Gary Owens
Born: 1934-05-10 in Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Died: 2015-02-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
- I Know That Voice as Self
2012
- Lunch as Himself
2008
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Space Ghost (voice)
- Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices as Himself
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 as Self
2007
- Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes as Voice 5 (voice)
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 as Himself
2005
2004
- Comic Book: The Movie as Gary Owens
2002
- Jane White Is Sick & Twisted as TV Announcer
- The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare as Narrator (voice)
2001
2000
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Opening Narration (voice) (uncredited)
1999
- Muppets from Space as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Narrator
1998
- That '70s Show as Announcer
- Border to Border as Mr. Kirby
1997
- Johnny Bravo as Blue Falcon (voice)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- The New Batman Adventures as 50's Batman (voice)
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens
- Dexter's Laboratory as Blue Falcon (voice)
1995
- What a Cartoon! as Announcer / Commander (voice)
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat as (voice)
1994
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Announcer (voice)
- Fantastic Four as Gary Owens (voice)
- Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora as Narrator
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas as Opening Narrator (voice)
1993
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Commander Feral (voice)
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- The Wondrous World of Weird Animals as Self
- The Return of Dinosaurs as Himself
- Gone Fish'n
1992
- Mad About You as Gary Owens
- Love & War
- Raw Toonage as Badly Animated Man (voice)
- Defenders of Dynatron City as Announcer (voice)
1991
- The Ren & Stimpy Show as Powdered Toast Man (voice)
- Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
1990
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice)
- Bobby's World
- Kill Crazy as The Sheriff
- Diggin' Up Business as Minister
1989
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- How I Got Into College as Sports Announcer
- Son of Dinosaurs as Himself
- 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration as Self - Announcer (voice)
- Prehistoric World as Himself
1988
- Garfield and Friends
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Gary Owens
- The Volcano Show as Himself
1987
- Square One Television as Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice)
- DTV: Monster Hits as Announcer (voice)
1986
1985
- National Lampoon's European Vacation as "Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt as Narrator
- Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs as Himself
- More Dinosaurs as Self / Host
- All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular as Self
1984
- Night Court as Bobby Baumgarner
- Dinosaurs (KABC Special) as Self / Host
- Mighty Orbots as Narrator (voice)
- The Roots of Goofy as Himself
1983
- Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me as Narrator
1982
- Hysterical as TV announcer
1981
- The Fall Guy
- Simon & Simon
- Space Stars as Space Ghost (voice)
- Superbman: The Other Movie as Narrator
1980
- Galactica 1980 as Cy (voice)
1979
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- Legends of the Super Heroes as Narrator
- Legends of the Superheroes as Narrator (voice)
1978
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- Return from Witch Mountain as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Yogi's Space Race
- Loose Shoes as Narrator (voice)
1977
- Man from Atlantis as Blaise Mullen
- Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
1976
- The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour as Blue Falcon (voice)
- The Gong Show
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
1975
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1974
- Out to Lunch as Announcer
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Gary Michaels
1969
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Letters to Laugh-In as Host
- Sesame Street Pitch Reel as (voice)
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer - Announcer
- The Love Bug as Race Announcer
1966
- Batman as TV Announcer
- The Green Hornet as Commentator
- Space Ghost and Dino Boy as Space Ghost (voice)
- Space Ghost & Dino Boy as Space Ghost (Voice)
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Gary Owens
1964
1962
- McHale's Navy as The Photographer
1960
- The Naked Witch as Narrator (uncredited)
1954
- Pigs Is Pigs as Narrator (voice)
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Self - Announcer