| Gary Owens | |
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| General Information | |
| Birth Name: | Gary Bernard Altman |
| Birth Date: | May 10, 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Mitchell, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Date: | February 12, 2015 |
| Character(s) Portrayed: | 50s Batman |
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, of Blue Falcon in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and of Commander Feral in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. 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.
He died on February 12, 2015.
