McKennon, Dallas R. 

89 07/19/1919 07/14/2009 Dallas R. McKennon, 89, recently 
residing in Raymond, Wash., died Tuesday, July 14, 2009, in the 
Willapa Harbor Care Center. He was born July 19, 1919, in La 
Grande to Raymond and Grace (Carter) McKennon. For over 40 years 
Dallas had an extensive career in the entertainment business 
including radio, TV and movies, on camera and off. He has been 
officially credited with over 160 various character voices such 
as "Gumby," "Buzz Buzzard" and "Archie." A career starting in 
radio at KGW in Portland moved on to dreams of Hollywood. His 
"Captain Jet" was one of the first daily children's TV shows in 
Los Angeles. He enjoyed many years of voice work with Walt Disney 
and Walter Lantz. Dallas became "Cincinnatus" on Fess Parker's 
"Daniel Boone" TV series. Through the years he worked with many 
interesting people such as Alfred Hitchcock, Elvis Presley and 
Johnny Carson. Dallas had been a member of AFTRA and the Screen 
Actors Guild for 57 years. After residing in the Hollywood area 
for 16 years, the McKennon family moved back to Oregon at Cannon 
Beach where Dallas began writing and performing his musical 
productions including "Johnny Appleseed," "Kaintuck" and "Wagons 
Ho." A veteran of World War II serving in the Army Signal Corps, 
Dallas married Betty Warner on Dec. 6, 1942, in Portland. She 
survives him and resides in Aberdeen, Wash. Dallas is survived by 
six daughters, Dalene Lackaff of Woolwich, Maine; Barbara Porter 
and Linda Strozyk both of Raymond; Gayle McKennon of Hyannis, 
Mass.; Tamara Rock of South Bend, Wash.; and Wendy McKennon of 
North Bend; two sons, Jerald McKennon of Tualatin and Steven 
McKennon of Newberg; 21 grandchildren; and 20 
great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, in the Cannon Beach Community 
Presbyterian Church in Cannon Beach. Arrangements are in care of 
Stoller's Mortuary in Raymond.



Published in The Oregonian on 7/26/2009