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Gary Owens is a Actor American born on 10 may 1934 at Mitchell (USA)

Gary Owens

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Birth name Gary Bernard Altman
Nationality USA
Birth 10 may 1934 at Mitchell (USA)
Death 12 february 2015 (at 80 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey and voice actor. 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. 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 voice of the over-the-air digital network Antenna TV.

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Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill
(2 films)
Billy West
Billy West
(2 films)
Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny
(3 films)
John DiMaggio
John DiMaggio
(2 films)
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell
(2 films)
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Filmography of Gary Owens (14 films)

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Comic Book: The Movie, 1h46
Directed by Mark Hamill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Donna D'Errico, Mark Hamill, Jess Harnell, Billy West, Roger Rose, Bruce Campbell
Rating59% 2.951742.951742.951742.951742.95174
The story revolves around comic book fan Don Swan and his battle against a fictional film studio which is about to announce a film based on his favorite superhero, Commander Courage.
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Wil Wheaton, Alley Mills, Richard Kline, Debra Wilson, Dustin Diamond, Ted Shackelford
Rating38% 1.93121.93121.93121.93121.9312
The film follows Jane White (Kim Little), a teenager who is obsessed with television, and dreams of becoming a TV celebrity. Jane is also convinced that she is the daughter of a prominent talk-show host, and aspires to appear on that show in the hope of launching her career as a television actress.
Frank McKlusky, C.I., 1h30
Directed by Arlene Sanford
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Cameron Richardsons, Randy Quaid, Dave Sheridan, Dolly Parton, Enrico Colantoni, Kevin P. Farley
Rating41% 2.061082.061082.061082.061082.06108
Frank McKlusky is an insurance claims investigator who has been zealously safety conscious since witnessing a horrible motorcycle stunt gone awry in his childhood, an accident that left his father comatose. Frank still lives at home under the watchful eye of his mother and wears a helmet everywhere he goes. When his partner is killed, Frank is forced to leave his safe and secure life behind, go undercover, and crack the case, which he discovers is a sinister conspiracy. Unfortunately for the villains, Frank turns out to be a first-class bumbler in the Inspector Clouseau mold.
Muppets from Space, 1h25
Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Musical films, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jeffrey Tambor, F. Murray Abraham, David Arquette, Josh Charles
Roles UFO Mania Announcer (voice, uncredited)
Rating61% 3.098823.098823.098823.098823.09882
The Great Gonzo has always been identified as a "whatever". But after he begins having disturbing dreams of abandonment and rejection, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. One of his nightmares involves him being denied entry onto Noah's Ark by Noah (F. Murray Abraham). The next morning, Gonzo tells Kermit the Frog that he is getting tired of being called a "whatever." After an alien race appears to be trying to send him a message through bowls of cereal, Gonzo realizes that he may not be so alone after all and climbs to the rooftop to start watching the sky. Using a bolt of lightning, Gonzo communicates with a pair of cosmic fish, revealing to him that he is an alien from outer space.
How I Got Into College, 1h26
Directed by Savage Steve Holland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker, Finn Carter, Charles Rocket, Brian Doyle-Murray
Rating58% 2.90222.90222.90222.90222.9022
The story follows a girl named Jessica (Lara Flynn Boyle) and her attempt to get into Ramsey College, a small college in Pennsylvania, and Marlon (Corey Parker), a boy who tries to get into Ramsey to pursue Jessica, whom he is in love with.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, 1h28
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Isaac Hayes, Steve James, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, John Vernon, Ja'net DuBois
Rating65% 3.298543.298543.298543.298543.29854
Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans) returns from the Army to his old neighborhood following the death of his brother, Junebug. The police determine Junebug's death to be the result of an "OG", or "Over Gold" — the victim has overdosed on gold chains. A brief image of Junebug is shown featuring him covered, head-to-toe, with gold chains. When not distracted by his old girlfriend and Junebug's widow Cheryl (Dawnn Lewis), Jack seeks revenge for his brother's death.
National Lampoon's European Vacation, 1h34
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, Eric Idle
Rating61% 3.099983.099983.099983.099983.09998
The Griswold family competes in a game show called Pig in a Poke and wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe. In a whirlwind tour of western Europe, chaos of all sorts ensues. They stay in a fleabag London hotel with a sloppy, tattooed Cockney desk clerk (Mel Smith). While in their English rental car, a yellow Austin Maxi, Clark drives the family endlessly around the busy Lambeth Bridge Roundabout for hours, unable to maneuver his way out of traffic. His tendency to drive on the wrong side of the road causes frequent accidents, including accidentally knocking over a bicyclist (Eric Idle), who reappears throughout the film. At Stonehenge, Clark backs the car into an ancient stone monolith, toppling all the stones like dominoes, which they do not even notice as they happily leave the scene.
Return from Witch Mountain, 1h35
Directed by John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Bette Davis, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Christopher Lee, Richard Bakalyan, Jack Soo
Rating57% 2.8541852.8541852.8541852.8541852.854185
Having spent a good deal of time enjoying the company of their newfound family and friends at Witch Mountain and intensively studying and practicing their supernatural powers, Tony and his sister Tia are in need of a vacation. Uncle Bené drops them off in their flying saucer at the Rose Bowl stadium in Los Angeles, California, after which the siblings quickly become separated from each other. A man named Dr. Victor Gannon (Lee) and his assistant Letha Wedge (Davis) happen to see Tony using his powers to save their henchman from certain death. Realizing that Tony has supernatural powers, Dr. Gannon drugs the boy with a tranquilizer shot and takes him back to their laboratory. There, Dr. Gannon successfully tests a new mind-control technology on him. Under its influence, Tony is completely hypnotized and does everything that his kidnappers want him to do, like stealing gold from a museum exhibit and stopping Tia from finding them. With Tony at his robotic bidding, Dr. Gannon hopes to achieve recognition within the scientific community and worldwide power, while Letha merely wants a return on her investment.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue, 1h38
Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, M. Emmet Walsh, Florence Stanley
Rating66% 3.348483.348483.348483.348483.34848
The story revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple living on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Mel Edison, the main character, has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age, during an economic recession. The action occurs during an intense summer heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike, which just exacerbates Edison's plight to no end as he and his wife Edna deal with noisy neighbors, loud sounds emanating from Manhattan streets up to their apartment and even a robbery of their apartment during broad daylight. Although his former boss sympathetically tries to lend Mel considerable money, Mel eventually suffers a nervous breakdown from the whole affair, and it is up to the loving care of his brother Harry, his sisters and Edna to bring Mel back to a firm reality.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again, 1h29
Directed by Robert Fuest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey, Fiona Lewis, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith
Rating62% 3.14973.14973.14973.14973.1497
The film begins by recapping the events of the previous film, following Dr. Anton Phibes' murderous quest for vengeance against the doctors he blamed for the death of his wife, Victoria. Phibes eluded capture by placing himself in suspended animation in a sarcophagus he shares with the body of his wife, where he would lay in darkness until the moon had entered into proper alignment with the planets, which had not occurred in over two thousand years. Three years later, the conjunction occurs, and Phibes rises from his sarcophagus. Summoning his silent assistant Vulnavia (Valli Kemp, replacing Virginia North), Phibes prepares to take Victoria to Egypt; there, in a hidden tomb, flows the River of Life, promising resurrection for Victoria and eternal life for the two of them. Rising from his basement, Phibes is shocked to discover that his house has been demolished, and a safe containing a scroll of papyrus, showing the way to the River of Life, is now empty.
The Love Bug, 1h48
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett, Johnny Flynn, Joe Flynn
Roles l’annonceur de la course El Dorado
Rating65% 3.250223.250223.250223.250223.25022
In 1968, Jim Douglas is a down-on-his luck racing driver, reduced to competing in demolition derby races against drivers half his age. Jim lives in an old fire house overlooking San Francisco Bay with his friend and mechanic, Tennessee Steinmetz, a jolly Brooklynite who constantly extols the virtues of spiritual enlightenment, having spent time amongst Buddhist monks in Tibet, and builds "art" from car parts. After yet another race ends in a crash (and Tennessee turns his Edsel into a sculpture), Jim finds himself without a car and heads into town in search of some cheap wheels. He is enticed into an upmarket European car showroom after setting eyes on an attractive sales assistant, Carole Bennett. Jim witnesses the dealership's British owner, Peter Thorndyke, being unnecessarily abusive towards a white Volkswagen Beetle that rolls into the showroom, and defends the car's honor, much to Thorndyke's displeasure. The following morning Jim is shocked to find that the car is parked outside his house and that Thorndyke is pressing charges for grand theft. A heated argument between Jim and Thorndyke is settled when Carole persuades Thorndyke to drop the charges if Jim buys the car on a system of monthly payments.
The Naked Witch, 59minutes
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Charles West, Gary Owens
Roles le narrateur (non crédité)
Rating32% 1.6372651.6372651.6372651.6372651.637265
The film starts out with a prolonged general historical narrative (albeit overly exaggerated and sensationalized for dramatic purposes), given by Gary Owens. Then a student, (played by Robert Short), researching early German settlements in Central Texas (Luckenbach), uncovers the grave of a formerly executed witch (played by Libby Hall). The vengeful witch rises from her grave and embarks on a campaign of seduction, revenge and murder against the descendants of those responsible for her death.
Pigs Is Pigs, 10minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Circus films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Bill Thompson, Bill Lee, Bill Lee, Gary Owens, Thurl Ravenscroft
Rating69% 3.4925553.4925553.4925553.4925553.492555
Flannery est le chef de gare de la petite ville de Westcote. Il tient à cœur son travail et fait tout selon les consignes de son manuel. Un jour McMorehouse, un vieil aventurier écossais, arrive avec une petite cage contenant des cochons d'Inde. Flannery demande à l'écossais de payer la taxe de 48 cents pour les cochons mais ce dernier refuse car ce sont des animaux de compagnie et ne souhaite payer que les 44 cents prévus pour ce type d'animaux. Flannery est si inflexible que McMorehouse décide d'abandonner ses cochons d'Inde. Le chef de gare, après avoir nommé les deux animaux Pat et Mike, informe sa direction par télégraphe. Mais avant que la réponse n'arrive, il s'avère que ce ne sont pas deux mâles mais un couple qui donne naissance à une portée de sept petits. L'expert contacté par la direction informe que les cochons d'Inde peuvent être mis dans la catégorie animaux de compagnie. Mais Flannery se retrouve déjà au milieu de centaines d'animaux. McMorehouse bien que introuvable ne peut pas payer la taxe qui se chiffre en milliers de dollars. Après que la direction a accepté de prendre en charge le transport des animaux, Flannery pense pouvoir se reposer mais un cirque arrive avec deux éléphants. Il tombe dans les pommes et à son réveil un couple de cochons d'Inde le regarde imperturbable.