Current Grady County, Georgia Population, Demographics and stats in 2016, 2017.
The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. When aired in the UK, the television series was initially titled Gun Law, later reverting to Gunsmoke. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961.
Ken Curtis; Played 'Festus' on 'Gunsmoke'. April 30, 1991 | BURT A. FOLKART | TIMES STAFF WRITER. Ken Curtis, who as a boy helped out in his father's jail in Colorado and as a character named Festus Haggen performed similar work for Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, is dead.pril 30, 1991 | BURT A. FOLKART | TIMES STAFF WRITER. Ken Curtis, who as a boy helped out in his father's jail in Colorado and as a character named Festus Haggen performed similar work for Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, is dead.