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.
Known For
TV Announcer
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
Sports Announcer
How I Got Into College
The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare
Gone Fish'n
Self
The Aristocrats
Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Return from Witch Mountain
TV announcer
Hysterical
Narrator (voice)
Pigs Is Pigs
Race Announcer
The Love Bug
Self - Announcer (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Narrator
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Himself
The Return of Dinosaurs
Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
(voice)
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Opening Narrator (voice)
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Narrator (uncredited)
The Naked Witch
Announcer (voice)
Defenders of Dynatron City
Self
Son of Dinosaurs
Narrator
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Himself
Lunch
Himself
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Self / Host
The Dinosaur Shows w/ Gary Owens and Eric Boardman
Himself
Prehistoric World
Voice 5 (voice)
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Narrator
Superbman: The Other Movie
Self / Host
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
Himself
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Minister
Diggin' Up Business
Announcer
Out to Lunch
The Sheriff
Kill Crazy
Narrator
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Muppets from Space
Narrator (voice)
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
Announcer
The Love Bug
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Narrator
Legends of the Super Heroes
Self
I Know That Voice
Narrator (voice)
Loose Shoes
Self
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals
Himself
The Volcano Show
Gary Owens
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Announcer (voice)
DTV: Monster Hits
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Himself
The Roots of Goofy
Self
All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
Gary Owens
Comic Book: The Movie
Mr. Kirby
Border to Border
Self
Mickey's 50
"Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
52
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-05-10
Place of Birth
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Also Known As