Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In on Nick at Nite in 1987, although they were included when the program was rerun on the Decades over-the-air television channel in 2017. Of over three dozen entertainers to join the cast, only Rowan, Martin, Owens, and Buzzi were there from beginning to end. However, Owens was not in the 1967 pilot and Buzzi missed two first-season episodes. The writers for "Laugh-In" were: Digby Wolfe and Paul Keyes, Allan Manings and Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan, Marc London and David Panich, Chris Bearde (credited as Chris Beard), Coslough Johnson (Arte Johnson's younger brother), Jim Mulligan and Jack
Dan Rowan Rowan was portrayed by Jonathan Whittaker in the 1995 HBO movie "Sugartime". Dan Rowan Daniel Hale "Dan" Rowan (July 22, 1922 – September 22, 1987) was an American comedian. He was featured in the television show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", wherein he played straight man to Dick Martin and won the 1969 Emmy for Outstanding Variety or Musical Series. Rowan was born on July 22, 1922, on a carnival train near the small town of Beggs, Oklahoma, as Daniel Hale David. He toured with his parents, Oscar and Nellie David, who performed a singing and dancing act with the carnival.