Voice actor
In The early 1950s, McKennon created and hosted his own daily kids TV wraparound show, "Space Funnies"/"Capt. Jet", which was seen weekday mornings on KNXT (KCBS) TV Ch. 2 in Hollywood, California. "Space Funnies" was the first Los Angeles based kids show to air reruns of "The Little Rascals" and Laurel & Hardy Film Comedies.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Betty Warner McKennon of Hoquiam, Wash.; eight children: Dalene Lackaff of Woolwich, Maine, Barbara Porter and Linda Strozyk, both of Raymond, Wash., Gayle McKennon of Hyannis, Mass., Tamara Rock of South Bend, Wash., Wendy McKennon of North Bend, Ore., Jerald McKennon of Tualatin, Ore., and Steven McKennon of Newberg, Ore.; 21 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
