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- AP. FRESNO, Calif., April 30— Ken Curtis, a singer and actor who played the scruffy deputy Festus on the television series Gunsmoke, died in his sleep on Sunday at his home. He was 74 years old. His death was attributed to natural causes, said A. C. Lyle, a producer at Paramount Studios.
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- There may be more credits available for this character. To edit the credits displayed or to add more credits to this character's filmography, click the Edit Credits link. 1  The Revenant (2015) Played by Tom Hardy.  2 The Folklorist. - Hugh Glass, Deborah Sampson, Gasparilla (2014) TV episode, Played by William Loftus.
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James Arness James King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying... James King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years.
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Biography Although his character, Festus Haggen, was introduced to Gunsmoke (1955) in an episode called Us Haggens, in which he arrived in Dodge City to avenge the death of his twin brother, the fact that Festus had a twin was never again mentioned on the show.
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Nick Adams (I)  (1931â1968) Nick Adams (I) (1931–1968) Nick Adams, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel (1959), played leads and supporting parts in many films of the 1950s, often cast in the same troubled young man mold as his good friend, James Dean. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Twilight of Honor (1963) He died in 1968 due to an overdose of ...
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Dennis Weaver, 81, Sidekick on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies Dennis Weaver, 81, Sidekick on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies. Dennis Weaver, whose portrayal of Deputy Chester Goode in the classic television western Gunsmoke made him the favorite sidekick of the early television era, died on Friday at his home in Ridgway, Colo. He was 81. The cause was complications of cancer, said Julian Myers, his publicist.
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- Buck Taylor appears in Branson, Mo each fall in Silver Dollar City for the fall craft festival. This year, 2015, he will be at Dodge City for Gunsmokes 60th anniversary. Roger Ewing, who played Thad Greenwood on the show will be there as well. Many other guest stars, authors, and script writers will also be there.
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List of Gunsmoke television episodes Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty), and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968. Gunsmoke is an American western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. In the United Kingdom Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law. Gunsmoke was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season twelve. During its run 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes in length and 402 were 60 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes 176 were in black-and-white and 226 in color. During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the ten most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top twenty until 1964.
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Dennis Weaver, 81, Sidekick on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies The lanky Mr. Weaver became famous for his limping deputy with a drawl, the buddy of Marshal Matt Dillon, a portrayal for which he won an Emmy in 1959. But he starred in nine television series. From 1955 to 1964, he was on Gunsmoke, the longest-running prime-time drama series on television.
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- Jonathan Goldmen. He is actor Jonathan GOLDSMITH. In his early career he was known as Jonathan Lippe. He was on Gunsmoke a lot, as well as many other shows mostly playing a bad guy.
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James Arness James Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the television series Gunsmoke.
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James Arness, Marshal on âGunsmoke,â Dies at 88 , who burnished the legend of America’s epic West as Marshal Matt Dillon, the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City on “Gunsmoke,” one of the longest-running dramatic series in television history, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. A family spokeswoman, Ginny Fazer, confirmed the death.
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Gunsmoke James Arness as Matt Dillon in the television version of Gunsmoke (1956) Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. When aired in the UK, the television series was initially titled Gun Law, later reverting to Gunsmoke. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961.
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Ken Curtis Biography. Ken Curtis was the son of Las Animas Sheriff Dan Gates and his wife,Nelly. They lived on the second story of the jailhouse. Foreshadowing his role of Festus on Gunsmoke, Ken acted as deputy during his father's abscence.He attended college, where he studied medicine.However he gave… more.en Curtis was the son of Las Animas Sheriff Dan Gates and his wife,Nelly. They lived on the second story of the jailhouse. Foreshadowing his role of Festus on Gunsmoke, Ken acted as deputy during his father's abscence. He attended college, where he studied medicine. However he gave… more.
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- Character Bio. Festus Haggen was Marshal Matt Dillon's only official deputy on the CBS television series Gunsmoke. He came to Dodge City in an episode titled Us Haggens to avenge the death of his twin brother, Fergus.Played by Ken Curtis, he first appeared in 1962 and was showcased full-time from 1964 until 1975.estus Haggen was Marshal Matt Dillon's only official deputy on the CBS television series Gunsmoke. He came to Dodge City in an episode titled Us Haggens to avenge the death of his twin brother, Fergus.
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When Westerns Ruled When Westerns Ruled. Amanda Blake “Miss Kitty” Star on TV Gunsmoke. Nicknamed the Young Greer Garson, Amanda Blake was born Beverly Louis Neill in Buffalo, NY on February 10, 1929. She was an only child and arrived in Claremont, CA when her family moved. She worked as a telephone operator while taking on bit parts for MGM.
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Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor, voice actor, video game actor and stage actor.He was perhaps best known and remembered for his role as Voltaire to Dr. Miguelito Loveless in the first season episodes of The Wild, Wild West (1965-1966).Keil was also perhaps most notable and best known for his most prominent role as Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.iel's last television role was in the 2000 television series Bloodhounds, Inc. and his last movie and voice role was in the 2010 animated movie Tangled, where and in which he played and provided the voice for the character of Vladimir.
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Ken Curtis Ken Curtis was the son of Las Animas Sheriff Dan Gates and his wife,Nelly. They lived on the second story of the jailhouse. Foreshadowing his role of Festus on Gunsmoke, Ken acted as deputy during his father's abscence. He attended college, where he studied medicine. Credits.
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Buck Taylor (actor) Buck Taylor. Walter Clarence Taylor, III, known as Buck Taylor (born May 13, 1938), is an American actor best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in 174 episodes during the last eight seasons of CBS's Gunsmoke television series (1967–1975). In recent years, he has painted the portrait of his friend and Gunsmoke series' star James Arness.
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WHO WAS IMPOSTER KANE.? His real name is Drew Hankinson. He later portrayed Festus throughout late-2007 to late-2009 until he was repackaged as Luke Gallows, a character that he portrays to this day.
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- Amanda Blake, 60, Saloonkeeper On TV's 'Gunsmoke' for 19 Years. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 17— Amanda Blake, who played the kindhearted saloonkeeper Miss Kitty in the ''Gunsmoke'' television series for 19 years, died of oral cancer on Wednesday at Mercy General Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 60 years old.
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GUNSMOKE The TV show Dirty Sally ran from January 11, 1974 to July 19, 1974. Jeanette Nolan played the role of Sally all three times. The name of Festus' mule was Ruth. For a picture of Ruth and Festus, visit the FAQ.
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'Longmire': 'Battlestar Galactica' star Katee Sackhof on her new Western 'Longmire': 'Battlestar Galactica' star Katee Sackhof on her new Western. Katee Sackhoff, best known as hotshot pilot Kara “Starbuck” Thrace in Battlestar Galactica, has traded the final frontier for the plains and mountains of rural Wyoming. In A&E’s new TV series Longmire, Sackhoff delves into the Western genre as deputy Victoria “Vic” Moretti.
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Dennis Weaver, 81; Star of `Gunsmoke,' `McCloud' Also Was Environmental Activist Dennis Weaver, 81; Star of `Gunsmoke,' `McCloud' Also Was Environmental Activist. Dennis Weaver, the lanky actor with the gentle drawl who came to fame in the 1950s playing Marshal Matt Dillon's limping deputy, Chester, on Gunsmoke and later starred as a contemporary western deputy marshal who battled crime in the Big Apple on McCloud, has died. He was 81.
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Sullivan Stapleton star of ratings hit US crime drama Blindspot has a new outlook after near death ‘I’m healed, mate’ ... Sullivan Stapleton plays Special Agent Kurt Weller in Blindspot. “I WOULDN’T say I almost ‘killed myself’ because that would be suicide,” says Aussie actor Sullivan Stapleton of the skull fracture he got falling from a tuktuk in Thailand during filming on Strike Back last year.
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- Although originally distrusted by Matt and the townspeople, Festus was eventually accepted by them and became the only full-time official deputy marshal of Gunsmoke. In episodes such as Deadman's Law, he was in charge of the town.