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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-10 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Gary Owens

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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Known For

Acting

2014

2012

Lunch as Himself

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Space Ghost (voice)

2007

2005

2004

Comic Book: The Movie as Gary Owens

2002

2001

2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Opening Narration (voice) (uncredited)

1999

Muppets from Space as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1998

Border to Border as Mr. Kirby
That '70s Show as Announcer
That '70s Show as Narrator (voice)

1997

The New Batman Adventures as 50's Batman (voice)
Johnny Bravo as Blue Falcon (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)

1994

1993

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Commander Feral (voice)

1992

Defenders of Dynatron City as Announcer (voice)
Raw Toonage as Badly Animated Man (voice)
Mad About You as Gary Owens

1991

Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
The Ren & Stimpy Show as Powdered Toast Man (voice)

1990

Kill Crazy as The Sheriff
Bobby's World as Captain Squash (voice)
Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice)

1989

How I Got Into College as Sports Announcer
Son of Dinosaurs as Himself

1988

The Volcano Show as Himself

1987

DTV: Monster Hits as Announcer (voice)
Square One Television as Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice)

1986

1985

More Dinosaurs as Self / Host

1984

Mighty Orbots as Narrator
Night Court as Bobby Baumgarner

1983

1982

Hysterical as TV announcer

1981

Space Stars as Space Ghost (voice)

1980

Galactica 1980 as Cy (voice)

1979

1978

Return from Witch Mountain as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Loose Shoes as Narrator (voice)
Mickey's 50 as Self

1977

Man from Atlantis as Blaise Mullen

1976

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour as Blue Falcon (voice)

1975

The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1974

Out to Lunch as Announcer

1973

Barnaby Jones as Gary Michaels

1972

1969

1968

The Love Bug as Race Announcer
The Love Bug as Announcer
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer - Announcer

1966

Batman as TV Announcer
Space Ghost and Dino Boy as Space Ghost (voice)
Batman as Voice on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Green Hornet as Commentator
The Green Hornet as Newscaster

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

Writing