Ron Gans

Birthday: 1931-09-08
Deathday: 2010-06-29
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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."

Credits

Year Title Character
1989-12-20 Chameleons Inner Circle Speaker (Uncredited)
1986-09-19 Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure Eeyore (voice)
1985-06-19 Too Smart for Strangers Eeyore (voice)
1981-12-18 Heartbeeps Crimebuster Deluxe (voice)
1981-08-28 Hell Night Driver (as Ronald Gans)
1980-04-27 The Secret of Lost Valley Bartender
1976-05-01 Revenge of the Cheerleaders Cooking Lesson (voice)
1973-06-13 Coffy Stranger
1973-03-01 Group Marriage Interviewer
1973-02-08 Bonnie's Kids Radio Newscaster (voice)
1972-07-19 The Thing with Two Heads Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited)
1971-05-17 Runaway, Runaway The Attacker
1970-12-02 The Student Nurses Psychiatrist
1969-07-30 The Gay Deceivers Freddie
1968-05-01 Tarzan and the Jungle Boy Ken
1968-03-27 The Wild Racers
1967-06-30 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Chapman (uncredited)
1963-03-27 The Courtship of Eddie's Father Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
1960-04-08 Battle of Blood Island Ken
1957-08-17 Operation Mad Ball Tinneman (uncredited)
1956-09-27 Tea and Sympathy Dick
1956-01-30 Hidden Guns Burt Miller
1955-10-12 Day is Done 3rd Soldier
1953-10-16 Appointment in Honduras Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)