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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.
Republic Pictures president Herbert Yates released the Sons of the Pioneers from their movie contract in 1948, replacing them with a less expensive alternative, Foy Willing's Riders of the Purple Sage. The hurried nature of the Sons of the Pioneers' last radio shows reflected Tim Spencer's and Bob Nolan's anxiousness to move on; both left the ...
Ken Curtis, a member of the Sons of the Pioneers singing group, made a series of Westerns at Columbia Pictures accompanied by the Hoosier Hot Shots. A son in law of director John Ford , He appeared in numerous Ford films as a basically non-singing supporting player, including The Searchers , and later played "Festus Hagen" on the television ...
Members of the American country music band Sons of the Pioneers. Pages in category "Sons of the Pioneers members" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family's ancestry on the Jan. 16 episode of PBS' hit series "Finding Your Roots.". Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the TV ...
Shug Fisher (born George Clinton Fisher Jr.; September 26, 1907 – March 16, 1984) was an American character actor, singer, musician, and comedian.During his 50-year entertainment career, he performed in many Western films, often as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in serials and in B movies starring Roy Rogers.
Performed by Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes and the Sons of the Pioneers I'm A Happy Guy In My Levi Britches; Written by Tim Spencer Performed by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee; Written by Ken Carson Performed by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers The Nerve Of Some People; Written by Jack Elliott
On August 8, 1945, The Sons of the Pioneers cut a new recording, this time for RCA Victor (catalog 20-1724). [6] [7] This version was re-released in 1947 on the Victor Smart Set album P-168 "Cowboy Classics." [7] However, the best-selling recorded version was done by Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers in 1948. The recording was released ...