Ken Curtis

AKA: کن کورتیس

1.2543

1916-07-02

Lamar, Colorado, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

The Killer Shrews

Producer

The Giant Gila Monster

Producer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {65}

Charlie McCorry

1956-05-16 7.696

The Searchers

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. ...

Genre :Western

Capt. Almeron Dickinson

1960-10-23 7.084

The Alamo

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas. ...

Genre :War, Adventure, History, Western

Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)

1973-11-08 7.3

Robin Hood

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wil ...

Genre :Animation, Family, Adventure

Joe

1964-10-15 6.722

Cheyenne Autumn

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne. ...

Genre :Western

Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher

1991-07-01 6.6

Conagher

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy. Their lives are intertwined as they fight the el ...

Genre :TV Movie, Western

Jerry Farrell

1959-06-25 4.3

The Killer Shrews

Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created giant shrews, who when they ...

Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Specialty (uncredited)

1955-01-04 7

The Long Gray Line

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Dolan

1955-07-10 7

Mister Roberts

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, War

John Dale Price

1957-01-31 6.2

The Wings of Eagles

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter. ...

Genre :Drama, War

Uncle Ned

1978-12-19 0

Once Upon a Starry Night

Frontier woodsman Grizzly Adams happens upon a young boy and girl, traveling to meet their parents. Lost and cold in unfamiliar territory, Adams guides them to the warmth and safety of his cabin, but ...

Genre :Adventure, Western, TV Movie, Family

Cpl. Wilkie

1959-06-11 6.941

The Horse Soldiers

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The se ...

Genre :Western, War

Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

1962-11-02 6.982

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family. ...

Genre :Western

Self

1979-06-05 0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford. ...

Genre :Documentary, Western, TV Movie

Monsignor Killian

1958-12-31 7.1

The Last Hurrah

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, ...

Genre :Drama

1981-11-01 5

Legend of the Wild

Patchwork movie edited from episodes from the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977). ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, Family

Kelly Sutton

1988-10-12 5.4

Once Upon a Texas Train

Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twent ...

Genre :Action, Western, TV Movie

Bob Brand

1949-11-18 4.7

Call of the Forest

A prospector is looking for a lost gold mine and finds aid in his search through the efforts of his friend, Stormcloud, whom he has aided in the past. Stormcloud gives the prospector's son a map lead ...

Genre :Western

Dan Tyler

1945-09-27 0

Song of the Prairie

Joan Wingate's wealthy father doesn't want his daughter to go into show business. As they vacation in the west she gets a job with Dan Tyler's show and uses Wingate money to keep him afloat. Sandwiche ...

Genre :Western, Action, Music

Al

1957-03-01 5.8

Spring Reunion

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion. ...

Genre :Drama

Wessner

1960-10-19 4.6

Freckles

A young man with only one hand gets a job at a timber camp and falls for his boss's daughter. ...

Genre :Drama

Fred Mueller

1958-01-21 6.4

The Missouri Traveler

Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown. ...

Genre :Drama, Family, Western

Captain Howard W. Gilmore

1957-01-01 6

The Growler Story

True story of Lt.Cdr. Howard W.Gilmore who was awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing himself to save his submarine, February 1943. ...

Genre :Drama, War

Greeley Clegg

1961-05-24 6.379

Two Rode Together

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages. ...

Genre :Western

Lee Hearn

1959-05-01 6.4

The Young Land

An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of ...

Genre :Western

Curt Chambers

1946-05-16 0

That Texas Jamboree

With the backing of the Mayor, Brady is running a crooked gambling operation. When Sheriff Curt shuts him down, he reopens when the Mayor charters his place as a private club. When Curt decides to run ...

Genre :Western

Jed Richardson

1976-11-01 5

Pony Express Rider

A young Texas Man who saw his father get killed by a group of bandits, decides years later to go to work for the Pony Express. But he is not just working around the country to deliver mail, he is actu ...

Genre :Western

Jimmy Benson

1945-09-06 0

Rhythm Round-Up

Arriving in Arizona, the band members discover that the hotel is haunted and that it properly belongs to young Jimmy Benson (Curtis), the nephew of the previous owner. The "ghosts," however, turns out ...

Genre :Music, Western

Curt Stanton

1946-09-01 0

Singing on the Trail

In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, w ...

Genre :Music, Western

Curt Walker

1946-03-14 0

Throw a Saddle on a Star

The "star" in the title of this low-budget singing Western was Dynamite, a wild stallion captured by cowboy Curt Walker to ride in the Big Rodeo. Unscrupulous John Burton has bet against Curt and does ...

Genre :Music, Western

Dermot Fahy (uncredited)

1952-07-21 7.307

The Quiet Man

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)

1950-11-15 6.791

Rio Grande

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his comman ...

Genre :Western

1959-05-15 4

Woman on the Run

Pilot episode, directed by Dick Powell. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Buck Clayton

1945-12-27 0

Out of the Depths

Told in flashback, Out of the Depths strives to explain why its four male protagonists are bobbing around the Pacific in a lifeboat. The story proper begins as Captain Faversham (Jim Bannon) and his c ...

Genre :War, Drama

Lee Hadley / Don Daredevil

1951-04-10 6

Don Daredevil Rides Again

Stock-footage from Republic Pictures' earlier Zorro serials was served up once again in this 12 chapter cliffhanger, this time without the financially strapped studio having to credit Zorro creator Jo ...

Genre :Western

Curt Norton

1946-12-12 0

Lone Star Moonlight

Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments in war-surp ...

Genre :Western

Curt Durant

1946-07-18 0

Cowboy Blues

Starring Ken Curtis and the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots, this musical Western is really Lady for a Day with a switch in gender. Rotund Guy Kibbee is Dusty Nelson, the handyman at the B ...

Genre :Western

Curt Mason

1947-02-13 0

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Curt Mason saves Doc Henderson's Medicine Show from being robbed by the Morrell gang but later earns the enmity of Carolyn when he blames the troupe for polluting a local watering hole. Arriving in to ...

Genre :Western, Music

Tom Blake

1949-05-13 6

Riders of the Pony Express

In a rigged gunfight Tom Blake is forced to shoot a man in self defense and is then hunted for murder. After a long trip fleeing the posse he uses a false name and joins the Pony Express which is just ...

Genre :Western

Curt Benson

1949-06-15 0

Stallion Canyon

It took a lot of courage to set up a new production company devoted to "B" westerns in 1949, a year when the genre was showing signs of winding down. Filmed in Trucolor, Stallion Canyon was the maiden ...

Genre :Western

Trooper Burch

1959-01-23 5.6

Escort West

Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and his daughter meet Beth (Elaine Stewart), whose fiancé is a Union soldier. Lassiter falls for Beth, and whe ...

Genre :Action, Western

Kentuck

1981-07-30 5

California Gold Rush

Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how that discovery changed the history of the west forever. ...

Genre :TV Movie, Family, Western

Wyatt Cosgrove

1983-10-22 4.8

Lost

A little girl gets lost in the wilds of Utah. ...

Genre :Drama

Ken - Member Sons of the Pioneers

1951-05-31 6.5

Fighting Coast Guard

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II. ...

Genre :War, Drama, Romance

FBI Agent Jim Anderson (uncredited)

1956-11-05 6.3

5 Steps to Danger

Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies? ...

Genre :Action, Thriller

Self

1992-06-06 6

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes photos and footage of the actual production of the film, clips from it and interviews with members ...

Genre :Documentary

Cecil Carnes Sr.

1984-01-22 7.6

Airwolf

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Festus

1955-09-10 6.6

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the sett ...

Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

1977-02-06 6.9

How the West Was Won

The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

1958-01-04 6.5

Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, wit ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Jim Buckley

1961-09-28 6.5

Ripcord

Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure

Vic Slade

1959-01-09 7.2

Rawhide

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

Hoyt Coryell

1983-10-02 6

The Yellow Rose

The Yellow Rose is an American television series. It was broadcast on the NBC network during the 1983-1984 season. It was produced by Paul Freeman. The series was at least partly inspired by the more ...

Genre :Soap, Drama

1978-09-20 7

Vega$

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is bel ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1957-09-14 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four s ...

Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

Self

1969-01-22 5.8

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after ...

Genre :Comedy

1974-09-11 7

Petrocelli

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big mo ...

Genre :Drama

Kyle Cleatus

1957-09-18 6.3

Wagon Train

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by look ...

Genre :Western, Drama, Family

Orville Gant

1977-02-06 6.9

How the West Was Won

The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

Self

1975-01-02 6

Musik ist Trumpf

Genre :

Pappy Lightfoot

1957-09-18 6.3

Wagon Train

Genre :Western, Drama, Family

Monk

1957-09-14 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

Howard Jakes

1978-01-31 7

Black Beauty

Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the dif ...

Genre :Drama

Tim Durant

1957-09-21 7.712

Perry Mason

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)

2004-01-01 0

Battleground

Features historic films from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and more. ...