Gary Owens

XERUS’S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS:

Today’s V/A focus is Gary Owens who just turned 72 last week. Gary Owens has one of the most famous and familiar sounding voices in the entertainment world. He was famous for doing narrations and announcer voices for commercials, radio, movies, and TV shows, especially for Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Gary is also great at voicing superheroes like the original Space Ghost and the Blue Falcon.

THE BATMAN(1943): Narrator
BOBBY’S WORLD: Captain Squash
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND: Opening Title Announcer
CAPTAIN CAVEMAN AND THE TEEN ANGELS: Opening Title Announcer
DEFENDERS OF DYNATRON CITY: Narrator
DESTROYER: Game Show Announcer
DEXTER’S LABORATORY: Blue Falcon
DINOSAURS: Narrator
DISNEYLAND: Announcer
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN: Narrator
DYNOMUTT: Blue Falcon/Radley Crowne, Announcer
EEKSTRAVAGANZA: Newsman, additional voices
GALACTICA 1980: Voice of Cy
GARFIELD AND FRIENDS: Opening Title Announcer, additional voices
GODZILLA(HANNA-BARBERA): Opening Title Announcer
GOOF TROOP: Max’s Teacher
HYSTERICAL: TV Announcer
IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S SUPERMAN!: Narrator
JERKS OF ALL TRADES: Narrator
LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEORES: Narrator
LOOSE SHOES: Narrator
JOHNNY BRAVO: Blue Falcon
LAFF-A-LYMPICS: Blue Falcon
MAJOR DAMAGE: Narrator
MIGHTY ORBOTS: Narrator
MUPPETS FROM SPACE: TV Announcer
THE NAKED WITCH: Narrator of Prologue
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S EUROPEAN VACATION: Game Show Announcer
THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES(1997); 50’s Batman
THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP: Narrator
PIGS IS PIGS: Narrator
THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE: Voiceover Newscast
RAW TOONAGE: Badly Animated Man
THE REN AND STIMPY SHOW: Powdered Toast Man(second voice), Charles Globe, Announcer
ROGER RAMJET: Roger Ramjet
ROWAN AND MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN: Announcer
SESAME STREET: Today’s Secret Drawing Announcer, Letter D, Letter J
SLEDGE HAMMER: Narrator
SPACE GHOST(ORIGINAL SERIES): Space Ghost
SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST: Announcer, The Real Space Ghost
SPACE QUEST(VG SERIES): Narrator
SPACE STARS: Space Ghost
SPACED OUT: Robot’s voice
SQUARE ONE TV: Lt. Dirk Niblick
THE STORY OF THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE: Narrator
SUPERBMAN, THE OTHER MOVIE: Narrator
SUPERHUMAN SAMMURAI CYBER SQUAD: Opening Title Announcer
SWAT KATS: Commander Feral
2 STUPID DOGS: Announcer, Principal Schneider
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: Narrator
WORLD OF MOTION(ATTRACTION): Narrator
YOGI’S SPACE RACE: Announcer

He has a unmistakable voice.

Gary Owens actually once tried out for the voice of Inspector Gadget. They even did a version of the pilot with him voicing Gadget!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fIXQI1MSg

And to prove it was real, the guy who uploaded that made THIS video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzxkfbJti0

Muppet dude said:

Gary Owens actually once tried out for the voice of Inspector Gadget. They even did a version of the pilot with him voicing Gadget!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fIXQI1MSg

And to prove it was real, the guy who uploaded that made THIS video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzxkfbJti0

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thank goodness they decided against the stache!

Yeah... And don't forget Owens also played The Man from Alphabet in the SST test pilot show included with Old School Volume 2.

Wait, wasn't he the guesser in choses films from sesame street where he was guessing what the drawing was. and the kids had to tell him if he was right or not?

Yes he was.

Thought so. Also remember this Inspector Gadget too.

Muppet dude said:

Gary Owens actually once tried out for the voice of Inspector Gadget. They even did a version of the pilot with him voicing Gadget!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fIXQI1MSg

And to prove it was real, the guy who uploaded that made THIS video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzxkfbJti0

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Cool! I didn't know Gary almost became the voice of Inspector Gadget. Thanks for sharing. It was fun experiencing that.

anytimepally said:

thank goodness they decided against the stache!

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They didn't decide to remove the stache so much as MGM's Lawyers decided that they have it removed. After all, with it, he looks very similar to a non-bionic bumbling detect zat ve all know, you know.