CINEFILER

Gary Owens

Born
May 10, 1936
Died
February 12, 2015
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
The Love Bug
(1968)
Announcer
I Know That Voice
(2014)
Self
Return from Witch Mountain
(1978)
Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Muppets from Space
(1999)
UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Aristocrats
(2005)
Self
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(1988)
Gary Owens
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
(1972)
Hysterical
(1982)
TV announcer
Full Filmography
Acting
Pigs Is Pigs
(1954)
Narrator
The Naked Witch
(1960)
Narrator (uncredited)
The Love Bug
(1968)
Announcer
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
(1969)
(voice)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
(1972)
Out to Lunch
(1974)
Announcer
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
(1975)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(1975)
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Return from Witch Mountain
(1978)
Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Loose Shoes
(1978)
Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
(1979)
Self
Legends of the Super Heroes
(1979)
Narrator
Superbman: The Other Movie
(1981)
Narrator
Hysterical
(1982)
TV announcer
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
(1983)
Narrator
The Roots of Goofy
(1984)
Himself
More Dinosaurs
(1985)
Himself
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
(1985)
Himself
DTV Monster Hits
(1987)
Announcer (voice)
The Volcano Show
(1988)
Himself
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(1988)
Gary Owens
Prehistoric World
(1989)
Himself
How I Got Into College
(1989)
Sports Announcer (voice)
Son of Dinosaurs
(1989)
Himself
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
(1989)
Self - Announcer (voice)
Kill Crazy
(1990)
The Sheriff
Diggin' Up Business
(1990)
Minister
Defenders of Dynatron City
(1992)
Announcer (voice)
The Return of Dinosaurs
(1993)
Himself
Gone Fish'n
(1993)
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals
(1993)
Self
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
(1994)
Narrator
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas
(1994)
Opening Narrator (voice)
Muppets from Space
(1999)
UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
(1999)
Narrator
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
(2002)
TV Announcer
The Aristocrats
(2005)
Self
The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare
(2005)
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
(2007)
Voice 5 (voice)
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
(2007)
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
(2008)
Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
(2008)
Lunch
(2012)
Himself
I Know That Voice
(2014)
Self
Writing
Data provided by TMDB