Wes Kenney Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he studied drama and was on the football team
• Married actress Heather North, the voice of Daphne in the "Scooby-Doo" cartoons, in 1971 after the couple met on the set of "Days of Our Lives․"
• Got his start at the DuMont network in New York, where he directed live television like cooking and religious shows as well as the series "Rocky King, Detective․"
• Quote: "[on soap operas] "I think people like stories that continue so they can relate to these people․ They become like a family, and the viewer becomes emotionally involved․""
• Quote: "I was an average guy, who with great luck was able to be successful ․․․ I love people․ I love actors․ I love doing the dramatic shows․ So that's how I'd like to be remembered, working with terrific people, great talented people․"
• Was the director of the fifth season of "All in the Family," which included two episodes without Carroll O'Connor, who went on strike, as well as the episode "The Jeffersons Move on Up," the pilot for the spinoff series "The Jeffersons․"
• Best known as a director and producer who worked on "All in the Family," "The Young and the Restless" and "Days of Our Lives․"
• Served as a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles for several semesters