Gunsmoke

Ken Curtis played bad so well that his wife cheered when he got killed in a movie

Festus could play a pretty loathsome villain when needed. Even his wife thought so.

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Most people know Ken Curtis as the long-standing deputy Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke. While Marshal Matt Dillion had five deputies over two decades, Festus was the one who stuck around the longest, working in Dodge City for eleven years.

Festus is undisputably a colorful character on Gunsmoke with his distinctive twang and turns of phrase — he always had a “passel of things coming out from his tater trap,” as he might say. However, Festus, while cantankerous, was one of the good guys. He had a deep sense of wrong and right, and an unshakeable loyalty in his friends.

He could play a heel just fine, though. Just ask his wife!

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