KEN CURTIS
Updated 05-May-2020.
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Ken Curtis (1916-1991) – Auteur – Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France: Toutes les informations de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France sur : Ken Curtis (1916-1991)
Ken Curtis – IMDb: Ken Curtis, Actor: Gunsmoke. Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South hillbilly types he played, many people would be surprised to hear that Ken Curtis wasn’t actually born in the south but in the small town of Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the town sheriff. They would probably be even more surprised to learn that he began his show business career …
Ken Curtis, Actor, 74, Festus on ‘Gunsmoke’
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Ken Curtis was an american singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the CBS western television series Gunsmoke . he joined the cast of Gunsmeoke permanently as festus in Gates served from 1927 to 1931 as Bent County sheriff . his mother, Nellie Sneed Gates, cooked for the prisoners . the jail is located for historical preservation purposes . Curtis served in the united states army from 1943 to 1945 . he succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until his replacement in 1942 . Ken Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers as a lead singer from 1949 to 1952 . his big hits with the group included “Room Full of Roses” and “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky Curtis teamed with Ford and John Wayne in the film Rio Grande . he was a singer in the movie’s fictional band The Regimental Singers . it is possible he played a bit part, but in 5 Steps to Danger (1957 film), he is uncredited as FBI Agent Jim Anderson . Curtis also produced two extremely low-budget monster films in 1959, The Killer Shrews and The Giant he guest-starred as circus performer Tim Durant on an episode of Perry Mason, “the Case of the Clumsy Clown” later, he appeared in Ripcord, a first-run syndicated in 1964, Curtis appeared as muleskinner Graydon in the episode “Graydon’s Charge” he held the role the longest (11 years), in 304 episodes . festus was patterned after ” Curtis was known for the nasally, twangy, rural accent he developed for the role . in two episodes of Gunsmoke, Carroll O’Connor was a guest-star . he Curtis’ last acting role was in the television production Conagher (1991) co-star Buck Taylor played a bad man in the same film . he joined the gunsmoke cast in 1967, supersed a statue of Ken Curtis as Festus can be found at 430 Pollasky Avenue in Clovis, California . he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the Colorado flatlands . Teresa Murray (August 10, 2008). “Ken Curtis Biography”. Evil Twin. Retrieved December 30, 2008.