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This list contains notable cast members of the Gunsmoke radio and TV series, and TV movies. [1] The listing includes regular cast members, guest stars, and recurring ...
Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.
Gunsmoke; Gunsmoke: "Dead Man's Witness" Gunsmoke: "Marshal Festus" A series of novels based upon the television series written by Joseph A. West with forewords by James Arness was published by Signet: Gunsmoke: "Blood, Bullets and Buckskin", January 2005 (ISBN 0-451-21348-3) Gunsmoke: "The Last Dog Soldier", May 2005 (ISBN 0-451-21491-9)
Still having faith in the law, he rides to the nearest town and sends for the nearest Circuit Court Judge who he feels can give him a fair trial. But local Sheriff Meriweather is a timid man without the gumption to stand up to a violent posse being led by the son of the murdered man, Jules Braxton Jr.
Buck Taylor (born Walter Clarence Taylor III, [1] [2] May 13, 1938) [3] is an American actor and artist, best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brian in the CBS television series Gunsmoke.
Henry Earl Holliman was born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi, Louisiana. [1] His biological father William A. Frost was a farmer. [2] His mother Mary Smith [3] was living in poverty with several other children [4] and gave him up for adoption at birth, while her other children were sent to orphanages until she could take them all back, which she did. [1]
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.
In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law. [5] It was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white, then expanded to an hour with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were an hour.