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Chester and Festus Haggen are Dillon's sidekicks, though others became acting deputies for 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 - to 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-year stints: Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds) (1962–65), Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) (1965–67), and Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor) (1967–75), who served as both back-up deputy and doctor-in-training, having some studies in ...
While delivering flowers, he heard he had landed the role of Chester Goode, the limping, loyal assistant of Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) on the new television series Gunsmoke. It was his big break; the show went on to become the highest-rated and longest-running live action series in United States television history (1955 to 1975), an ...
James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke.
Character Actress / Actor Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20; Matt Dillon: James Arness: Main: Kitty Russell Amanda Blake: Main: Doc Galen ...
Matt Dillon is a fictional character featured on both the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke. He is the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas , who works to preserve law and order in the western frontier of the 1870s.
He was particularly rough on Dennis Weaver's character ("Chester Goode") on Gunsmoke, almost killing Matt Dillon's sidekick twice in 1957; first when he played the hated "Ned Pickard" in the episode "Chester's Murder" (S2E27) and later the bully "Trevitt" as he again attacks Chester in the episode "Never Pester Chester" (S3E10).
Dillon read them all, and with the help of his mom, read most of Whitehead’s book and says he couldn’t wait to play Homer. “When I first got the script, that’s when I knew who Homer was ...
The now retired Marshal Matt Dillon is at his ranch enjoying the wedding of his daughter when a posse comes to arrest him for the murder of a man. Assuming that he has been confused with another man, Dillon accompanies the posse back to town to straighten things out, but he realizes that there is a reward of $5,000 for his head.