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The old Bent County jail in Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, where Ken Curtis lived as a boy. Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; [1] July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) [2] was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the western television series Gunsmoke.
This list contains notable cast members of the Gunsmoke radio and TV series, and TV movies. [1] The listing includes regular cast members, guest stars, and recurring cast members. Radio cast
With Ken Curtis, 1974. In 1955, one of CBS Radio's hit series, the Western Gunsmoke, was adapted for television and recast with different actors for various reasons (William Conrad was judged too obese to play Matt Dillon on camera, Georgia Ellis wasn't viewed as quite telegenic enough to portray Kitty on television, etc.).
Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty) and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968. Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.
Gunsmoke is an American radio and ... DVD in three different ... in 1980 and the role of Doc was not recast. Ken Curtis balked at the salary offer he received and ...
Gunsmoke made Arness and his co-stars, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver, Ken Curtis, Burt Reynolds, and Buck Taylor world-famous, and ran for two decades, becoming the longest-running primetime drama series in American television history by the end of its run in 1975.
Actor Ben Cooper, who rose to fame with his Western roles in "Johnny Guitar" and "Gunsmoke," died Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. He was 86. Cooper had been suffering a long battle with ...
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with deputy Festus Haggen ( Ken Curtis ); [ 5 ] Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams ( Milburn Stone ...