Imagine a world where James Arness did not star in the iconic Western series Gunsmoke as Marshal Matt Dillon. Turns out, that ...

Weaver had come up with the idea for Chester’s stiff leg at the start of Gunsmoke as an explanation for why the character wasn’t more involved in the show’s action sequences, as he recalled in his own ...

Gunsmoke” was often discussed by the farmers anchored to the loafers chairs in the office of the grain company. I worked ...

“Gunsmoke” ended its 20-season run on CBS on March 31, 1975, the same night John Wooden ended his 27-season run as UCLA’s basketball coach. Wooden went out in a blaze of glory, beating ...

Summers, if he was so inclined, could try it with Dillon’s gun. “Gunsmoke,” a revered Western television series that ran from 1955-75, is turning 60 as soon as the calendar page turns.

Gunsmoke lead U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) served as the hero of the story, but they occasionally felt the need to knock him down a peg for a very specific reason.

Gunsmoke To Bonanza: TV's Favorite Westerns premieres Saturday, October 2 at 9 PM ET/PT on REELZ. Watch REELZ on DIRECTV 238, Dish Network 299, Verizon FiOS 692, AT&T U-verse 1799 and in HD on ...

With ‘Gunsmoke’ movie, several A-listers could get into Dodge By Steven Zeitchik writer Feb. 4, 2010 2:09 PM PT ...

On March 31, 1975, Gunsmoke aired its 635th and finale episode, “The Sharecroppers” (the plot synopsis: “Festus ends up plowing crops for a family of farmers after accidentally shooting one ...

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.” The 78-year-old actor ...

Origins: Huh? Einstein on Gunsmoke? You've got to be kidding. One "P.B." of Webster, Massachusetts, wasn't kidding, for in 1994 he wrote to TV Guide to inquire whether it was true that the famed ...