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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 cast members. Radio cast
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Despite his stoic character, according to Ben Bates, his Gunsmoke stunt double, Arness laughed "from his toes to the top of his head". Shooting on the Gunsmoke set was sometimes suspended because Arness got a case of the uncontrollable giggles. [24] James Arness disdained publicity and banned reporters from the Gunsmoke set. He was said to be a ...
The old Bent County jail in Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, where Ken Curtis lived as a boy. Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; [1] July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) [2] was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the western 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]
In 1962 he guest-starred as title character “Abe Blocker” on Gunsmoke, as a deranged mountain man, and old friend of Matt Dillon, preying on homesteaders. His murderous rampage results in his violent death. [citation needed]
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. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975.
Strange was cast in the 1944 film House of Frankenstein in the role first played by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (1931), coached by Karloff personally after hours. [10] Karloff later said he was dissatisfied with Strange's performances as the monster, commenting, "Well, he wasn't as lucky as I was.