Gary Owens
Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) 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. 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 voices of the titular superhero on Space Ghost and of 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 announcer of Antenna TV. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 10, 1934 (Mitchell), Died February 12, 2015 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1969
Roles Represented in DAHR: narrator
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 15235 | mid-1969 | Meet the brothers Marx | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15236 | mid-1969 | The inimitable Groucho | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15237 | mid-1969 | The implausible Chico | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15238 | mid-1969 | The sounds of Harpo | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15239 | mid-1969 | The zaniness of the Marx Brothers | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15240 | mid-1969 | The collected speeches of Groucho | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15241 | mid-1969 | Chico in recital | The Marx Brothers | narrator | |||
Decca | L 15242 | mid-1969 | Groucho Marx does his thing | The Marx Brothers | narrator |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Owens, Gary," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/335946.
Owens, Gary. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/335946.
"Owens, Gary." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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External Sources
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Owens, Gary - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90676741
Wikidata: Gary Owens - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3098600
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/73018522
MusicBrainz: Gary Owens - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5cfa1d59-d6cc-4233-9994-0bac61922681
ISNI: 0000 0000 2982 504X - http://www.isni.org/isni/000000002982504X
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