He is best known for his writing for the television series The Donna Reed Show during the 1950s.
Whedon also wrote for The Great Gildersleeve on radio, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl and Leave It to Beaver.
He and wife, Louise Carroll Angell, had two children: Tom (a television screenwriter) and Julia.
John and Louise's grandsons were Joss, Jed and Zack Whedon.
[2] He is buried in East Cemetery, Litchfield County, Connecticut.