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Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.
Kenneth Merwin Curtis (born February 8, 1931) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat from Maine.He was the Secretary of State of Maine from 1965 to 1966, the Governor of Maine from 1967 to 1975, and the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1979 to 1981.
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.
While the radio series had relatively few recurring supporting characters, and those roles were often shared, the following actors played recurring roles with comparative consistency, in addition to a variety of one-time roles
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
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge is a 1987 American Western television film based on the 20-year (1955–1975) series Gunsmoke starring James Arness.Subsequent TV movies are Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992), Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993), and Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994), none of which are set in Dodge, nor do they share any cast members from the TV series ...
With Ken Curtis, 1974. In 1955, one of CBS Radio's hit series, the Western Gunsmoke, was adapted for television and recast with different actors for various reasons (William Conrad was judged too obese to play Matt Dillon on camera, Georgia Ellis wasn't viewed as quite telegenic enough to portray Kitty on television, etc.).
Billy Dennis Weaver [1] (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006.