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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. Early years
Tim Spencer retired from performing with the group, to devote himself to handling the group's business interests; his place in the group was taken by singer Ken Curtis. Bob Nolan was replaced by Tommy Doss, who sounded almost exactly like him. Lloyd Perryman took over Nolan's emcee duties.
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 ...
Kenneth Curtis may refer to: Kenneth M. Curtis (born 1931), former American Governor, Ambassador, party chairman, and lawyer; Kenneth L. Curtis (born 1965), initially found incompetent to stand trial for the killing of his girlfriend, found competent 10 years later; Ken Curtis (1916–1991), American singer and actor
Ken Curtis, singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the long-running CBS western television series Gunsmoke Jim Dziura , film director, cinematographer, and editor Daniel Junge , Academy Award -winning documentary filmmaker ( Saving Face )
The Giant Gila Monster is an American 1959 monster film directed by Ray Kellogg and produced by Ken Curtis.A famous B-movie of the era, the film stars Don Sullivan, a veteran of several low budget monster and zombie films, and Lisa Simone, the French contestant for the 1957 Miss Universe, as well as comedic actor Shug Fisher and KLIF disc jockey Ken Knox.
Actor Ken Osmond, best known for playing the excruciatingly pseudo-polite pal Eddie Haskell on TV’s “Leave It to Beaver,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 76. His family confirmed the sad ...
The film contains folk songs led by the Sons of the Pioneers, one of whom is Ken Curtis (Ford's son-in-law). [23] Studio president Yates insisted that the group appear in the film. Ford disliked being forced to use them, and how they appeared incongruous with cavalrymen. [24] Victor Young wrote the score.