Born in Lamar, Colorado, USA — Jul 02 1916• Died Apr 28 1991

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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Tim Durant


Cecil Carnes Sr.

Kyle Cleatus

Vic Slade



Festus



Self

Uncle Ned

Jim Buckley
Self

Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)

Corporal Ben (uncredited)

Charlie McCorry

Hoyt Coryell

Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Howard Jakes

Dermot Fahy (uncredited)

Cpl. Wilkie

Capt. Almeron Dickinson

Joe

Monsignor Killian

Dolan

Kelly Sutton

John Dale Price
Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)

Self

Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher

Specialty (uncredited)

Trooper Burch

Greeley Clegg

Wyatt Cosgrove

Jerry Farrell
Self

Lee Hearn

Ken - Member Sons of the Pioneers

Curt Durant

Wessner

FBI Agent Jim Anderson (uncredited)

Jed Richardson

Al
Uncle Ned

Fred Mueller

Dr. Lusk

Curt Norton

Jimmy Benson

Production
Buck Clayton

Curt Chambers

Dan Tyler

Curt Stanton

Kentuck

Bob Brand

Tom Blake

Lee Hadley / Don Daredevil

Captain Howard W. Gilmore

Curt Mason

Curt Benson

Curt Walker
