Don’t forget my favorite Dal line:

“Hold on to our hats and glasses, ‘cuz this here’s the wildest ride in the wilderness!”

…from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. He was also the voice of the ride before Big Thunder got built, the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train through Nature’s Wonderland.

McKennon was a voice in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, but he wasn’t the beaver. That was actually Stan Freberg. McKennon voiced one of the dogs in the dog pound scene.

Stan Freberg did the voice of the beaver in “Lady and the Tramp”, I don’t think that Dal McKennon voiced that character.

Thank you Dal, for all the voices and the love of the craft!
You will be missed, but your voice is never silenced thanks to the myriad filmworks that you leave us all to cherish.
Rest well and happy.

Oh, wow. I had no idea he did all those voices! What a great guy. My condolences to his family.

I always enjoyed Dal McKennon’s work, and I love Gumby…this is too bad…

(Wasn’t Stan Freberg the beaver in “Lady & The Tramp”?)

He also did Jerry Mouse’s high-pitched singing in Chuck Jones’ “Cat and Dupli-Cat” (1966)!

The first time I’ve seen a name associated with the voices — good rest, Dallas.

Jerry, thanks for refreshing the memory on “The Legend of Rockabye Point.” Doesn’t matter if I’ve seen the gag dozens of times, the desperate dash out the door in order to prevent noisemaking (or sneezing) near the anger-prone still cracks me up.

When I was young, Dallas McKennon would regularly visit the old “Ramblin’ Rod” cartoon show on KPTV 12 (now FOX 12 Oregon) in Portland, OR.

Dallas would appear as his character, Cincinattus, from “Daniel Boone” and tell stories, do impressions, help introduce cartoons, etc. Also, Dal would talk to the kids as well as with the host, the late “Ramblin’ Rod” Anders. He sometimes would perform his famous voice of Archie, which he also did for years on Filmation’s various “Archie” series which followed “Ramblin’ Rod” for many years on KPTV. It looked like he really had fun on the show.

Dallas, I hope “Ramblin’ Rod” meets you with his boat when you get to heaven. R.I.P.

Dal McKennon “appeared” in a Three Stooges film, as the voice of the Venusian unicorn in HAVE ROCKET WILL TRAVEL (1959).

What a shock.

My condolonces to Dal’s family

He will sorely be missed :(

Thanks Gene for posting this.
I’m glad you were a part of my grandfather’s life.
I hope I’ll be able to continue his legacy in my own way.

Tis sad! He was a riot to talk with.

Dallas was a friend of my father’s for many years, and tried to get him to go to LA and break into the biz back in the 70’s. I met him multiple times when I was a kid, and I never knew that he was as accomplished or as subtly famous as he was. I just knew him as this old guy who did lots of funny voices. That was part of his charm.

My thoughts go to his family. He will be missed . . .

I met Dallas about 10 years ago. I went and helped him type up some of his new short stories. He never wanted to rest but wanted to keep writing. I am lucky to have a signed Gumby. I am positive he did the beavers voice in Lady in the Tramp because he gave me a small show and told me so. Dallas was amazing and I enjoyed going to his home at times. He showed me the script of, “The Birds” as he was the tall chef in the small restaurant. I will always remember what he shared with me and think of him.

My condolences to the family and god bless this amazing man.

Dallas will be missed by his many fans (of which I am one). He was
great as Cincinattus on DANIEL BOONE and, of course, in all of his
many voiceover roles.

Among other things, I’ll always recall Dallas McKennon as the voice of Professor Noodlestroodle, showing up at Courageous Cat’s door with “der Sniffer Machine”, nothing more than a nose attached to a suitcase. At one point, he seemed to take over complete voice duties for the series, although I’m sure that there was one other voice involved that I am unaware of, and he was part of the best of the earliest GUMBY adventures beyond the “surreal” earliest episodes. May the memory of his work never rest. We now need so much to see it widely circulated!!

Oops, and how can I have forgotten a now very rare bit of animation that Dal McKennon was doing almost all the major voices for: “Q. T. HUSH”. I fondly remember this series, especially since it seems to almost have a soundtrack that would neatly segue it to the classic MGM cartoon, “WHO KILLED WHO”. Some of the best voice-over work can sometimes be found in some of the cheapest cartoons; it nearly saves something as otherwise insignificant as “SPUNKY and TADPOLE”, but I’m sure that “Q. T. HUSH” is a cut above that!! I hope that company owning the source material can be easily goaded into issuing a complete series set someday!!

Dal also provided the voice of “Benjamin Franklin” in the American Adventure show at Epcot in Walt Disney World Florida. As a Cast Member at that pavilion, I met him when he came to visit several years ago. He had never seen the show because after he completed the recordings for the production, he became to involved with the “Daniel Boone” TV series to travel to Florida. He cried after seeing the show for the first time, and I had the priviledge of introducing him to the audience in attendance. In the summer of 2007 when the attraction was updated, the original show director [Rick Rothchild] told me that whereas the voice of co-host Mark Twain [character actor John Anderson] did a fine job, Dal actually “became” Ben Franklin in his portrayal of the historic figure. Beyond Dal’s many cartoon creations, he will continue to be heard daily speaking and chuckling as Benjamin Franklin, our USA fore-father host of WDW’s American Adventure. May God bless the dear man!

I interviewed Dal back in January of 2001 and we became friends.

He was very helpful and kind to a young writer..and I will miss

him.

(Crying)..Goodbye Dal.

God bless Dallas McKennon and his family. He is with the Lord.

Dallas heritage lives on in his family, son Jerry does a better Donald Duck than his dad. Knowing Dallas was an adventure, in knowing him you always received more than you gave. See you sometime soon,
Bill Potter

One of the first times I saw Dallas McKennon was on Daniel Boone, I enjoyed watching him and listening to his voice. On the Scooby Doo cartoons, I remember a character called The Miner Forty-Niner, I was wondering if he did that voice also. He will be missed, God Bless you and your family.

Wow! Really gone? He worked with Red Skelton. Friends with both the Walts. Disney and Lantz. He developed the first kid show to take his space-hoppers to other planets. Others then copied it on the east coast. He was a father to 8 kids. He wrote over 300 original songs from every thing of the frontier nature, folklore and even many jingles and 3 musicals. He found out at young age of 15 he could do a truckload of voices to even fool his own client. His heart was to give his God given talents to others and created a voice school, calling it the “Vox Box”. He wanted to other musicians succeed and dragged his recorder to far away spots. He found a kool pass time with Elvis Presley and exchanged dog barks during breaks. He had the capacity to work with the greats, but was humble enough to visit the special kids in hospitals. His dream was the brother and sisterhood of all people, like in his song, “there’s a welcome mat in fron of every door”! It’s going to to take years unravel years of media of tapes and movies he has done over some 60 years of his life. His son …We’re all still learning of what he’s done…Now at peace in a better eternal home. Probably still writing more shows. See some that he has done at imdb.com

Oh man what a drag. I admit I was not familiar with the wide influence Dal had outside of Archie but with his talent I am not surprised. I know that Dick “Speedy Alka-Seltzer” Beals had done Gumby for a while based on YouTube recordings but I had no idea who took over. So many characters, too much to remember for a small brain like mine. LOL when I first saw a picture I was so surprised at what he looked like because - for the longest time I began to believe that he looked like Archie. Maybe a little older. And he passes away on my birthday. I miss him already.
That’s why I didn’t know until now. Morbid me, I read the daily celebrity obituaries coming over the internet and must have ignored that day’s listings. Not the weekly “roundup”.
Rest in peace. In my early years you became like a friend - one I never forgot.

Shortly after we were married, and spent our honeymoon in Cannon Beach, Oregon, we met Dallas McKennon at the CB Conference Center. At the time, I was working my first broadcast job at KPTV in Portland, as a studio floor director. We became friends. Through the years that I knew Dallas, he was always encouraging me in my career, and he always had amazing ideas. One stormy day, he and his wonderful wife invited us to their cozy home, which overlooked “Haystack Rock”. With the fireplace crackling, I was inspired by his home recording studio, along with his amazing talent. He loved sharing what he had. I was always thankful that we crossed paths. On October 22, 2009, our family will celebrate our 23rd year in business. I’ve had a wonderful career producing, directing and operating an audio and video production business in Spokane, Washington. Our first little daughter, Angela, who was 3 years old at the time, still remembers Dallas doing “Archie”, and several other familiar characters, in front of her! She is 33 now, and is our company’s vice president/marketing director. Angela produces, directs, and does voice overs for local and regional commercial clients. Dallas left an incredible mark on our lives, not just because of his talent, but because of his kindness and love for other people. Our family has a special place in our hearts for Mr. & Mrs. McKennon.
Reading the kind words from others on this site, I think it’s obvious that his life made a difference. We believe that he is in Heaven with God, and many others who love our Savior, Jesus. We truly honor his memory, and his family. Thank you, Dallas.

Dan, Jolene, & Angela Mortimore (Angela Downey)
Spokane, WA

What a wonderful talent. He did some great work in Will Vinton’s “Adventures of Mark Twain”. A few background voices, and “Smiley” in the “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” sequence.

God bless this warm hearted & talented, wonderful man. My fondest memories of Mr. McKennon are from the old Daniel Boone shows with Fess Parker. Although his parts were often brief in Daniel Boone - he was unquestionably a scene stealer! He made such an impression on me as a young kid especially as Cincinattus. I am so sorry we have lost this wnderful human being! God bless his family & RIP Dal.