Character actor Keenany Wynn was born into a famous show-business family. One in particular is his father, Ed Wynn. Keenan was the one to help to push his father to also become a well-known character actor. Father and son starred in several movies together, such as The Hucksters (1947), Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and Kiss Me, Kate (1953).
Keenan helped push his father Ed Wynn to become an actor. Grandson of Frank Keenan Father of Ned Wynn with first wife Eve Lynn Abbott. Ned is the author of the funny but tragic autobiography, "We Will Always Live In Beverly Hills", which chronicled the wild life of a boy growing up with famous, divorced parents. It offers a fascinating and revealing look into Eve Lynn Abbot's eventual marriage to Van Johnson. Father of screenwriter Tracy Keenan Wynn. Son of Ed Wynn Interred along with his father Ed Wynn at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Great Mausoleum, Holly entrance, Daffodil Corridor. Suffered from tinnitus (a chronic ringing in the ears) during the last years of his life, forcing him to wear two hearing aids. Was originally to play Perry White in Superman, but had to drop out upon arriving in London for filming due to heart problems. He was uncle to the Hudson Brothers by his marriage to Sharley (they are her nephews). Daughter Hilda is married to actor/singer Paul Williams, daughter Emily died in her early 20s from cancer. Keenan's wife Eve ("Evie") Abbott was a young actress who toured with Katherine Cornell but gave up her career when she married Wynn. Part of the reason for his eventual loss of hearing was due to the fact that he raced just about anything on land or water and most the vehicles were loud and un-muffled. He was a regular feature in and around the Detroit Michigan area racing boats, cars and motorcycles, sometimes racing boats on the Detroit River (the border between the U.S. and Ontario Canada). Introduced Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin to the power of Triumph motorcycles on a hill climb.