Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis brought Festus Haggen to the television show for more than half of its run. However, the personality of the character came from John Ford’s The Searchers, which remains ...

Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis enthusiastically played Festus Haggen ever since the show introduced him to audiences. He ultimately became a fan favorite for many viewers around the world. Nevertheless ...

I can have fun with Festus Haggen, but playing Jim Buckley on 'Ripcord' got to be a drag." If Curtis' idea of having fun is being on 306 episodes of television, then I'd say he found what he wanted.

After 20 seasons, the greatest TV Western ever didn't deserve to be canceled so abruptly. But a spinoff TV movie in 1994 made ...

In the history of television characters, there has been none more polarizing than Festus Haggen. Many viewers enjoyed the comic relief he brought to “Gunsmoke.” As a longtime sidekick to ...

‘Gunsmoke’ aired from 1955 to 1974 and set a new standard for TV drama. See what happened to cast members James Arness, Milburn Stone, ... Ken Curtis played deputy Festus Haggen.

He was replaced by Ken Curtis as scruffy Festus Haggen, who remained as head deputy for the rest of the show’s run through 1975. Gunsmoke was first broadcast in color in the 1966-67 season.

Later, regulars would include Burt Reynolds, Buck Taylor and the scene-stealing Ken Curtis, as Festus "a-Haggen." Actually, an entire episode could pass with almost no Dillon and nary a single ...

“Gunsmoke,” the legendary TV series that ran for two decades, had the spotlight in 1966 and 1967 with the rodeo-circuit entertainment duo of Colorado boy Ken Curtis (Deputy Festus Haggen) and ...