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Roger Lawrence Ewing (born January 12, 1942) [1] is an American film and television actor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is perhaps best known for playing Thad Greenwood in the American western television series Gunsmoke .
While the radio series had relatively few recurring supporting characters, and those roles were often shared, the following actors played recurring roles with comparative consistency, in addition to a variety of one-time roles
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 ...
The only true part of this story is that Wayne did indeed recommend Arness for the role; Wayne was never offered the part. Wayne appeared in a prologue to the first episode of Gunsmoke in 1955, in which he introduced Arness as Matt Dillon. [12] The Norwegian-German Arness had to dye his naturally blond hair darker for the role. [13]
[8]: 413–414 He replaced deputy marshal Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing, after Ewing left the show. [8] The character came to Dodge City as a gunsmith, and later became a deputy marshal. He reprised his role in the 1987 television movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, [9] where he played the city's marshal.
Stone's brother, Joe, was a writer who was the author of scripts for three episodes of Gunsmoke. [5]Stone was a cousin of the character actress Madge Blake. [6]In March 1971, [7] Stone had heart bypass surgery at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.
The discovery on the day before Thanksgiving was heart-wrenching: The CEO of Coral Gables Hospital had been shot to death by her husband, who then turned the gun on himself.
Season twelve aired Saturdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST) on CBS. [4]CBS cancelled the series due to low ratings. However, letters of protest and pressure from his wife persuaded William S. Paley, the network's chief executive, to reinstate Gunsmoke for a thirteenth season, [8] [9] whereupon its ratings rebounded and it again became one of the top ten highest rated programs for the next six seasons.