Ken Curtis
Acting
Born: 1916-07-02 · Lamar, Colorado, USA
Died: 1991-04-28
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
🎬 Movies (20)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Self
Conagher
1991
Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
Kelly Sutton
Lost
1983
Wyatt Cosgrove
Legend of the Wild
1981
California Gold Rush
1981
Kentuck
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
Self
Once Upon a Starry Night
1978
Uncle Ned
Pony Express Rider
1976
Jed Richardson
Robin Hood
1973
Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Joe
How the West Was Won
1962
Corporal Ben (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
Greeley Clegg
The Alamo
1960
Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Freckles
1960
Wessner
My Dog, Buddy
1960
Dr. Lusk
The Killer Shrews
1959
Jerry Farrell
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Cpl. Wilkie
Woman on the Run
1959
The Young Land
1959
Lee Hearn
📺 TV Shows (20)
Battleground
2004
Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)
Airwolf
1984
Cecil Carnes Sr.
The Yellow Rose
1983
Hoyt Coryell
Vega$
1978
Black Beauty
1978
Howard Jakes
Grizzly Adams
1977
Uncle Ned
How the West Was Won
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
Orville Gant
Musik ist Trumpf
1975
Self
Petrocelli
1974
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
Self
Ripcord
1961
Jim Buckley
Rawhide
1959
Vic Slade
Sea Hunt
1958
Perry Mason
1957
Tim Durant
Wagon Train
1957
Kyle Cleatus
Wagon Train
1957
Pappy Lightfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Monk
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Skinner Monk