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About the show
Gunsmoke Title Card
Gunsmoke is an American longest-running television series (tying it with the original Law & Order) that ran from September 10, 1955 until March 31, 1975, and reruns continuing until September 1, 1975, with its final episode rebroadcast called "The Busters". The show follows U.S. Marshall Matt Dillon who upholds the law in 1870s Dodge City, Kansas. Enjoyed by millions over the years, Gunsmoke is often called television's greatest Western. The show currently airs reruns on MeTV and WEST.
The Cast/Characters
- James Arness - Matt Dillon (Season 1-20)
- Amanda Blake - Kitty Russell (Season 1-19)
- Fran Ryan - Hannah Cobb (Season 20)
- Milburn Stone - Doc Adams (Season 1-20)
- Dennis Weaver - Chester Goode (Season 1-9)
- Burt Reynolds - Quint Asper (Season 8-10)
- Ken Curtis - Festus Haggen (Season 8-20)
- Roger Ewing - Thad Greenwood (Season 11-12)
- Buck Taylor - Newly O'Brien (Season 13-20)
Latest News Feeds
15 Rare ‘Gunsmoke’ Photos Reveal the Heartfelt Bond Behind TV’s Longest-Running Western - Woman's World - - 2025/09/17 07:00
- 15 Rare ‘Gunsmoke’ Photos Reveal the Heartfelt Bond Behind TV’s Longest-Running Western Woman's World...
61 Years Ago, This Main 'Gunsmoke' Character Abruptly Left the Iconic Western Series and Never Returned - Collider - - 2025/08/24 07:00
- 61 Years Ago, This Main 'Gunsmoke' Character Abruptly Left the Iconic Western Series and Never Returned Collider...
Here’s Why Miss Kitty Disappeared From ‘Gunsmoke’ - Remind Magazine - - 2025/06/23 07:00
- Here’s Why Miss Kitty Disappeared From ‘Gunsmoke’ Remind Magazine...
It's Time For This Silly John Wayne Gunsmoke Rumor Needs To Be Put Out To Pasture - ScreenRant - - 2024/12/13 08:00
- It's Time For This Silly John Wayne Gunsmoke Rumor Needs To Be Put Out To Pasture ScreenRant...
Only 2 Gunsmoke Actors Appeared In All 20 Seasons Of The Western TV Show - ScreenRant - - 2024/08/29 07:00
- Only 2 Gunsmoke Actors Appeared In All 20 Seasons Of The Western TV Show ScreenRant...
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Featured article
Matt Dillon (James Arness) was the central character featured on both the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke. He serves as the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, who works to preserve law and order in the western frontier of the 1870s. The character was created by writer John Meston, who envisioned him as a man "...whose hair is probably red, if he's got any left. He'd be handsomer than he is if he had better manners but life and his enemies have left him looking a little beat up, and I suppose having seen his mother (back about 1840) trying to take a bath in a wooden washtub without fully undressing left his soul a little warped. Anyway, there'd have to be something wrong with him or he wouldn't have hired on as a United States Marshal in the heyday of Dodge City, Kansas." See more:>
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