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Curtis was a member of the 'John Ford Stock Company', and worked in about a dozen Ford-directed films, many with John Wayne: RIO GRANDE (1950), THE QUIET MAN (1952), THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955), MISTER ROBERTS (1955), THE SEARCHERS (1956), THE WINGS OF EAGLES (1957), THE LAST HURRAH (1958), THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959), TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961), HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962), and CHEYENNE AUTUMN (1964). He also had a part in Wayne's THE ALAMO (1960).

One of my favorite western movie musical memories is Ken Curtis singing "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" with the Sons of the Pioneers in the Ford and Wayne RIO GRANDE (1950).

During the 1950s Sci-Fi movie boom, Curtis formed his own production company and churned out a few low budget films including the B&W horror / monster flicks THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) and THE GIANT GILA MONSTER (1959). SHREWS is memorable ... because of the lovely Ingrid Goude ... and the pack of doggies, ridiculously disguised as shrews, that run amuck with long 'hair blankets' covering their bodies.

Curtis starred in the syndicated TV show R
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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. He entered films in the late 1940s at the tail-end of the singing-cowboy period in a series of low-budget Westerns for Columbia Pictures. When that genre died out, Curtis turned to straight dramatic and comedy parts and became a regular in the films of director John Ford (who was his father-in-law). Curtis branched out into film production in the 1950s with two extremely low-budget monster films, The Killer Shrews (1959) and The Giant Gila Monster (1959), but he is best known for his long-running role as Festus Hagen, the scruffy, cantankerous deputy in the long-running TV series Gunsmoke (1955).
BornJuly 2, 1916
DiedApril 28, 1991(74)

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Kenneth M. Curtis
American lawyer and former politician (born 1931)
For the American singer and actor, see Ken Curtis.
Kenneth M. Curtis
In office
October 5, 1979 – January 20, 1981
President Jimmy Carter
Preceded by Thomas O. Enders
Succeeded by Paul H. Robinson Jr.
In office
January 21, 1977 – January 27, 1978
Preceded by Robert S. Strauss
Succeeded by John C. White
In office
January 5, 1967 – January 2, 1975
Preceded by John H. Reed
Succeeded by James B. Longley
In office
1965–1966
Governor John H. Reed
Preceded by Paul A. MacDonald
Succeeded by Joseph T. Edgar
Born
Kenneth Merwin Curtis

(1931-02-08) February 8, 1931 (age 94)
Leeds, Maine, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse Pauline "Polly" Curtis
Children Susan L. Curtis
Angela Curtis Hall
Education Cony High School
Maine Maritime Academy (BS)
University of Maine School of Law (LLB)
Bates College (LLD)
Kenneth Merwin Curtis (born February 8, 1931) is an American attorney, politician, a

Kenneth M. Curtis

In office October 5, 1979 – January 20, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Thomas O. Enders
Succeeded by	Paul H. Robinson Jr.
In office January 21, 1977 – January 27, 1978
Preceded by	Robert S. Strauss
Succeeded by	John C. White
In office January 5, 1967 – January 2, 1975
Preceded by	John H. Reed
Succeeded by	James B. Longley
In office 1965–1966
Governor	John H. Reed
Preceded by	Paul A. MacDonald
Succeeded by	Joseph T. Edgar
Born	Kenneth Merwin Curtis (1931-02-08) February 8, 1931 (age 94) Leeds, Maine, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Pauline "Polly" Curtis
Children	Susan L. Curtis Angela Curtis Hall
Education	Cony High School Maine Maritime Academy (BS) University of Maine School of Law (LLB) Bates College (LLD)