Born
8 September 1931 (94)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Ronald Gans, Ron Ganz
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...
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."
Chameleons
1989
Not of This Earth
1988
Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure
1986
Too Smart for Strangers
1985
Heartbeeps
1981
Hell Night
1981
The Secret of Lost Valley
1980
Black Silk Stockings
1978
Deathsport
1978
Go for It
1976
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976
Sex Freaks
1974
Coffy
1973
Group Marriage
1973
Bonnie's Kids
1973
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
Sexual Liberty Now
1971
Runaway, Runaway
1971
The Student Nurses
1970
Sexual Freedom in Denmark
1970
The Gay Deceivers
1969
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
1968
The Wild Racers
1968
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
The Raw Ones
1965
The Girls on the Beach
1965
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
Battle of Blood Island
1960
Operation Mad Ball
1957
Tea and Sympathy
1956
Hidden Guns
1956
Day is Done
1955
Appointment in Honduras
1953