Person Details

Birthday: 1931-09-08 12:43:47

Death: 2010-06-29 12:43:47

Aliases: Ronald Gans , Ron Ganz , Ron Kennedy

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

While many people may not know Ron Gans' face, any self-respecting fan of 70s drive-in exploitation cinema should be highly familiar with his extremely distinctive and unmistakable deep'n'dulcet velvet smooth golden throat voice. Gans lent his deliciously plummy tones to numerous theatrical trailers for Roger Corman's New World Pictures which include "The Student Nurses," "The Big Doll House," "Bury Me An Angel," "Night Call Nurses," "The Big Bird Cage," "The Arena," "Caged Heat," and "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase." Gans also did the trailers for "Terminal Island" and "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane." Moreover, Gans' booming sonorous voice can be heard on the radio spots for John Carpenter's "Halloween" and Lucio Fulci's "Zombie." Gans hilariously sent up his trailer work in the sidesplitting "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" sketch in the riotous anthology comedy "The Kentucky Fried Movie." He was likewise amusing as the pompous voice of a cooking instructor in the uproariously raunchy "Revenge of the Cheerleaders." Gans narrated the documentaries "The Raw Ones," "Sexual Liberty Now," and "Go for It." On television Gans was the voices for both Kanga and Roo on the Walt Disney Channel children's show "Welcome to Pooh Corner" and the voice of Drag Strip on the "Transformers" cartoon program. He was especially effective as the metallic voice of Crimebuster in the charming sci-fi comedy "Heartbeeps" and the sinister voice of Armus on the "Skin of Evil" episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Among his occasional on-screen appearances are a job interviewer in "Group Marriage," a would-be rapist in the sordid "Runaway, Runaway," and a television newscaster in "Carnal Madness."

Most Famous Work

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Average
8

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(1987) Armus (voice)
Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Male Nurse
Coffy
Average
7

Coffy

(1973) Stranger
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Average
6

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

(1967) Chapman (uncredited)
Hell Night
Average
6

Hell Night

(1981) Driver (as Ronald Gans)
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
Average
5

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men

(1989) Juggernaut (voice)
Appointment in Honduras
Average
6

Appointment in Honduras

(1953) Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)
Deathsport
Average
4

Deathsport

(1978) Narrator (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1989 Juggernaut (voice)
1987 Armus (voice)
1986 Eeyore (voice)
1985 N/A
Eeyore (voice)
N/A
1981 Crimebuster Deluxe (voice)
Driver (as Ronald Gans)
1978 Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
1976 N/A
Narrator
Cooking Lesson (voice)
1974 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1973 Stranger
Interviewer
Radio Newscaster (voice)
1972 Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited)
1971 Narrator (voice)
The Attacker
1970 Psychiatrist
Narrator (voice)
1968 Ken
N/A
1967 Chapman (uncredited)
1965 Narrator (voice)
Frog Alien (voice)
Alien Leader
Creature (voice)
1963 Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
1960 Ken
1957 Male Nurse
Joe Velvet
Tinneman (uncredited)
1956 Dick
Burt Miller
1955 3rd Soldier
1953 Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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