Gary Owens
Actor
Born May 10, 1934 in Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
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.
Filmography
I Know That Voice
Self
Lunch
Himself
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Space Ghost (voice)
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Himself
Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
Voice 5 (voice)
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
The Aristocrats
Self
Comic Book: The Movie
Gary Owens
The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
Narrator (voice)
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
TV Announcer
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Opening Narration (voice) (uncredited)
Muppets from Space
UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
That '70s Show
Announcer
101 Dalmatians Series
The New Batman Adventures
50's Batman (voice)
Johnny Bravo
Blue Falcon (voice)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens
Dexter's Laboratory
Blue Falcon (voice)
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
(voice)
What a Cartoon!
Announcer / Commander (voice)
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas
Opening Narrator (voice)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Fantastic Four
Gary Owens (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Announcer (voice)
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Narrator
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Commander Feral (voice)
2 Stupid Dogs
The Return of Dinosaurs
Himself
Gone Fish'n
The Wondrous World of Weird Animals
Self
Mad About You
Gary Owens
Love & War
Raw Toonage
Badly Animated Man (voice)
Goof Troop
Mr. Hammerhead (voice)
Defenders of Dynatron City
Announcer (voice)
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Powdered Toast Man (voice)
Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
Kill Crazy
The Sheriff
Bobby's World
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Narrator (voice)
Diggin' Up Business
Minister
Prehistoric World
Himself
Son of Dinosaurs
Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Self - Announcer (voice)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
How I Got Into College
Sports Announcer
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Gary Owens
Garfield and Friends
The Volcano Show
Himself
DTV: Monster Hits
Announcer (voice)
Square One Television
Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice)
Sledge Hammer!
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Narrator
More Dinosaurs
Self / Host
National Lampoon's European Vacation
"Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Himself
The Roots of Goofy
Himself
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
Self / Host
Mighty Orbots
Narrator (voice)
Night Court
Bobby Baumgarner
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
Narrator
Hysterical
TV announcer
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
Space Stars
Space Ghost (voice)
Superbman: The Other Movie
Narrator
Galactica 1980
Cy (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
Legends of the Super Heroes
Narrator
Legends of the Superheroes
Narrator (voice)
Mickey's 50
Self
Yogi's Space Race
Loose Shoes
Narrator (voice)
Return from Witch Mountain
Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Man from Atlantis
Blaise Mullen
Scooby's All-Stars
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
Blue Falcon (voice)
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
The Gong Show
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Out to Lunch
Announcer
Barnaby Jones
Gary Michaels
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sam the Snake
Hubert The Snowman
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
(voice)
The Love Bug
Race Announcer
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Regular Performer - Announcer
Space Ghost & Dino Boy
Space Ghost (Voice)
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
Space Ghost (voice)
Dino Boy in the Lost Valley
The Green Hornet
Commentator
Batman
TV Announcer
I Dream of Jeannie
Gary Owens
The Munsters
McHale's Navy
The Photographer
The Naked Witch
Narrator (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Announcer
Pigs Is Pigs
Narrator (voice)