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Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1931-09-08

Day of Death

2010-06-29

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ron Gans

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."

Filmography (34)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Inner Circle Speaker (Uncredited)

Chameleons

1989
⭐ 4.8 Role: Radio Movie Spot Announcer (Voice)

Not of This Earth

1988
⭐ 0 Role: Eeyore (voice)

Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure

1986
⭐ 3.5 Role: Eeyore (voice)

Too Smart for Strangers

1985
⭐ 4.5 Role: Crimebuster Deluxe (voice)

Heartbeeps

1981
⭐ 5.5 Role: Driver (as Ronald Gans)

Hell Night

1981
⭐ 0 Role: Bartender

The Secret of Lost Valley

1980
⭐ 5.7 Role: Narrator (voice)

Black Silk Stockings

1978
⭐ 4.0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Deathsport

1978
⭐ 8.0 Role: Narrator

Go for It

1976
⭐ 4.4 Role: Cooking Lesson (voice)

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

1976
⭐ 5.0 Role: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Sex Freaks

1974
⭐ 6.6 Role: Stranger

Coffy

1973
⭐ 5.5 Role: Interviewer

Group Marriage

1973
⭐ 5.4 Role: Radio Newscaster (voice)

Bonnie's Kids

1973