Ken Curtis
Born in Lamar, Colorado, USA — Jul 02 1916• Died Apr 28 1991
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Biography
Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the Western television series Gunsmoke. Early years Born on July 2, 1916 as the youngest of three boys in Lamar in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado, Curtis lived his first 10 years on a ranch on Muddy Creek in eastern Bent County. In 1926, the family moved to Las Animas, the county seat of Bent County, so that his father, Dan Sullivan Gates, could run for sheriff. The campaign was successful, and Gates s…
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Ken Curtis's Credits
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Perry Mason
Tim Durant
Have Gun, Will Travel
Airwolf
Cecil Carnes Sr.
Wagon Train
Kyle Cleatus
Rawhide
Vic Slade
Sea Hunt
Vega$
Gunsmoke
Festus
Petrocelli
How the West Was Won
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
Grizzly Adams
Uncle Ned
Ripcord
Jim Buckley
Musik ist Trumpf
Self
Robin Hood
Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)
How the West Was Won
Corporal Ben (uncredited)
The Searchers
Charlie McCorry
The Yellow Rose
Hoyt Coryell
Rio Grande
Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)
Black Beauty
Howard Jakes
The Quiet Man
Dermot Fahy (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Cpl. Wilkie
The Alamo
Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Cheyenne Autumn
Joe
The Last Hurrah
Monsignor Killian
Mister Roberts
Dolan
Once Upon a Texas Train
Kelly Sutton
The Wings of Eagles
John Dale Price
Battleground
Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Conagher
Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher
The Long Gray Line
Specialty (uncredited)
Escort West
Trooper Burch
Two Rode Together
Greeley Clegg
Lost
Wyatt Cosgrove
The Killer Shrews
Jerry Farrell
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
The Young Land
Lee Hearn
Fighting Coast Guard
Ken - Member Sons of the Pioneers
Cowboy Blues
Curt Durant
Freckles
Wessner
5 Steps to Danger
FBI Agent Jim Anderson (uncredited)
Pony Express Rider
Jed Richardson
Spring Reunion
Al
Once Upon a Starry Night
Uncle Ned
The Missouri Traveler
Fred Mueller
My Dog, Buddy
Dr. Lusk
Lone Star Moonlight
Curt Norton
Rhythm Round-Up
Jimmy Benson
The Giant Gila Monster
Production
Out of the Depths
Buck Clayton
That Texas Jamboree
Curt Chambers
Song of the Prairie
Dan Tyler
Singing on the Trail
Curt Stanton
California Gold Rush
Kentuck
Call of the Forest
Bob Brand
Riders of the Pony Express
Tom Blake
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Lee Hadley / Don Daredevil
Woman on the Run
The Growler Story
Captain Howard W. Gilmore
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Curt Mason
Stallion Canyon
Curt Benson
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Curt Walker
Legend of the Wild