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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 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.
The radio series first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952, with the episode "Billy the Kid", written by Walter Newman, and ended on June 18, 1961.The show stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant, Chester Wesley Proudfoot.
In 1957, Blake guest-starred as Betty Lavon-Coate in the episode titled "Coate of Many Colors" on Rod Cameron's crime drama, State Trooper. Later, after a Gunsmoke reunion film, she made two feature-film appearances: in The Boost , a drug-addiction drama starring James Woods and Sean Young , and B.O.R.N , both in 1988.
Some of the guest cast included actors who had performed in the radio series. Episode 2 is the first of 12 appearances of John Dehner, who also performed in approximately half of the 480 radio episodes of Gunsmoke. Episode 12, "Magnus", used Robert Easton, who had also played Magnus in the radio broadcast of the episode.
On television, Tucker was a frequent guest star, including a total of six appearances on Gunsmoke and the recurring role of Jarvis Castleberry, Flo's estranged father on the 1976–1985 TV series, Alice and its spinoff, Flo. He also appeared as a guest star on The Bionic Woman as J.T. Conners.
List of Gunsmoke episodes may refer to: List of Gunsmoke radio episodes; List of Gunsmoke television episodes This page was last edited on 18 ...
The first episode of season 14 aired in the United States on September 23, 1968, and the final episode aired on March 24, 1969. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. [4] Season 14 of Gunsmoke was the third season of color episodes. Previous seasons were filmed in black-and-white.