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	Ken Curtis, News Director (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ken is responsible for operations of the news department and is often seen on-air himself.
		Ken is the father of three children, four grandchildren, and is planning to marry his fiancé, Rea, during 2006.
		Ken is the father of three children and four grandchildren, all of whom live in the local area.
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	Hollywood Cowboys An exhibit at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum--Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Curtis was born "Kenneth Curtis Gates" and raised in Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the local deputy sheriff.
		Curtis began his show business career as a singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s and found film work at the tail end of the "singing cowboy era." He sang in several low budget westerns for Columbia.
		Curtis joined the musical group "Sons of the Pioneers" in 1949 and found steady work on various western television shows and as a bit player in the films of his father-in-law, John Ford.
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	Ken Curtis Appreciation Site
		Curtis Wain Gates, who would later adopt the professional name of Ken Curtis, was born on July 2nd 1916 in the small southeastern Colorado town of Lamar.
		Curtis' singing so much that she suggested to her boss that he be hired to sing on the MGM lot for visitors.
		Ken’s part in the film was somewhat larger than the rest of the Sons and even included a few lines.
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	Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ken Curtis was born July 2, 1916 in Lamar, Colorado to Dan Gates and Millie (Sneed) Gates, and grew up in Las Animas, Colorado where his father was a real lawman.
		Curtis starred in the syndicated TV show RIPCORD, which was all about skydiving and assorted rescue and airplane related adventures, and the show ran for 76 episodes during 1961-1963.
		Curtis' last filmwork was a role in the made-for-TV western, CONAGHER (1991), which starred Sam Elliott and Katherine Ross.
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	Gunsmoke : Ken Curtis : tvland.com
		Ken Curtis, the son of a Colorado county sheriff, left his home state to seek his fortune as a singer in Los Angeles.
		Curtis left Dorsey's band to serve in the Army during World War II.
		Ken won the role of Gunsmoke deputy sheriff Festus Haggen in 1964.
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	Ken Curtis Photos - Ken Curtis News - Ken Curtis Information
		Ken Curtis was the son of Las Animas Sheriff Dan Gates and his wife,Nelly.
		Ken went to school to be a doctor, but gave that career up to pursue his singing career.
		Ken: In my opinion it’s an actors duty to walk into the first rehearsal with a well defined character — then it’s up to the director to shade or change the character to fit into the overall picture or play.
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	Ken Curtis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son-in-law of director John Ford, Curtis teamed with Ford and John Wayne in Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles, The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, The Alamo and How The West Was Won.
		Curtis also teamed with Ford, along with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in the comedy Navy classic Mister Roberts.
		In 1981, Curtis was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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	The John Wayne Message Board > Did Duke And Ken Curtis Become Alienated? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Curtis was a heavy drinker........his wife was a heavy drinker and the town whore.
		Ken Curtis, who as a boy helped out in his father’s jail in Colorado and as a character named Festus Haggen performed similar work for Marshall Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke” is dead.
		Born Curtis Gates in Bent County, in the dry lands of Colorado where his father was Sheriff, he worked on the family ranch and at the town jail and studied saxophone in high school.
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	Ken Curtis
		Ken Curtis is a native of Southern Illinois and currently resides in Janesville, Wisconsin
		Ken is a two time RAMI (Rockford Area Music Industry) winner in the Folk/Solo Pop category.
		Ken's CD of original music called Ken Curtis Plus Tax / Hours and Ours was recorded with a host of Rockford's best musicians and was honored as 2003's RAMI album of the year
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	Curtis Archives: Ken Curtis
		Curtis was around 12 years old when his father was elected county sheriff, and his mother Nellie served as the chief cook for the prisoners who stayed in the jail, which was on the floor above the sheriff's living quarters.
		In 1947, Ken replaced Tim Spencer as a lead baritone for the popular western singing group, Sons of the Pioneers.
		Ken passed away in his sleep of a heart attack, on April 28, 1991 at his ranch in Fresno.
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	Ken Curtis Music Page
		Ken began his career in Hollywood as a NBC radio staff singer, then went on to become a big band vocalist.
		Ken Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers as a lead singer from 1949 to 1952.
		Ken's big hits with the group included "Room Full of Roses" and "Riders in the Sky".
	www.eviltwin.velvetsofa.com /Curtis/music.html (803 words)

	Curtis
		Ken's 1968 head mold was being used on most every version produced with the exception of a 1972 Mod Hair Ken with his first rooted hair!
		Free Moving Ken and Curtis came with specially made clothing that were open in the back to allow the manipulation of the "free moving" pull down lever.
		Curtis® is a registered trademark of Mattel, Inc. These pages are neither affiliated with, nor a representative of Mattel, Inc. Material provided on these pages do not in any way reflect the opinions of Mattel, Inc.
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		Ken Curtis' memory is kept alive by this dynamic young actor from Apache Junction, Arizona, a place where the old west just refuses to die.
		Perryman was back in the line-up in 1946, although his interim replacement, Ken Carson (who later became a well known singer in his own right on The Garry Moore Show), continued to record with the group for another year.
		The Festus character was portrayed by Ken Curtis, an actor cast in several western movies, including How The West Was Won.
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	Ken Curtis -Festus Haggen- photo gallery
		Ken Curtis, best known as Festus Haggen on "Gunsmoke", was born in Lamar, Colorado on July 2, 1916.
		His real name was Curtis Gates, and he was the son of Dan Gates, the sheriff of Bent County, Colorado from 1926-1930.
		Young Curtis Gates had plenty of time to observe Cedar Jack, as he frequently was thrown in jail to "dry out" after selling enough cedar posts to get drunk.
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	Amazon.ca: The Killer Shrews: DVD: Ray Kellogg,James Best,Ken Curtis,Alfredo de Soto,Dupree,Ingrid Goude,J.H.,Baruch ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ken Curtis, former singing cowboy and Gunsmoke's Festus, joined right-wing radio's Gordon McLendon in producing this hilariously bad monster movie about a horde of outsized rodents run amok on an isolated island.
		Ken Curtis stars as the cowardly Jerry, who will do anything to save his own hide.
		This movies stars James Best and Ken Curtis (you've seen them in westerns, including 'Gunsmoke') as well as Ingrid Goude (Miss Universe Sweden 1956) as the daughter of the principal nutty scientist of the Shrew Island Nature Preserve.
	www.amazon.ca /Killer-Shrews-Ray-Kellogg/dp/B0009PLLLS (1499 words)

	Ken Curtis Biography, Photos, News for Ken Curtis \| TVGuide.com
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	Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ken is best known for his long-running role as Festus Hagen, the scrofulous, cantankerous deputy in the TV series Gunsmoke.
		Festus is patterned after “Cedar Jack”, a man from Ken’s Las Animas childhood.
		Ken Curtis (July 2, 1916 - April 29, 1991), Singer-Actor, best known as "Festus" of Gunsmoke fame.
	www.ftppro.com /library/Ken_Curtis (342 words)

	Ken Curtis Current Month TV Schedule
		A condemned man poses as a priest and is forced to aid a stricken town.
		Starring Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, Charles Dierkop, Russell Wiggins.
		Russell Wiggins, Milburn Stone, Charles Dierkop, Ken Curtis.
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	Curtis Archives: Ken Curtis
		Ken Curtis, best known for the role of Festus on
		After his stint in the service during WWII, he went to Hollywood to begin a career as a songwriter.
		Ken worked with John Wayne on more than ten films.
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	CTVA US Adventure - "Ripcord" (ZIV-UA-Ivan Tors)(1961-63) starring Larry Pennell & Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Curtis) that Lucy is the girlfriend of one of the payroll robbers.
		Both were natives of Lake Elsinore, CA where most of the filming was done during the first year.
		Ken was married and subsequently divorced from John Ford
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	Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South hillbillly types he played, many people would not find it hard to believe that Ken Curtis was born and raised in Las Animas Colorado, the son of a deputy sheriff.
		What they would find it hard to believe is that he began his show business career as a singer in the big-band era, and was a vocalist in the legendary Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
		This gave Curtis plenty of opportunity to observe him.
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	KEN CURTIS Autograph
		Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Ivan/with best regards -/Ken Curtis".
		Actor/singer Ken Curtis (1916-1991) is best known for his role of Festus Haggen, Marshall Matt Dillon's Deputy (1964-1975), on the medium's longest-running series, Gunsmoke.
		Curtis had begun his entertainment career as a singer with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra in the 1930s, joined the Sons of the Pioneers so he could singer country and western, accompanied that group into musical westerns and then got a few starring roles in films, including Stallion Canyon, 1949.
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	Ken Curtis (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Ken Curtis will never be forgotten in my heart
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	Ken Curtis Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Former big-band vocalist (he joined the Tommy Dorsey Band after Frank Sinatra left) and singing cowboy in low-budget westerns of the 1940s, Curtis is best known as the scuffy bewhiskered deputy sheriff Festus Haggen in the hit western TV series "Gunsmoke" (1964-75).
		Worked as vocalist with several bands including Tommy Dorsey's during the late 1930s; Dorsey had him change name to Curtis
		Served in infantry and in anti-aircraft unit during WWII
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	Ken Curtis: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ken Curtis: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
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	Amazon.ca: Don Daredevil Rides Again: Video: Fred C. Brannon,Ken Curtis,Aline Towne,Roy Barcroft,Lane Bradford,Robert ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Starring: Ken Curtis, Aline Towne Director: Fred C. Brannon
		Actors: Ken Curtis, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, Lane Bradford, Robert Einer, See more
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	Ken Curtis - Birthday, occupation and personality
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		Ken Curtis (born July 2, 1916; died April 28, 1991), Singer and Actor, best known as "Festus" of Gunsmoke fame.
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