into College

1989as Sports Announcer

Return from Witch Mountain

1978as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Jane White Is Sick & Twisted

2002as TV Announcer

Lunch

2012as Himself

Loose Shoes

1978as Narrator (voice)

The Naked Witch

1960as Narrator (uncredited)