Ken Curtis
Acting 1916-07-02 Lamar, Colorado, USA
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
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The Alamo
1960
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The Searchers
1956
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Robin Hood
1973
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How the West Was Won
1962
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The Horse Soldiers
1959
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Mister Roberts
1955
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Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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The Last Hurrah
1958
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Spring Reunion
1957
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The Wings of Eagles
1957
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Conagher
1991
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The Long Gray Line
1955
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Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
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The Killer Shrews
1959
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
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Freckles
1960
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Call of the Forest
1949
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Song of the Prairie
1945
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Legend of the Wild
1981