James Arness played Gunsmoke lead Matt Dillon for the entire 20 seasons that the show was on the air. The character was the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, who worked to keep the city safe from ...

Few shows have run on network television for as long as Gunsmoke ran on CBS. For twenty years, the Western series braved television sets after first jumping from a radio drama to the screen, and later ...

An early episode of 'Gunsmoke' incorporated a Bible verse into the inspiration for its title that provided it with more meaning. James Arness’ lead character, U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, offered a twist ...

Streaming gets attention for buzzy originals, but viewing of classics accounts for a large chunk of the total audience. Nielsen acknowledged as much Monday by including shoutouts to two legacy titles, ...

When he was a little kid growing up in Collins, Mississippi in the early 1950s, Gerald McRaney and his dad would sit by the radio every week to listen to William Conrad as Sheriff Matt Dillon in the ...

Roger Ewing, known for his role on the legendary, long-running CBS Western series Gunsmoke as Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood, has died. Long residing in Morro Bay, California, his family reported on ...

LOS ANGELES: James Arness, the towering actor who played rugged lawman Matt Dillon in long-running US television series “Gunsmoke,” died Friday at the age of 88, his family said. One of US ...

Gunsmoke was a popular series on televisionThe Western series was loved by manyLearn some fun facts about the show in the video below Both Gunsmoke and Lassie were on TV together until the ...

-- James Arness, the 6' 7" actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 years, has died at 88. Arness passed away of natural causes Friday.Arness's death comes a year after ...