The Yellow Rose: Villa's Gold
07:00 am - 08:00 am, Sunday, November 2 on WRNN Outlaw (48.4)
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Villa's Gold
Season 1, Episode 21
An old drifter is murdered by two hardcases after Pancho Villa's treasure map, which the drifter had just given to L.C. (Michelle Bennett) for safekeeping. Juanita: Isela Vega. Lou: Geoffrey Lewis. Coryell: Ken Curtis. Dillard: Noah Beery.
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1984
English
HD Level Unknown
Drama
Soap Opera
Western
Cast & Crew
Ken Curtis
(Actor)
.. Hoyt
Michelle Bennett
(Actor)
.. L.C.
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Did You Know..
Ken Curtis
(Actor)
.. Hoyt
Born:
July 02, 1916
Died: April 28, 1991
Birthplace: Lamar, Colorado
Died: April 28, 1991
Birthplace: Lamar, Colorado
Trivia:
It was while attending Colorado College that American actor/singer Ken Curtis discovered his talent for writing music. After an artistic apprenticeship on the staff of the NBC radio network's music department in the early '30s, Curtis was hired as male vocalist for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, then went on to work for bandleader Shep Fields. Preferring country-western to swing, Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers singing group in the 1940s, and in this capacity appeared in several western films. Columbia Pictures felt that Curtis had star potential, and gave the singer his own series of westerns in 1945, but Ken seemed better suited to supporting roles. He worked a lot for director John Ford in the '40s and '50s, as both singer and actor, before earning starring status again on the 1961 TV adventure series Ripcord. That was the last we saw of the handsome, clean-shaven Ken Curtis; the Ken Curtis that most western fans are familiar with is the scraggly rustic deputy Festus Haggen on the long-running TV Western Gunsmoke. Ken was hired to replace Dennis Weaver (who'd played deputy Chester Good) in 1964, and remained with Gunsmoke until the series ended its 20-year run in 1975. After that, Ken Curtis retired to his spread in Fresno, California, stepping back into the spotlight on occasion for guest appearances at western-movie conventions.
Michelle Bennett
(Actor)
.. L.C.
