Most Recent Role: Additional Voices on Eek! the Cat
Birthplace: Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Birthday: 5-10-1936
Birth Name: Gary Altman
Birthplace: Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Birthday: 5-10-1936
Birth Name: Gary Altman
Most Recent Appearance
Paws / In the Line of Fur
Tuesday 1 January 2008 on FOX
Paws Annabelle's goldfish Bruce accidentally eats too much and grows large enough to terrorize the wading pool. In the Line of Fur The Secret Service draft Eek and assign him to protect Socks, the White House cat, during an appearance at a hospital.
Gary played the sheriff in the 1990 made-for-video movie, Kill Crazy.
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Gary played the narrator in the 1981 Superman parody film, Superbman: The Other Movie.
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Gary had an uncredited role as the Pig in a Poke announcer in the 1985 movie, European Vacation.
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Gary is married to Arleta Markell, and his son's name is Christoper Dane Owens.
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Gary coined the phrase, "Beautiful downtown Burbank," which was later used on both Laugh-in and The Tonight Show.
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Gary: (on Laugh-In) This is your offstage announcer reminding you... that this is your offstage announcer.
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Gary: Zap Zap, you're dead.
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Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
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Bobby's World
voice of Captain Squash |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Opening Narration |
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Dinosaurs
Narrator |
Disneyland
Announcer (1979-1981) |
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Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
Blue Falcon |
Eek! the Cat
Additional Voices |
| Recurring Role |
|---|
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The Green Hornet
Newscaster |
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
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1st Amendment Standup
Episode 207: Jamal Doman, Tess, Gary Owen Himself |
2 Stupid Dogs
Let's Make a Right Price Announcer |
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2 Stupid Dogs
Show and Tell Principal Schneider |
Ask Harriet
Dis-guise in Love with You (1) Himself |
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Barnaby Jones
Twenty Million Alibis Gary Michaels |
Batman (1966)
True or False-Face TV Announcer |
| Other | |
|---|---|
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #46 Announcer |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #66 Announcer |
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #69 Announcer |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #29 Announcer |
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #3 n/a |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Episode #32 Announcer |
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Dinosaurs
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Disneyland
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Follow 4-year-old Bobby Generic (pronounced GEN-er-ic!) though adventures in growing up and learning about the world in this captivating cartoon series developed by comedian Howard Mandell. Mandell... more
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandShortly after Pixar and Disney released the direct-to-video "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins" , this animated series was released. A weekday (and Sunday) series of about 49... more
DinosaursThe show was conceived by the Muppet masters at Jim Henson Productions, who wanted to do a sitcom-style show with puppets using the animatronics processes the company had developed. The brain trust... more
DisneylandWalt Disney, one of Hollywood's most ambitious producers, was first approached to do television in 1950, when The Coca-Cola Company offered him a one-hour special. The one hour special, "One Hour... more Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
First seen on The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, these half-hour antics animated derring-do showcased The Blue Falcon,a blue-clad superhero and his robotic doberman, Dynomutt Dog Wonder. The show,... more Eek! the Cat
Eek! the Cat who's original title was going to be "The Six and a Half Lives of Eek the Cat" is about a chubby purple cat who lives in a cartoon world and his Motto is "It never hurts to help", well... more
