Gunsmoke: The Directors Collection
(3 discs - 15
episodes)
Great Deal!
3 DVD disc set
3 Gunsmoke
movies
James Arness: An Autobiography
BOOK
MUST HAVE FOR FANS
Gunsmoke: A Complete History and Analysis of the Legendary
Broadcast Series With a Comprehensive Episode-By-Episode Guide to Both the
Radio and Television Series
Treasury of the West, Vol. 1 - 2
CDs
Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes -
CD
Western
Music CDs
For More Burt Reynolds See:
Riverboat |
Gunsmoke Cast James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon
(1955-1975)
Milburn Stone as Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams (1955-1975)
Amanda
Blake as Miss Kitty Russell (1955-74)
Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode
(1955-64)
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen (1964-75)
Burt Reynolds as Quint
Asper (1962-65)(blacksmith)
Horse: Buck
Mule (Festus): Ruth
Also:
Roy Barcroft as Roy, townsman
(1965-69)
Tom Brown as Ed O'Connor, rancher (1968-72)
Robert Brubaker
as Jim Buck, stagecoach driver (1957-62) and
/Floyd, bartender (1974-75)
Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick, stableman (1955-63)
Woody Chambliss as
Mr. Lathrop, storekeeper (1966-75)
Howard Culver as Howie Uzzell, hotel
clerk (1955-75)
Roger Ewing as Thad Greenwood, deputy (1965-67)
Clem
Fuller as Clem, bartender (1959-61)
Kelton Garwood as Percy Crump,
undertaker (1968-72)
Dabbs Greer as Wilbur Jonas, storekeeper (1955-63)
Pat Hingle as Dr. John Chapman (1971)
Ted Jordan as Nathan Burke,
freight agent (1966-75)
James Nusser as Louie Pheeters, town drunk
(1961-70)
Hank Patterson as Hank Miller, stableman (1963-75)
Roy
Roberts as Mr. Bodkin, banker (1963-70)
Fran Ryan as Miss Hannah, saloon
owner (1974-75)
Charles Seel as Barney Danches, telegraph agent (1965-74)
Sarah Selby as Ma Smalley, boardinghouse owner (1961-72)
Rudy Sooter as
Rudy, bartender (1965-67)
Glenn Strange as Sam, bartender (1961-73)
Buck Taylor as Newly O'Brien, gunsmith (1967-75)
Herb Vigran as Judge
Brooker (1970-75)
Charles Wagenheim as Halligan, rancher (1966-75)
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Gunsmoke Theme Song "Gunsmoke" by Rex Koury and George Spencer
Gunsmoke Tidbits
Not only was Gunsmoke (1955-1975) TV's
longest running Western, it was also television's longest running prime-time
series with continuing characters. In total, 233 half-hour episodes and 400
hour episodes were filmed.
Gunsmoke took the #1 rating in the 1957-1958
season - a slot it held thru four more years. Although it had some slump years,
by the 1967-1968 season it regained space in the Nielson Top Ten which it held
for another 6 years. Color broadcasts began in 1966.
Gunsmoke began on
radio in 1952 with William Conrad reading the part of Matt Dillon.
For
the rare person unfamiliar with Gunsmoke:
The story takes place in Dodge
City.
Matt Dillon (James Arness) is the Marshal;
Miss Kitty (Amanda
Blake) runs the Longbranch Saloon where Sam (Glenn Strange) is the
bartender;
Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver) and Festus Hagen (Ken Curtis) were
the deputies.
The Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad stops in
town
The cemetery is Boot Hill
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James Arness
James Arness
and Burt Reynolds
James Arness
From the
Doug Abbott Collection
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Gunsmoke Trivia |
There is some dispute as to whether John Wayne was offered
the role of Marshal Dillon, but he is certainly the one who recommended the
quiet 6'7James Arness, brother of Peter Graves, who was about to start his role
in Fury. And it was certainly Wayne who introduced the first episode.
Click Here to
Download or Play (MP3) John Wayne's Introduction |
Amanda Blake and
James Arness
From the
Doug Abbott Collection |
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