Gary Owens
Actor
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.
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Filmography
The Love Bug
as Race Announcer 1968
The Love Bug
as Announcer 1968
Muppets from Space
as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited) 1999
Return from Witch Mountain
as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) 1978
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Gary Owens 1988
The Aristocrats
as Self 2005
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
I Know That Voice
as Self 2014
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) 1975
How I Got Into College
as Sports Announcer 1989
Comic Book: The Movie
as Gary Owens 2004
Pigs Is Pigs
as Narrator (voice) 1954
The Naked Witch
as Narrator (uncredited) 1960
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self 1979
Loose Shoes
as Narrator (voice) 1978
Hysterical
as TV announcer 1982