Posted on 07/15/2009 8:44:08 PM PDT by Libloather
Dallas McKennon 1919-2009
By dtemplar
07-14-2009, 11:26 PM
Cartoon Brew reports that Dallas McKennon, the legendary voice of the claymation icon Gumby as well as the voice of Archie Andrews in the Archie cartoons for Filmation died today. He was 89.
McKennon was a voice actor for several Disney films, including Lady & the Tramp, Mary Poppins, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmations, and Bedknobs & Broomsticks. He also voiced in Disneyland attractions such as Benjamin Franklin in EPCOT's American Adventure, and Zeke in the Country Bear Jamboree.
He also played Cincinnatus in the live-action Daniel Boone series, and as a gas station attendant in the Elvis Presley film Clambake.
Gumby's principal sidekick is Pokey, a talking pony, and his nemeses are the Blockheads. Other characters are Gumby's dog Nopey (who responds to everything with a gloomy "nope"); Prickle, a yellow dinosaur or dragon; Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo-balls[1]; Gumby's mother Gumba; Gumby's father Gumbo; his sister Minga; Denali (a mastodon); Tilly (a hen); King Ott; and Professor Kapp.
He was Gumby Dammit!
BOY that didn’t take long before I am Gumby dammit reset LOL!
BOY that didn’t take long before I am Gumby dammit reset LOL!
That's him on the left.
he was the saloon keeper
He looks like Robin Williams’ grandfather!
the archies
sugar, ahh honey, honey
you are my candy girl
and you got me wanting you
honey, sugar,sugar
you are my candy girl
and you got me wanting you
RIP.
I’m Gumby! I’m Hollywood!
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