- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGary Bernard Altman
- Height1.85 m
- Gary Owens was an American voice actor, radio announcer and narrator who was known for being the original voice actor of Hanna-Barbera's Space Ghost, Powdered Toast Man from The Ren & Stimpy Show and Blue Falcon from Dynomutt, Dog Wonder. George Lowe became Owens' successor as the voice of Space Ghost since 1994. He passed away from diabetes complications in February 2015.- IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates
- SpouseArleta Lee Markell(June 26, 1956 - February 12, 2015) (his death, 2 children)
- Having hand cupped over ear while talking into microphone
- Polished baritone speaking voice
- Prolific radio announcer, DJ, narrator, broadcaster and animated voice specialist, one of the best in the business, who has marked over 3,000 cartoon shows and appeared in over 12,000 radio shows. His cartel of cartoon characters include Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost, The Blue Falcon and Ren & Stimpy's Powdered Toast Man.
- Added to the insanity as the on-camera ("from beautiful downtown Burbank") hand-cupping-the-ear announcer with the inimitable, over-modulated voice on the cult TV slapstick romp Laugh-In (1967) from 1968-73.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6743 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 20, 1981.
- In 2000 he appeared in a USO show for the US Army at Camp Garry Owen, South Korea.
- First job was delivering news as a teenager on radio in Mitchell, South Dakota.
- [about Laugh-In (1967)] Those were some of the greatest times of my life . . . One of the greatest thrills was when John Wayne came on and imitated me, dressed like me, and holding his hand to his ear.
- [self-introduction] This is Gary Owens, friend of those who want no friends, going places and losing things.
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