Gunsmoke
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Gunsmoke is a media franchise centered around the American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in
Publicity photo from Gunsmoke's radio version (photo from 1954)
William Conrad in 1952, when Matt Dillon was created on radio
The interior of the real Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, photographed between 1870 and 1885
Ken Curtis
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Ken Curtis was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the Western television series Gunsmoke.
Gunsmoke
…Chester B. Goode (1955–1964): Dennis Weaver Festus Haggen (1964–1975): Ken Curtis Chester and Festus Haggen are Dillon's sidekicks, though others became acting deputies for 2+1⁄2- to 7+1⁄2-year stints: Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds…
Curtis as Festus Haggen 1964
The old Bent County jail in Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, where Ken Curtis lived as a boy
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968
Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Amanda Blake, and James Arness