Festus Haggen - A tribute to Gunsmoke Traditional Cache
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Festus Haggen - A tribute to Gunsmoke
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A tribute series to Gunsmoke, set in Dodge City
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. MacDonnell and Meston wanted to create a radio Western for adults, in contrast to the prevailing juvenile fare such as The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid. Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s. Dunning[3] notes, "The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism."
The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and John Dunning[1] writes that among radio drama enthusiasts "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." The television version ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and was the United States' longest-running prime time, live-action drama with 635 episodes.
Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen (1964–1975): (304 episodes, 1959-1975)
Date of Birth 2 July 1916, Lamar, Colorado, USA
Date of Death 28 April 1991, Fresno, California, USA (heart attack in his sleep)
Birth Name: Curtis Wain Gates
Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South hillbilly types he played, many people would be surprised to hear that Ken Curtis wasn't actually born in the south but in the small town of Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the town sheriff. They would probably be even more surprised to learn 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.
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