The main recurring cast on the Western television show included James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Dennis Weaver, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis, and Buck Taylor. However, they all had varying ...

Mr. Arness has seen some of the nearly 600 shows before. Now, though, he says, “I can enjoy them all.” “With ‘Gunsmoke,’ we had an outstanding quality of writing.

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Evidently, Arness (who played the monster in 1951's "The Thing From Another Planet") looked straight at Stone and said, "Milburn, you're absolutely right."At this point, there was a detente, and ...

Gunsmoke actor James Arness served as the face of the Western television show for quite some time. He continues to represent the show alongside the original cast, including Amanda Blake, Dennis ...

James Arness, who presided over ... Ken Curtis joined the cast as the memorable comic character, Festus Haggen. “Gunsmoke” aired on CBS for 20 years, but in Dodge City it was forever 1873.

James Arness, a great Sequoia tree in the forest of TV Western heroes, has died; he was 88. Arness is immortal in TV history as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke , the longest-running network drama ...

F rom 1955 until 1975, James Arness played the righteous, brave and gallant Matt Dillon, the marshal of Dodge City, on the landmark CBS western series "Gunsmoke." ...

On a weekly schedule with a TV budget, James Arness, Amanda Blake and others did amazing work, year upon year upon year. Thanks to cable, I can still smell "Gunsmoke" several times each day.

James Arness, the rangy thesp best known for his 20-year run as "Gunsmoke's" Marshal Matt Dillon, died Friday of natural causes at his home in Brentwood. He was 88.