Gary Owens

Gary Owens

Deceased · Born: May 10, 1936 · Died: Feb 12, 2015

Personal Details

Born May 10, 1936 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.

Career

2011
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Space Ghost (voice)
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2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2002
The Story of 'The Tortoise & the Hare'
The Story of 'The Tortoise & the Hare' as Narrator (voice)
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Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted as TV Announcer
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1998
The New Batman Adventures
The New Batman Adventures as 50's Batman (voice)
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1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1995
Skeleton Warriors
Skeleton Warriors
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The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
1994
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora as Narrator
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Fantastic Four: The Animated Series
1993
2 Stupid Dogs
2 Stupid Dogs
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Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron
Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron as Commander Feral (voice)
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1992
Eek! The Cat
Eek! The Cat
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1990
Diggin' Up Business
Diggin' Up Business as Minister
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Kill Crazy
Kill Crazy as The Sheriff
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1989
How I Got Into College
How I Got Into College as Sports Announcer (voice)
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1987
DTV Monster Hits
DTV Monster Hits as Announcer (voice)
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1985
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yogi's Treasure Hunt as Narrator
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Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon
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1983
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me as Narrator
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1982
Get It Right: Following Directions with Goofy
1981
Space Stars
Space Stars as Space Ghost (voice)
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1978
Yogi's Space Race
Yogi's Space Race
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1977
Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
1976
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour as Blue Falcon (voice)
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Dynomutt Dog Wonder
The Gong Show
The Gong Show
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1975
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1968
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie as Gary Owens
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1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer - Announcer
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1966
Space Ghost
Space Ghost as Space Ghost (voice)
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The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet as Commentator
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1964
The Naked Witch
The Naked Witch as Narrator (uncredited)
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1954
Pigs Is Pigs
Pigs Is Pigs as Narrator
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1949
Jerks of All Trades
Jerks of All Trades as Narrator (1999 video release introduction)
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2012
Lunch
Lunch
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2008
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1975
Disneyland
Disneyland
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