Ron Gans
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-09-08
Day of Death
2010-06-29 (78 years old)
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."
Known For
Acting
(1989)
Chameleons
as Inner Circle Speaker (Uncredited)
(1988)
Not of This Earth
as Radio Movie Spot Announcer (Voice)
(1986)
Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure
as Eeyore (voice)
(1985)
Too Smart for Strangers
as Eeyore (voice)
(1981)
Heartbeeps
as Crimebuster Deluxe (voice)
(1981)
Hell Night
as Driver (as Ronald Gans)
(1980)
The Secret of Lost Valley
as Bartender
(1978)
Deathsport
as Narrator (voice)
(1978)
Black Silk Stockings
as Narrator (voice)
(1976)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
as Cooking Lesson (voice)
(1976)
Go for It
as Narrator
(1974)
Sex Freaks
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1973)
Group Marriage
as Interviewer
(1973)
Coffy
as Stranger
(1973)
Bonnie's Kids
as Radio Newscaster (voice)
(1972)
The Thing with Two Heads
as Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited)
(1971)
Runaway, Runaway
as The Attacker
(1971)
Sexual Liberty Now
as Narrator (voice)
(1970)
The Student Nurses
as Psychiatrist
(1970)
Sexual Freedom in Denmark
as Narrator (voice)
(1969)
The Gay Deceivers
as Freddie
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Chapman (uncredited)
(1965)
The Raw Ones
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1963)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
(1960)
Battle of Blood Island
as Ken
(1957)
Operation Mad Ball
as Tinneman (uncredited)
(1956)
Tea and Sympathy
as Dick
(1956)
Hidden Guns
as Burt Miller
(1955)
Day is Done
as 3rd Soldier
(1953)
Appointment in Honduras
as Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)