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Gary Owens

American radio announcer · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1934 to 2015 · aged 80

Gary Owens was an American disc jockey, voice actor, announcer and radio 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.

Gary Owens is read about 221 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026

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2015Died12 February 20152014I Know That VoiceFilm2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldSeries, Space Ghost (voice)Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesFilm, 2008Himself2004Comic Book: The MovieFilm, Gary Owens1999Muppets from SpaceFilm, UFO Mania Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1998That '70s ShowSeries, Announcer1996Dexter's LaboratorySeries, Blue Falcon (voice)1994Aaahh!!! Real MonstersSeries1993Gone Fish'nFilm1991DinosaursSeries, Narrator (voice)1990Diggin' Up BusinessFilm, Minister1988Garfield and FriendsSeriesI'm Gonna Git You SuckaFilm, 1988Gary Owens1985Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, DinosaursFilm, Writer1984Night CourtSeries, Bobby Baumgarner1983Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & MeFilm, Narrator1981Inkpot AwardAwardSimon & SimonSeries, 19811979Legends of the Super HeroesFilm, Narrator1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!Film, Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainFilm, Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1968The Love BugFilm, Race Announcer1966BatmanSeries, TV Announcer1964The MunstersSeries1954Pigs Is PigsFilm, Narrator (voice)1934Born10 May 1934

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  • I Know That Voice 2014
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975
  • The Love Bug 1968
  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972

Also in Français

Filmography 40

120 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

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Gary Owens and Jack Haley, 1979.Gary Owens and Jack Haley, 1979.

Awards

Inkpot Award1981
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

Owens was equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and was frequently heard on television and radio as well as in commercials.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2015 · aged 80

In the same film or series as Gary

Ray HarryhausenAlso in The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare (2002)Tony AnselmoAlso in DTV: Monster Hits (1987)Beryl ReidAlso in Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)Thurl RavenscroftAlso in Pigs Is Pigs (1954)K CallanAlso in Border to Border (1998)Monty HallAlso in Lunch (2012)