Ken Curtis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, cou...
Known For
Filmography
Battleground
2004
as Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Conagher
1991
as Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Kelly Sutton
Airwolf
1984
as Cecil Carnes Sr.
Lost
1983
as Wyatt Cosgrove
The Yellow Rose
1983
as Hoyt Coryell
Legend of the Wild
1981
California Gold Rush
1981
as Kentuck
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
Once Upon a Starry Night
1978
as Uncle Ned
Vega$
1978
Black Beauty
1978
as Howard Jakes
How the West Was Won
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
as Orville Gant
Grizzly Adams
1977
as Uncle Ned
Pony Express Rider
1976
as Jed Richardson
Musik ist Trumpf
1975
as Self
Petrocelli
1974
Robin Hood
1973
as Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Joe
How the West Was Won
1962
as Corporal Ben (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Greeley Clegg
Ripcord
1961
as Jim Buckley
The Alamo
1960
as Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Freckles
1960
as Wessner
My Dog, Buddy
1960
as Dr. Lusk
The Killer Shrews
1959
as Jerry Farrell
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Cpl. Wilkie
The Young Land
1959
as Lee Hearn
Woman on the Run
1959
Escort West
1959
as Trooper Burch
Rawhide
1959
as Vic Slade
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Monsignor Killian
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Fred Mueller
Sea Hunt
1958
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as John Dale Price
Spring Reunion
1957
as Al
The Growler Story
1957
as Captain Howard W. Gilmore
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Wagon Train
1957
as Kyle Cleatus
Wagon Train
1957
as Pappy Lightfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Monk
Perry Mason
1957
as Tim Durant
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Skinner Monk
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Curley
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Tom Strickland
The Searchers
1956
as Charlie McCorry
5 Steps to Danger
1956
as FBI Agent Jim Anderson (uncredited)
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Specialty (uncredited)
Mister Roberts
1955
as Dolan
Gunsmoke
1955
as Festus
The Quiet Man
1952
as Dermot Fahy (uncredited)
Don Daredevil Rides Again
1951
as Lee Hadley / Don Daredevil
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Ken - Member Sons of the Pioneers
Rio Grande
1950
as Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)
Call of the Forest
1949
as Bob Brand
Riders of the Pony Express
1949
as Tom Blake
Stallion Canyon
1949
as Curt Benson
Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947
as Curt Mason
That Texas Jamboree
1946
as Curt Chambers
Singing on the Trail
1946
as Curt Stanton
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
as Curt Walker
Lone Star Moonlight
1946
as Curt Norton
Cowboy Blues
1946
as Curt Durant
Song of the Prairie
1945
as Dan Tyler
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
as Jimmy Benson
Out of the Depths
1945
as Buck Clayton