Running off, she hides but her perch gives her a birds eye view of a murder, one no one believes she witnessed but the killers. Season 14 zavala on directv matt befriends a yearold mexican boy who believes the marshal can rid his village of a group of bandits. Gunsmoke, the legendary tv series that ran for two decades, had the spotlight in 1966 and 1967 with the rodeocircuit entertainment duo of colorado boy ken curtis deputy festus haggen and. Later, thad greenwood and then newly obrien also serve as parttime deputies. Ken curtis, gunsmokes festus, dead at 74 upi archives. Jul 15, 2014 gunsmoke full episode season 16 episode 15 jenny youtube. On their way out of town, some cousins of festus come across a badly injured man whom they assume is dead, so they flee, pursued by festus, who believes his cousins attacked the man. Claudius convinces festus to let them out of jail with the promise to get their horses and immediately leave dodge. For its first six seasons, from 1955 to 1961, the show ran as a half hour in black and white.
Straight dope message board gunsmoke id forgotten festus. In the first few gunsmoke episodes, festus did not have his later famous squint. The stories take place in and around dodge city, kansas, during the settlement of the american west. Festus, returning to dodge after doing some trapping, sees his girl, april, and they argue over a gift she received. In the first few gunsmoke episodes, festus did not speak with his later famous drawl. Gunsmoke now that aprils here tv episode 1964 imdb. With james arness, milburn stone, ken curtis, jeanette nolan. But on gunsmoke, his character was no sophisticate. The central character is lawman marshal matt dillon, played by william conrad on radio and james arness on television. This is from the episode albert which aired during the 196970 season of gunsmoke. A basque sheepherder flouts custom by refusing to fight his father to prove his manhood.
An elder brother took the blame for the younger as both were sent away for cattle rustling. Gunsmoke full episode season 16 episode 15 jenny youtube. Gunsmoke star ken curtis had a prior career in country music. Festus s relatives descend on dodge city in search of a wife. Even wikipedia, supposedly a neutral source, calls festus a stubbornly illiterate hillbilly. Dillon is sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor by judge flood, who uses an illegally constituted court to staff his private silver mine. Gunsmoke television show free to watch online gunsmoke started out on radio in 1952. With james arness, milburn stone, ken curtis, buck taylor. Watch gunsmoke episodes online season 19 1974 tv guide. Mix gunsmoke s18e07 festus crosses the cimmeron river.
No in the first few gunsmoke episodes, festus did not speak with his later famous drawl. Considering gunsmoke was on the air for two decades, the history of the western is in many ways the early history of television. A tv series doesnt get a more auspicious launch than did gunsmoke, the first episode of which, broadcast on sept. A young woman and her kids and festus are held hostage from a man matt is trying to find. Out of the 635 episodes that gunsmoke produced,the series premiered on september 10,1955 with the episode matt gets it. He came to dodge city in an episode titled us haggens to avenge the death of his twin brother, fergus. And in a multiple awardwinning, poignant episode, thirty a month and found, three itinerant cattle drovers take desperate measures when they sense their cowboy way of life is vanishing. Gunsmoke stands out as one of the most popular westerns in tv history. When they return home, the younger is not done with doing wrong.
With james arness, milburn stone, amanda blake, burt reynolds. 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. Actor ken curtis, who as a youngster worked in his fathers colorado jail and went on to portray a scruffy deputy named festus. Before becoming an actor curtis performed with the popular sons of the pioneers from 1949 to 1953 as well as singing with the tommy dorsey band. Bob johnson is a super fast gunman looking for revenge against the men who paralyzed his foster father and killed his foster brother, when they were attempting to steal a calf. While festus stands trial, matt investigates to clear his friends name. Watch episodes of the gunsmoke western tv series shows.
Before gunsmoke s first episode, john wayne introduced us to the show. To avenge the death of his twin brother fergus, savvy plainsman festus haggen forms an initially uneasy alliance with matt to track down his murderous uncle black jack haggen. Decades after gunsmoke left the air, opinion still. Festus haggen was marshal matt dillons only official deputy on the cbs television series gunsmoke. Its coming a twisty gunsmoke festus haggan youtube.
In an early episode festus killed an unarmed man who raped his niece. They have their sights on dodge now but they must remove a big obstacle before they can proceed marshal dillon. Ken curtis made his first appearance as festus haggen on gunsmoke december 8th 1962 in the episode us haggens. Watch gunsmoke season 9, episode 16 prairie wolfer. Watch gunsmoke episodes online season 20 1975 tv guide. Although he appeared on gunsmoke earlier in other roles, he was first cast as festus in season 8 episode, december 8, 1962 us haggens. Chapman is arrested by festus when he tries to sleep in docs office even though he has explained that doc went to baltimore to hone his medical skills. Gunsmoke james arness as matt dillon tribute by kaps505. Gunsmoke 19551975 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Worst ten gunsmoke television episodes ten gunsmoke television episodes. Gunsmoke 1959 episode 427 chester meets the soontobe festus. In gunsmoke people looked like they lived on the dusty plains of kansas. Raleigh wendt and nate guthrie are loading cattle carcasses onto a wagon. Gunsmoke i have promises to keep tv episode 1975 imdb.
He was best known for his role as festus haggen on the longrunning gunsmoke television series 1955 1975. Played by ken curtis, he first appeared in 1962 and was showcased fulltime from 1964 until 1975. Mar 20, 2017 considering gunsmoke was on the air for two decades, the history of the western is in many ways the early history of television. Back to westerns tv main menu in 1962, burt reynolds was added to the shows lineup, as the halfbreed blacksmith quint asper and elipsed the span during characters chester goode and festus haggen. Festus stirs up the past when he seeks aid for his. As it turns out, one of the trappers is festus cousin claudius haggen.
Blake subsequently quit the popular television show, which was then in its 19th season. In 64, curtis festus haggen character debuted during the eighth season of gunsmoke. On september 30,1961 the show expanded to a hour long format that produced 176 episodes in black and white until may 7,1966. With james arness, milburn stone, amanda blake, ken curtis. Blakes character was miss kathleen kitty russell, the proprietor of a saloon in dodge city, the setting for gunsmoke.
A look back in colorado springs gunsmoke actor ken. Ken curtis, gunsmokes festus, dead at 74 0 fresno, calif. An aging pastor is determined to erect a church for the indians on the reservation but is met with bigotry from the citizens of a nearby town. Tvs gunsmoke ran over twenty years, 635 episodes 19551975, and five television movies 19871994. Like the radio version, the television series centred on the character of matt dillon played by james arness, a u. Ken curtis, actor, 74, festus on gunsmoke the new york times.
The first 233 episodes were originally titled marshal dillon and are one half hour long. Ken curtis, actor, 74, festus on gunsmoke the new york. For season twelve, the western leaped into the world of color. Gunsmoke festus was first openly gay character on tv youtube. Feb 03, 20 ken curtis made his first appearance as festus haggen on gunsmoke december 8th 1962 in the episode us haggens. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longestrunning western in television history. May 01, 1991 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. Amanda blakes last episode on gunsmoke was the disciple, which originally aired on april 1, 1974. In 1962, burt reynolds was added to the shows lineup, as the halfbreed blacksmith quint asper and elipsed the span during characters chester goode and festus haggen. Curtis first transitioned to the small screen in a 196163 television series about parachuting, ripcord.
Gunsmoke western tv show page fourteen westerns tv. Along with her third husband, frank gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in. On his first appearance on gunsmoke, was ken curtis billed in the credits as one of the regulars along with doc and kitty. Sign in youre the only one mattkitty by kitnkabootle. Miss kitty and marshal dillon from gunsmoke kissed on tv in the late 50s. William shatner fight scene in the gunsmoke episode.
Festus s ornery aunt arrives, squats on a piece of land, sets up a still, and comes to the rescue of a pair of starcrossed lovers. A case of mistaken identity is no laughing matter for festus when a u. Gunsmoke is an american western television series developed by charles marquis warren and based on the radio program of the same name. Gunsmoke full episode season 20 episode the colonel.
The first episode aired in the united states on september 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on march 31, 1975. Festus haggen facts, bio, family, life, updates 2020. Decades after gunsmoke left the air, opinion still divided. With james arness, milburn stone, ken curtis, denver pyle. Ken curtis born curtis wain gates, july 2, 1916 april 28, 1991 was an american singer and actor best known for his role as festus haggen on the cbs western television series gunsmoke. Scene stealer ken curtis came on the cast of gunsmoke as festus haggen in season 8 episode, us haggens.
Festus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away. Given such a popular, highquality series it would be foolishdarn near impossibleto say these are definitively its greatest adventures. Many big named actors got part of their start on gunsmoke. From september 10, 1955 until june 17, 1961 there were 233 halfhour black and white episodes. Amanda blake february 20, 1929 august 16, 1989 was an american actress best known for the role of the redhaired saloon proprietress miss kitty russell on the western television series gunsmoke. Doc lacks the faith to operate on matts bullet wound, so he transports him to a specialist by train, which is taken over by bandits for its gold shipment. While festus searches for matt, a vigilante group plunges dodge city into a nightmare. From the introduction by john wayne before the first episode to the adult characters that inhabited dodge city. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. In the fall of 1961, gunsmoke stretched out into an hourlong drama.
Jul 15, 2012 after chester leaves, matt begins occasionally deputizing festus and leaving him to watch over things when the marshal has to be out of town this asneeded situation is first described in the season ten episode deputy festus. A band of robbers have hit numerous banks with uncanny precision, planning and ease. Festus character was known, in part, for the nasally, twangy, rural accent which curtis developed for the role, but which did not reflect curtis actual voice. Starring james arness, milburn stone, amanda blake, dennis weaver, ken curtis, burt reynolds, buck taylor, glenn strange, roger ewing and many other regular stars and guest stars. The final season, 24 terrific and fulllength newtodvd tales of the old west. Needing to go to hayes city, matt asks festus to watch the jail and let the trappers out in the morning. Gunsmoke is an american radio and television western drama series created by director norman macdonnell and writer john meston. This is gunsmoke season 1 full episode 33 prairie happy robert ellenstein by peter ellenstein on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show gunsmoke anytime, anywhere.
1132 415 1555 1119 1247 238 304 33 1615 77 741 791 1464 174 151 528 247 83 390 301 349 449 546 848 1024 277 30 1301 750 1228 1209 369 434 533