# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-curtis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:38.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-curtis"
name: "Ken Curtis"
slug: "ken-curtis"
description: "Ken Curtis was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the Western television series Gunsmoke."
tagline: "American actor and singer (1916–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Curtis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-07-02"
deathDate: "1991-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.26
  momentum:             0.5230831926413227
  historical:           20.36810266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193411/"
    handle:    "nm0193411"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Curtis"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քեն Քուրտիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ケン・カーティス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "켄 커티스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Curtis"
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    title: "Ken Curtis"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ken Curtis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump