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Ken Curtis: Rejected Hollywood songwriter
Ken Curtis picked up this Festus-ism from his uncle
Ken Curtis' Colorado accent helped make his acting career
Ken Curtis dishes on jailhouse meals and musical moments with famous bank robbers
Ken Curtis played bad so well that his wife cheered when he got killed in a movie
Although he began as a singer, Ken Curtis found that he preferred being an actor
Ken Curtis' mangy Festus beard was his Hollywood calling card
Ken Curtis' childhood was more ''Opie'' than ''Festus''
Originally, Ken Curtis used his Festus voice as a joke
Here's how Ken Curtis used rodeos to reach Gunsmoke fans
Ken Curtis got the idea for a terrifying ''Gunsmoke'' plot from his mother
Ken Curtis wore suits offscreen to escape his character's image on Gunsmoke
Ken Curtis wanted to see Festus get into more fights on ''Gunsmoke''
Ken Curtis based Festus on a stinky ol' drunk named Cedar Jack
Ken Curtis didn't mind if he was typecast as Festus