"Gunsmoke" was hacked by CBS in the world of television western audiences and paid for them incredibly well. The popular Western drama lasted 20 seasons and Five television filmsEveryone led by Jameseshes Ares as a permanent Marshall Matt Dillon. Although he was the face of Gunsmoke, the series increased its ensemble with an actor Characters like Doc Adams (Millburn Stone) and the owner of the long -term salon Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake). For the first nine seasons of the series, Dillon's right role went to Dennis Waver as a shy, boyish unnecessary Chester Good. The character was Holder from the popular radio series Who could not continue physically with Marshall because of his corpse, but his spirit made a valuable presence in the show.

When Waver left the show to take on new career opportunitiesThere was an open slot ready to fill. Dillon needed one of his own, which was an actor to call Ken Curtis was ready to answer. But instead of rethinking Chester's character, "Gunsmoke" instead decided to expand Festus Hagen, a character that appeared as a one -time guest performance in Season 8 ("US Hagens").

Unlike Chester, Fest would actually be endowed with the duties of the deputy, Finally, they stick to the 1975 series. In addition to serving as Dillon's legitimate assistant, Hilbili turned with the law assistant, also prepared as a comedic facial character, whose country but still a kind person made a reliable source of laughter. However, one of his most recognizable trademarks would be that of the infamous cheat that will always scratch him. As it turns out, Curtis would have to keep his fiber to play Fest.

Curtis was a relatively clean shaved man in most roles on the screen before applying the Gunsmoke gig. It's almost tricky to look if you've ever seen it as a fest. Actually was so confusing that the reader of Journalournal Akron Bacon In 1964 he entered the newspaper to see because he was not sure whether the pure shaved Curtis in the Ripkord Action series in the 60s was the son of the actor who played the Gunsmoke Fests, which also happened to share the same name. They are the same, in fact. Curtis used his cheat when he shot his first appearance on the Western Drama of CBS, which he considered to be part of the reason he was brought to the area, and that was something he was told he must keep and never shave (through Metv):

"Sometimes I think I got the role because I got the hardest beard in Hollywood. At first, I felt rough. Now I'm used to it. I don't even think about when I'm in public - not until I notice people looking at me."

For Curtis credit, his Bruce gives the character quality. His presence in the show will bring quite another energy without it. After all, Festus comes from "Gunsmoke" like Ridley, which presented itself as a little unusual, always scratching the hair. It has become the main part of Dodge City's deputy, but it is still ironic that the character's behavior comes from the Western classic seminar of Johnon Ford, "The Searchers", though without beard or dirty clothing.

The singer has turned into an actor will act in a number of Ford's features like "Horses Soldiers" and "How West Wins", but any significant leading roles could not be concluded. In a surprising turn of events, Curtis's delegation from the failed leading man to comedic relief Sideaks was not so degree, but the opportunity to have fun playing someone silly (through Metv):

"There is too much equality for the leading man. I can have fun with the Fests Hagen, but playing Jimim Buckley on Ripkord had to be pulling."

If Curtis's idea to have fun is at 306 episodes on television, then I would say he found what he wanted. The actor would not return to the Gunsmoke television films, but he would reunite with Ares in the guest role of the television series "How the West Won Won", where he really had his beard.

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