R.I.P. George Lowe, voice of Space Ghost
George Lowe, voice actor of the cult favorite Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast To Coast, has died, a representative confirmed to The A.V. Club. Friends reported Lowe had been suffering from illness for some time before his death on Sunday. He was 67 years old.
Lowe was a voice actor best known for his role as the titular Space Ghost on the Cartoon Network (and later, Adult Swim) series. The talk show spoof revived the ’60s-era Hanna-Barbera superhero to conduct interviews with live-action guests, including the likes of David Byrne, Michael Stipe, Jim Carrey, Tyra Banks, Sarah Jessica Parker, and many more. The influential cult comedy ran for more than 10 years and spawned various spin-offs, including The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Perfect Hair Forever, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Lowe reprised the role of Space Ghost on many of those programs, further lending his voice for projects like Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters and Robot Chicken.
Space Ghost writer and voice actor mc chris shared on Twitter/X in 2023 that Lowe had been suffering from health issues including an aortic dissection that required intubation twice. On Tuesday, Florida radio DJ Marvin Boone posted a tribute on Facebook, writing, “I’m beyond devastated. My Zobanian brother and best friend for over 40 years, George Lowe, has passed away after a long illness. A part of me had also died. He was a supremely talented Artist and Voice actor. A true warm hearted Genius. Funniest man on Earth too. I’ve stolen jokes from him for decades. He stole some of mine. He was also the voice of Space Ghost and so much more. Pweeloto.”
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Lowe, who had suffered from health problems in recent years, was 67 years old.
George Lowe, Space Ghost’s Iconic Voice, Has Died At Age 67
George Edward Lowe, famous for voicing Space Ghost on Space Ghost Coast To Coast, has died at age 67. The sad news was confirmed by friends and former colleagues on social media.
On March 4, writer and reporter Will Harris posted on Bluesky that a close friend of Lowe had shared the news with him that the actor, comedian, artist, and announcer had died. Others close to Lowe also began confirming the news and sharing clips of Lowe as Space Ghost, including Andy Merrill, the voice of Brak.
Lowe, who was born in Florida in 1957, got his first radio job at the age of 15. In the 1980s he began doing some voiceover work for TBS and later Cartoon Network. Space Ghost Coast To Coast was his first real voice acting role, with Lowe portraying the silly and boisterous Space Ghost from 1994 to 2004. Lowe’s voice and his comedic timing helped turn Space Ghost, previously a forgotten cartoon superhero from the ‘60s, into one of Cartoon Network’s and later Adult Swim’s most iconic and popular characters.
Lowe also occasionally portrayed the character in live-action, as seen in the clip below.
Lowe would continue to voice Space Ghost after 2004, coming back for a series of digital episodes for GameTap in 2006. He also voiced the character in Cartoon Planet, a family-friendly spin-off of the late night animated talk show, as well as his later appearances in video games and other TV shows. His appearance as Space Ghost in a terrible Smash Bros. clone starring Cartoon Network characters is a great example of how Lowe’s presence could elevate anything from bad to funny.
Beyond Space Ghost, Lowe voiced Dad in The Brak Show as well as various other characters in different Adult Swim shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021. His last role was returning to voice Space Ghost in a 2024 episode of the animated Max series Jellystone.
While Lowe is well-known for his voice acting and for being Space Ghost, he was also an accomplished artist and art collector. In 2016, he talked to the Lakeland Ledger about his collection and an exhibit he was hosting to show it to people.
“Art brings everyone together on some level,” said Lowe. “(Art) is so freeing; there is no ‘wrong answer’ in art.”
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George Lowe Dies: Space Ghost Voice Actor Was 67
By Denise Petski
Veteran voice actor and comedian George Lowe, best known as the voice of Space Ghost on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and many others, died Sunday, March 2, his representive confirmed to Deadline. He was 67.
His longtime friend “Marvelous Marvin” Boone paid tribute to Lowe on Facebook.
“I’m beyond devastated,” Boone wrote. “My Zobanian brother and best friend for over 40 years, George Lowe, has passed away after a long illness. A part of me had also died. He was a supremely talented Artist and Voice actor. A true warm hearted Genius. Funniest man on Earth too. I’ve stolen jokes from him for decades. He stole some of mine. He was also the voice of Space Ghost and so much more. Pweeloto.”
Born in Dunedin, FL, Lowe got his first radio job with local station WWJB at the age of 15. Lowe did occasional voice-over work for TBWS and Cartoon Network throughout the late 1980s to mid 1990s before landing his signature lead role of Space Ghost in 1994 with the premiere of Space Ghost Coast to Coast on Cartoon Network. The show, a parody of talk shows that featured live-action celebrity guests, hosted by the Hanna Barbera character Space Ghost, ran from 1994 to 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was revived in 2001, airing on Adult Swim’s late-night programming block until 2004.
Lowe also voiced Space Ghost in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast spinoff Cartoon Planet, as well as Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, The Brak Show, where he also was a series regular as the voice of Dad, and Robot Chicken, among others.
He most recently voiced Space Ghost in a February 2024 episode of Max’s Jellystone.
You can hear Lowe’s voice of Space Ghost in Deep Conversations with Talking Heads’ David Byrne. which aired on Adult Swim, below.
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