Dallas McKennon

Dallas Raymond "Dal" McKennon was an American actor with extensive work as a voice actor in a career that lasted for over 50 years. He was most famous for his role as the voice of Gumby in 's stop-motion clay animation . He was also well-known for portraying the Crooked Man in the 1987 children's musical video , as well as voicing Wally Walrus in the series.
McKennon performed many character voices for Disney. His distinctive voice can be heard in films, such as Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and the record album Donald Duck and His Friends.
He also did numerous voices for several Disney park attractions, such as the famous Big Thunder Mountain Railroad safety spiel ("Hang onto them hats an' glasses, cuz this here's the wildest ride in the wilderness!"), the laughing hyenas in It's a Small World (recycled from the crazy laugh of the Hyena in Lady and the Tramp and later reused in the 1979 horror film , Jon Favreau's 2003 Christmas comedy film , and as the original voice of Ripper Roo in the video game franchise), Benjamin Franklin in Epcot's The American Adventure, and Zeke in Country Bear Jamboree.
Additionally, he played Charlie Cooney in the 1978 live-action film The Cat from Outer Space, as well as appeared on various Disneyland LPs.
He died five days before his 90th birthday.
==Discography==
*1966 Thumper's Great Race - Performer
==Roles==
Scrooge4.png|Scrooge McDuck(Donald Duck and His Friends)
599289-beagle large.jpg|Beagle Boys(Original Chip 'n' Dale Chipmunk Fun)
1953-canvas-4.jpg|Referee (kid and trainer voices)(Canvas Back Duck)
Lady and the Tramp - Laughing Hyena.jpg|Hyena(Lady and the Tramp)
Char 22819.jpg|Professor(Lady and the Tramp)
Toughy LATT.jpg|Toughy(Lady and the Tramp)
Pedro LATT.jpg|Pedro(Lady and the Tramp)
Calmcnab.jpg|Cal McNab(Paul Bunyan)
Owl Sleeping Beauty.jpg|Owl(Sleeping Beauty)
Cameo 4 - Bull in 101 Dalmatians.jpg|Bull (barks)(One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
Ghost-Disney's Magical Mirror01.png|The Ghost (archive footage)(Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse)
Mary-poppins-disneyscreencaps.com-5823.jpg|Penguin Waiters(Mary Poppins)
Carousel guard mary poppins.jpg|Carousel Guard(Mary Poppins)
Horse voiced by dallas mckennon.jpg|Horse(Mary Poppins)
Fox.png|Fox(Mary Poppins)
Char 25010.jpg|Fisherman Bear(Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
CharlieCooneyCatOuterSpace.jpg|Charlie Cooney(The Cat from Outer Space)
Bert.jpg|Older Bert/Narrator(Disneyland LP release; Songs From Walt Disney's Mary Poppins)
Rabbit Winnie the Pooh.jpg|Rabbit(record releases)
GopherWinniethepooh.png|Gopher(record releases)
Profile - Bagheera.jpeg|Bagheera(record releases)
Hyenas (It's a Small World).jpg|Laughing Hyenas(It's a Small World)
Wfmt-2-web.jpg|Benjamin Franklin (left)(The American Adventure)
Zeke Country Bear Jamboree.jpg|Zeke(Country Bear Jamboree)
==References==
==External links==
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ja:ダラス・マッケノン
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