Ken Curtis
Acting
Born July 2, 1916 · Lamar, Colorado, USA
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 served from 1926 to 1931 as Bent County s…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
Airwolf
Gunsmoke
Sea Hunt
Vega$
Petrocelli
How the West Was Won
Grizzly Adams
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Ripcord
The Searchers
Robin Hood
How the West Was Won
Musik ist Trumpf
The Yellow Rose
The Quiet Man
The Alamo
Rio Grande
The Horse Soldiers
Black Beauty
Two Rode Together
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Mister Roberts
The Long Gray Line
Conagher
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Spring Reunion
The Wings of Eagles
Cheyenne Autumn
The Last Hurrah
Once Upon a Texas Train
Fighting Coast Guard
Battleground
The Killer Shrews
Once Upon a Starry Night
The Young Land
Pony Express Rider