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 ...

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 ...

Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis wasn’t a part of the original principal cast, but he certainly settled in nicely as a part of the family. His role, Festus Haggen, became a fan-favorite character for a ...

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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 ...