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Dallas Raymond McKennon (July 19, 1919 – July 14, 2009), sometimes credited as Dal McKennon, was an American film, television and voice actor, who had a career lasting over 50 years.[1] During World War II he served in the Army Signal Corps and was stationed in Alaska.[2]

Dallas McKennon
McKennon c. 1965
Born	Dallas Raymond McKennon (1919-07-19)July 19, 1919 La Grande, Oregon, U.S.
Died	July 14, 2009(2009-07-14) (aged 89) Raymond, Washington, U.S.
Other names	Dal McKennon Charles Farrington
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1942–1995
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Betty Warner ​ (m. 1942)​
Children	8

Career

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Born near La Grande, Oregon, McKennon's best-known voice roles were Gumby for Art Clokey, Archie Andrews in several different Archie series for Filmation, and the primary voice of Buzz Buzzard in the Woody Woodpecker cartoons.[1] In the early 1950s, McKennon created and hosted his own daily kids TV wraparound show, Space Funnies/Capt. Jet, which was aired weekday mornings on KNXT (KCBS) TV Ch. 2 in Los Angeles. It was the first Los Angeles-based kids show to air reruns of The Little Rascals and Laurel & Hardy shorts. He was also the primary voice actor for the 1960 cartoon series Q.T. Hush. McKennon was also the voice of the Hardy Boys' sidekick, Chet Morton, in the 1969 animated mystery series.

McKennon also sang and provided many character voices, mainly for Walt Disney Animation. He voiced characters in Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks;[3][4] his laughter as a hyena in Lady and the Tramp was later recycled as a stock sound effect for the voice of Ripper Roo in the Crash Bandicoot video game series.[5] He also provided the voices for many Disney attractions such as the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad safety announcement, a pair of laughing hyenas in the Africa Room portion of It's a Small World, Benjamin Franklin's voice in Epcot's The American Adventure, Epcot's WorldKey information kiosks, and Zeke in the Country Bear Jamboree.[6][3]

McKennon's best-known live action role is the innkeeper Cincinnatus in Daniel Boone.[1][7][3] He also had a bit part as a diner cook in The Birds and as a gas station attendant in Clambake. His final movie was Gumby: The Movie under the pseudonym Charles Farrington. He voiced Gumby, Fatbuckle, Lucky Claybert, and Professor Kapp.

McKennon was an avid Oregon Trail historian. He visited schools around the Northwest lecturing children about Oregon history and worked at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center giving instructional speeches, and put together plays, skits, songs, stories, and informational documents leading up to the Oregon Trail's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary).

He also worked with Oregon Public Broadcasting creating The Pappenheimers, an instructional video series to help teach children German. His character lived in a Volkswagen Type 2 and would tell stories about relatives in Germany.

Personal life

In 1942, McKennon married his childhood love interest, Betty Warner, in Portland, Oregon.[1][4] The couple had six daughters and two sons.[1][4] They lived in California until 1968, when they moved to Cannon Beach, Oregon, from where McKennon commuted for voice acting and voiceover roles.[1][7]

Death

McKennon died from natural causes on July 14, 2009, at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond, Washington, five days before his 90th birthday.[1][7][3][4]

Filmography

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Live-action

Animation

Video games

Theme park attractions

Albums

• Donald Duck and His Friends – Scrooge McDuck
• Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies (1985) – Narrator / Crooked old man
• Wee Sing America (1987) – Various voices
• Wee Sing Silly Songs (1988 re-recording) – Various voices
• Wee Sing: Fun n Folk (1989) – Various voices
• Wee Sing Around the Campfire (1990 re-recording) – Various voices
• Wee Sing Dinosaurs (1991) – Various voices
• Wee Sing Animals Animals Animals (1999) – Various voices

Centerpoint: Poetry & Music for Christmas – Featured reader

References

External links

• Dallas McKennon - Daily Telegraph obituary
• Dallas McKennon at IMDb
• Dallas McKennon from The Observer (La Grande)

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Dal McKennon (La Grande, Oregón; 19 de julio de 1919 – Raymond, Washington; 14 de julio de 2009) fue un actor cinematográfico, televisivo y de voz de nacionalidad estadounidense, con una carrera que se extendió a lo largo de más de cincuenta años.[1]

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