About
Gary Owens
Overview
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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Known for
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| 2014 | I Know That Voice | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Lunch | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes | Actor | Voice 5 (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Comic Book: The Movie | Actor | Gary Owens | 58 Average |
| 2002 | The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Jane White Is Sick & Twisted | Actor | TV Announcer | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Frontal 21 | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1999 | The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Muppets from Space | Actor | UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1995 | Skeleton Warriors | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1994 | Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas | Actor | Opening Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1993 | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | Actor | Commander Feral (voice) | 76 Good |
| 1993 | The Return of Dinosaurs | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | The Wondrous World of Weird Animals | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Gone Fish'n | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1992 | Eek! The Cat | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1992 | Defenders of Dynatron City | Actor | Announcer (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Kill Crazy | Actor | The Sheriff | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Diggin' Up Business | Actor | Minister | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Son of Dinosaurs | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Prehistoric World | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration | Actor | Self - Announcer (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Actor | Sports Announcer | 58 Average |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Actor | Gary Owens | 60 Fair |
| 1988 | The Volcano Show | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | DTV: Monster Hits | Actor | Announcer (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Square One Television | Actor | Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice) | 67 Fair |
| 1985 | All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Yogi's Treasure Hunt | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | More Dinosaurs | Actor | Self / Host | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1984 | The Roots of Goofy | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Dinosaurs (KABC Special) | Actor | Self / Host | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | Mighty Orbots | Actor | Narrator | 70 Good |
| 1983 | Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Hysterical | Actor | TV announcer | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Space Stars | Actor | Space Ghost (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1981 | Superbman: The Other Movie | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Legends of the Super Heroes | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Yogi's Space Race | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Actor | Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Scooby's Laff-A Lympics | Actor | 77 Good |
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| 1976 | The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour | Actor | Blue Falcon (voice) | 76 Good |
| 1976 | The Gong Show | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Actor | Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1975 | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Actor | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Out to Lunch | Actor | Announcer | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1969 | Letters to Laugh-In | Actor | Host | N/A N/A |
| 1969 | The Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Actor | 66 Fair |
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| 1969 | Sesame Street Pitch Reel | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | The Love Bug | Actor | Announcer | 62 Fair |
| 1968 | The Love Bug | Actor | Race Announcer | 62 Fair |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Actor | Regular Performer - Announcer | 67 Fair |
| 1966 | Space Ghost and Dino Boy | Actor | Space Ghost (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 1960 | The Naked Witch | Actor | Narrator (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Pigs Is Pigs | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 1985 | Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |