Gary Owens

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-05-10 (81 years old)

Deathday

2015-02-12

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 himsel...

Acting

2002

1989

How I Got Into College

as Sports Announcer

2005

1978

Return from Witch Mountain

as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1982

Hysterical

as TV announcer

1954

Pigs Is Pigs

as Narrator (voice)

1968

The Love Bug

as Race Announcer

1989

1975

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1960

The Naked Witch

as Narrator (uncredited)

1992

Defenders of Dynatron City

as Announcer (voice)

1989

2012

Lunch

as Himself

1989

1985

More Dinosaurs

as Self / Host

1984

1990

1974

Out to Lunch

as Announcer

1990

Kill Crazy

as The Sheriff

1999

Muppets from Space

as UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1968

The Love Bug

as Announcer

1975

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1978

Loose Shoes

as Narrator (voice)

1988

1988

1987

DTV: Monster Hits

as Announcer (voice)

1984

2004

1998

Border to Border

as Mr. Kirby

1978

1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation

as "Pig in a Poke" Announcer (uncredited)

Production

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