Gary Owens

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1934-05-10

Place of Birth

Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Gary Owens

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.

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Acting History

2014
I Know That Voice as Self
2012
Lunch as Himself
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Space Ghost (voice)
2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 as Self
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices as Himself
2007
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes as Voice 5 (voice)
2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 as Himself
2005
The Aristocrats as Self
2005
The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare
2004
Comic Book: The Movie as Gary Owens
2002
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare as Narrator (voice)
2002
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted as TV Announcer
2001
Frontal 21
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Opening Narration (voice) (uncredited)
1999
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Narrator
1999
Muppets from Space as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1998
That '70s Show as Announcer
1998
That '70s Show as Narrator (voice)
1998
Border to Border as Mr. Kirby
1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1997
The New Batman Adventures as 50's Batman (voice)
1997
Johnny Bravo as Blue Falcon (voice)
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens
1996
Dexter's Laboratory as Blue Falcon (voice)
1995
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat as (voice)
1995
What a Cartoon! as Announcer / Commander (voice)
1994
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas as Opening Narrator (voice)
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Fantastic Four as Gary Owens (voice)
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Announcer (voice)
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Gary (voice)
1994
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora as Narrator
1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Commander Feral (voice)
1993
2 Stupid Dogs
1993
The Return of Dinosaurs as Himself
1993
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals as Self
1993
Gone Fish'n
1992
Mad About You as Gary Owens
1992
Love & War
1992
Raw Toonage as Badly Animated Man (voice)
1992
Defenders of Dynatron City as Announcer (voice)
1991
The Ren & Stimpy Show as Powdered Toast Man (voice)
1991
Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
1990
Kill Crazy as The Sheriff
1990
Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice)
1990
Bobby's World
1990
Bobby's World as Captain Squash (voice)
1990
Diggin' Up Business as Minister
1989
Son of Dinosaurs as Himself
1989
Prehistoric World as Himself
1989
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration as Self - Announcer (voice)
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
How I Got Into College as Sports Announcer
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Gary Owens
1988
Garfield and Friends
1988
The Volcano Show as Himself
1987
DTV: Monster Hits as Announcer (voice)
1987
Square One Television as Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice)
1986
Sledge Hammer!
1985
All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular as Self
1985
Yogi's Treasure Hunt as Narrator
1985
More Dinosaurs as Self / Host
1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation as "Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)
1985
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs as Himself
1984
The Roots of Goofy as Himself
1984
Dinosaurs (KABC Special) as Self / Host
1984
Mighty Orbots as Narrator (voice)
1984
Night Court as Bobby Baumgarner
1983
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me as Narrator
1982
Hysterical as TV announcer
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Space Stars as Space Ghost (voice)
1981
Superbman: The Other Movie as Narrator
1980
Galactica 1980 as Cy (voice)
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
1979
Legends of the Super Heroes as Narrator
1979
Legends of the Superheroes as Narrator (voice)
1978
Mickey's 50 as Self
1978
Yogi's Space Race
1978
Loose Shoes as Narrator (voice)
1978
Return from Witch Mountain as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Man from Atlantis as Blaise Mullen
1977
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
1976
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour as Blue Falcon (voice)
1976
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
1976
The Gong Show
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Out to Lunch as Announcer
1973
Barnaby Jones as Gary Michaels
1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1969
Letters to Laugh-In as Host
1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
Sesame Street Pitch Reel as (voice)
1968
The Love Bug as Race Announcer
1968
The Love Bug as Announcer
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer - Announcer
1966
Space Ghost & Dino Boy as Space Ghost (Voice)
1966
Space Ghost and Dino Boy as Space Ghost (voice)
1966
The Green Hornet as Commentator
1966
The Green Hornet as Newscaster
1966
Batman as TV Announcer
1966
Batman as Voice on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie as Gary Owens
1964
The Munsters
1962
McHale's Navy as The Photographer
1960
The Naked Witch as Narrator (uncredited)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Self - Announcer
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1954
Pigs Is Pigs as Narrator (voice)