Gary Owens

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-05-10

Deathday 2015-02-12 (78 years old)

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.

Known For

Actor

2014
2012
Lunch

as Himself

2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Space Ghost (voice)

2005
2002
2002
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Opening Narration (voice) (uncredited)

1999
Muppets from Space

as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1998
That '70s Show

as Announcer

1998
That '70s Show

as Narrator (voice)

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
What a Cartoon!

as Announcer / Commander (voice)

1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

as Commander Feral (voice)

1992
Defenders of Dynatron City

as Announcer (voice)

1992
Mad About You

as Gary Owens

1992
Raw Toonage

as Badly Animated Man (voice)

1991
The Ren & Stimpy Show

as Powdered Toast Man (voice)

1991
Dinosaurs

as Narrator (voice)

1990
Kill Crazy

as The Sheriff

1990
1990
Bobby's World

as Captain Squash (voice)

1990
Tom & Jerry Kids Show

as Narrator (voice)

1989
1989
Son of Dinosaurs

as Himself

1989
1989
How I Got Into College

as Sports Announcer

1988
1988
The Volcano Show

as Himself

1987
DTV: Monster Hits

as Announcer (voice)

1987
Square One Television

as Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice)

1985
More Dinosaurs

as Self / Host

1985
1984
1984
1984
Mighty Orbots

as Narrator

1984
Night Court

as Bobby Baumgarner

1982
Hysterical

as TV announcer

1981
Space Stars

as Space Ghost (voice)

1980
Galactica 1980

as Cy (voice)

1978
Loose Shoes

as Narrator (voice)

1978
Return from Witch Mountain

as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1977
Man from Atlantis

as Blaise Mullen

1976
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour

as Blue Falcon (voice)

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

1968
The Love Bug

as Race Announcer

1968
The Love Bug

as Announcer

1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Regular Performer - Announcer

1966
Space Ghost and Dino Boy

as Space Ghost (voice)

1966
The Green Hornet

as Newscaster

1966
The Green Hornet

as Commentator

1966
Batman

as TV Announcer

1966
Batman

as Voice on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

1965
I Dream of Jeannie

as Gary Owens

1962
McHale's Navy

as The Photographer

1960
The Naked Witch

as Narrator (uncredited)

1954
Pigs Is Pigs

as Narrator

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Self - Announcer