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.
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
James Arness
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James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades:
Ken Curtis
…He attended Colorado College to study medicine, but left after a short time to pursue his musical career. Career Music 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. He sang with bandleaders Shep…
Arness in 1970
As Gunsmoke's Matt Dillon in 1956
Arness with his son, Rolf, in 1959
1963 Gunsmoke cast: Amanda Blake (Kitty), Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc Adams), and Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)