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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.
Kennedy gravesite, [R] Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington: Virginia: 36 Lyndon B. Johnson [45] January 22, 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park: Stonewall: Texas: 37 Richard Nixon [46] April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Yorba Linda: California: 38 Gerald Ford [47] December 26, 2006: Gerald R. Ford ...
Ken Curtis (left) in 1974 portraying "Festus", the character Crutchfield created 12 years earlier ... His gravesite is located at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona ...
James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke.
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
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.).
His co-star was Ken Curtis, later as Festus Hagen on Gunsmoke, as his inseparable, level-headed older mentor and best buddy James (Jim) Buckley. Ripcord ran for a total of 76 half-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963 and inspired a range of tie-in merchandise such as toy parachutes, action figures, jigsaw puzzles, board games, clean slates, reading ...
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