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Gary Owens

Gary Owens

Born: 1934-05-10 • Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

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.

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Filmography
I Know That Voice poster
I Know That Voice
2014 • Self
Lunch poster
Lunch
2012 • Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 poster
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 • Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices poster
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008 • Himself
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes poster
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
2007 • Voice 5 (voice)
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 poster
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 • Himself
The Aristocrats poster
The Aristocrats
2005 • Self
No Image
The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare
2005
Comic Book: The Movie poster
Comic Book: The Movie
2004 • Gary Owens
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare poster
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
2002 • Narrator (voice)
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted poster
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
2002 • TV Announcer
No Image
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999 • Narrator
Muppets from Space poster
Muppets from Space
1999 • UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
No Image
Border to Border
1998 • Mr. Kirby
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas poster
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas
1994 • Opening Narrator (voice)
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora poster
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
1994 • Narrator
The Return of Dinosaurs poster
The Return of Dinosaurs
1993 • Himself
Gone Fish'n poster
Gone Fish'n
1993
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals poster
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals
1993 • Self
Defenders of Dynatron City poster
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992 • Announcer (voice)
Kill Crazy poster
Kill Crazy
1990 • The Sheriff
Diggin' Up Business poster
Diggin' Up Business
1990 • Minister
Prehistoric World poster
Prehistoric World
1989 • Himself
Son of Dinosaurs poster
Son of Dinosaurs
1989 • Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration poster
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989 • Self - Announcer (voice)
How I Got Into College poster
How I Got Into College
1989 • Sports Announcer
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 • Gary Owens
The Volcano Show poster
The Volcano Show
1988 • Himself
DTV: Monster Hits poster
DTV: Monster Hits
1987 • Announcer (voice)
No Image
All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
1985 • Self
More Dinosaurs poster
More Dinosaurs
1985 • Self / Host
National Lampoon's European Vacation poster
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 • "Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs poster
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
1985 • Himself
The Roots of Goofy poster
The Roots of Goofy
1984 • Himself
Dinosaurs (KABC Special) poster
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
1984 • Self / Host
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me poster
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
1983 • Narrator
Hysterical poster
Hysterical
1982 • TV announcer
Superbman: The Other Movie poster
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981 • Narrator
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 • Self
Legends of the Super Heroes poster
Legends of the Super Heroes
1979 • Narrator
Mickey's 50 poster
Mickey's 50
1978 • Self
Loose Shoes poster
Loose Shoes
1978 • Narrator (voice)
Return from Witch Mountain poster
Return from Witch Mountain
1978 • Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue poster
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 • Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! poster
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Out to Lunch poster
Out to Lunch
1974 • Announcer
Dr. Phibes Rises Again poster
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
Sesame Street Pitch Reel poster
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
1969 • (voice)
The Love Bug poster
The Love Bug
1968 • Race Announcer
The Love Bug poster
The Love Bug
1968 • Announcer
The Naked Witch poster
The Naked Witch
1960 • Narrator (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs poster
Pigs Is Pigs
1954 • Narrator (voice)