"[21], According to Thomas "Duke" Miller, a TV and movie celebrity expert, this story was told to him by legendary actor James Stewart: "Jimmy said he was in the office with Charles Warren when Mr. Wayne came in. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. As originally pitched to CBS executives, this was to be an adult Western, not a grown-up Hopalong Cassidy. Every time anyone says her name, it sounds like Dolly Parton. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The series was the top-rated show from 1957 to 1961 and maintained excellent ratings throughout its run. Director Jesse Hibbs Writers John Meston (teleplay by) Marian Clark (story by) Norman MacDonnell (based on the radio series created by) Stars James Arness Dennis Weaver Milburn Stone See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 7 User reviews Photos Add photo Top cast Edit James Arness Matt Dillon Dennis Weaver Chester Milburn Stone She was 60. However, Meston was kept as the main writer. After director John Ford hired the Pioneers for the western film, Wagon Master, Curtis began getting dozens of movie and TV roles. Graves (1 Episode), Kin Talley (1 Episode), Mac (1 Episode), Jen (1 Episode), Della (1 Episode), Ellen Cade (1 Episode), Major Evans (1 Episode), Killion (1 Episode), Rob Curtin (1 Episode), Joe (1 Episode), Sgt. In 1987, CBS aired the reunion TV movie - Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge. Can't find a movie or TV show? It was Silly fun. The actor got to hang out with Matt Dillion and the gang in the 1966 episode "My Father's . Chester and Festus Haggen are Dillon's sidekicks, though others became acting deputies for .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12- to 7+12-year stints: Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds) (196265), Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) (196567), and Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor) (196775), who served as both back-up deputy and doctor-in-training, having some studies in medicine through his uncle, which then continued under Doc Adams. In addition to his television roles, Curtis acted with John Wayne in some of Hollywoods classic films, including The Searchers and The Quiet Man.. The lyrics of the theme, never aired on the radio or television show, were recorded and released by Tex Ritter in 1955. Other movies he appeared included The Alamo, How the West Was Won, Mr. He arrived too late to prevent a lynching. Arthur Byrne (1 Episode), Lucero (1 Episode), Lydia Walden (1 Episode), Sister Ruth (1 Episode), Eleanor Starkey (1 Episode), Young Soldier (1 Episode), Miguel Samando (1 Episode), Colby Eaton (1 Episode), Heck Walden (1 Episode), Clara Remick (1 Episode), Polly (1 Episode), Baines (1 Episode), Charlie Boggs (1 Episode), Barn Bascomb (1 Episode), Sgt. The Hartland toy company included an 8" (1/9th scale) plastic Matt Dillion figure and his horse Old Faithful Buck in their line of famous TV cowboys and horses during the 1950s. Many episodes were based on man's cruelty to man and woman, in as much as the prairie woman's life and the painful treatment of women as chattels were touched on well ahead of the time of most media. Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell Guest starring Marilyn Maxwell as Dolly Winters Lee Van Cleef as Rad Meadows Peggy Stewart as Mary Hal Smith as Dobie Clem Fuller as Clem Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Fred McDougall as Cowboy Getting Loan (uncredited) Chick Sheridan as Barfly (uncredited) Categories The episode was based on "Matt's Love Story". producer (as Norman Macdonnell) Cinematography by Fleet Southcott . You need to be logged in to continue. Mr. Warren told Mr. Wayne about the transition of the show from radio to TV, and Mr. Wayne readily agreed that James Arness would be a terrific choice for the part of Matt Dillon. (*Dolly Varden quote*) - "I'm not responsible for what men do.". In 1990, the second telefilm, Gunsmoke: The Last Apache, premiered. Gunsmoke, American television western that aired on CBS for 20 seasons (1955-75), becoming the longest-running prime-time television western in history. So what happens is that the cowboys pay Dolly to stand by them and the team of Dolly/Paris wins money either way. When aired in the United Kingdom, the television series was initially titled Gun Law,[1] later reverting to Gunsmoke. Kitty Russell: Let me tell you something, Matt. The brother of actor Jeff Bridges, Beau became famous in his own right. She also appeared in two episodes of The Adventures of Jim Bowie in 1957 and . John Dunning wrote, "The listener heard extraneous dialogue in the background, just above the muted shouts of kids playing in an alley. Macklin (1 Episode), Ben Justin (1 Episode), Lew Harrod (1 Episode), Amos Cartwright (1 Episode), Judge John Kendall (1 Episode), Clete Bolden (1 Episode), Sham (1 Episode), Hattie Silks (1 Episode), Athena Partridge Royce (1 Episode), Amos Blake (1 Episode), Burt Tilden (1 Episode), Patricia (1 Episode), Kattalin Larralde (1 Episode), Mrs. Cumbers (1 Episode), Anna Wilson (1 Episode), Buck Henry Woolfe (1 Episode), Packy (1 Episode), Pike (1 Episode), Jake MacGraw (1 Episode), Saloon Girl (1 Episode), Bar Girl (1 Episode), Frank Benton (1 Episode), Judge Alan Franklin (1 Episode), Sheriff Joe Wood (1 Episode), Henry Decker (1 Episode), Chad Elkins (1 Episode), Michael (1 Episode), Pete Murphy (1 Episode), Foss (1 Episode), Townsman (1 Episode), John Hirschbeck (1 Episode), Jesse Dillard (1 Episode), Cato (1 Episode), George Miller (1 Episode), Smithy (1 Episode), Rogers (1 Episode), Willie Tomsen (1 Episode), May Lassiter (1 Episode), Mike Yardner (1 Episode), Garth Brantley (1 Episode), Welch (1 Episode), Melody (1 Episode), Lailee Pugh (1 Episode), Cyrus Pike (1 Episode), Ira Pickett (1 Episode), John Woolfe (1 Episode), Ben Akins (1 Episode), Rodriguez (1 Episode), Fermin (1 Episode), Katherine Snider (1 Episode), Joesphine Burney (1 Episode), Old Woman (1 Episode), Emily Cushing (1 Episode), Mr. Sam'l (1 Episode), Jeb Crater (1 Episode), Clerk (1 Episode), Mr. Palmer (1 Episode), Mrs. O'Roarke (1 Episode), Mildred O'Roarke (1 Episode), Father Walsh (1 Episode), Doyle (1 Episode), Fitch (1 Episode), Odem Ballou (1 Episode), Minnie Nolen (1 Episode), Anne Ludley (1 Episode), Jenny (1 Episode), Rachel Parker (1 Episode), Ike Hockett (1 Episode), Orlo Baker (1 Episode), Arnie Jeffords (1 Episode), Dudley (1 Episode), Mauda Weaver (1 Episode), Nell Bronson (1 Episode), Latch (1 Episode), Jude Bonner (1 Episode), Ham Pitchford (1 Episode), Brinker (1 Episode), Corp. Steckey (1 Episode), Sheriff Van Werkle (1 Episode), Barkeep (1 Episode), Telegrapher (1 Episode), Agnes Benton (1 Episode), Maylee Baines (1 Episode), Frank Tilman (1 Episode), Townsman (uncredited) (1 Episode), Barney (1 Episode), Telegrapher (uncredited) (1 Episode), Cowboy in Bushes (uncredited) (1 Episode), Self - Host, Introduction to the Series (1 Episode), Associate Producer (9 Episodes), Producer (635 Episodes), Screenplay (1 Episode), Writer (4 Episodes), Screenplay (1 Episode), Story (3 Episodes), Writer (110 Episodes). Dillon should have said why don't you smell mine, they only been on for a week. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. The show stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant, Chester Wesley Proudfoot. Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series: Individual Achievements in Music - Composition: Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition: Morton Stevens for "Major Glory" (winner: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Milburn Stone won, Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing: Norman Karlin and Richard E. Raderman won (tied with Alex Bamattre, Michael Colgan, Douglas H. Grindstaff, Joe Kavigan, Bill Lee, and Josef E. Von Stroheim for, In 1997, the episode "The Jailer" was ranked No. When he stood up, his chair stood with him. (Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters), Barry Trivers for "The Fault in Our Stars" (1961), Lawrence B. Marcus for "Man Out of Time" (1963), David W. Rintels for "A Continual Roar of Musketry" (1970), Herb Bermann & Thomas Y. 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Spear (1 Episode), Waco Thompson (1 Episode), Ed Vail (1 Episode), Travers (1 Episode), Dibble Pugh (1 Episode), Sheriff Bo Harker (1 Episode), Trafton (1 Episode), Roland Daniel (1 Episode), Les Dean (1 Episode), C.K. James Arness played the role throughout the series entire run from 1955 to 1975. Meston relished the upending of cherished Western fiction clichs and said that few Westerns gave any inkling of how brutal the Old West was in reality. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ Ken Curtis, a singer and actor who starred as Marshal Matt Dillon's sidekick on the long-running television western Gunsmoke, has died at age 74. On the Biography Channel's Behind The Scenes: Gilligan's Island (2002), Gilligan's Island producer Sherwood Schwartz states that Babe pressured her husband not to cancel Gunsmoke in 1967, so the network cut Gilligan's Island, instead. The television series was the longest-running, primetime, live-action television series at 20 seasons, until September 2019 with the 21st-season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Third, the Greenwood character ended its run in 1967 as CBS was taking the show off of their primetime lineup. [22][23][24], In 1975, CBS made the decision not to renew Gunsmoke for a 21st season, without making any public announcement or informing the producers or cast members ahead of time. This became the go-to place for some of Hollywood's biggest western stars to film movies, including John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and Roy Rogers. Matt suspects the new saloon girl of being affiliated with a crooked gambler. The plot about a card dealer and one of Kitty's saloon-employed gals, named Dolly,is containing a deception. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The screenwriters responded to Curtis's absence by making Newly the new Dodge City marshal. Matt: James Arness. So he takes it out of Dillon's money. In one special Christmas episode, however, a handful of recognizable '70s stars happened to appear in the "Gunsmoke" world . And in 1964 finally shed the limp and went from a sidekick to a leading man, in NBC's Kentucky Jones. Dunning notes, "The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism."[9]. Additionally, Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS DVD have released the series in its entirety on DVD for 13 years between 2007 and 2020 in Region 1 (all of the seasons except for season one and seasons sixteen through twenty were split into two volumes). Thirty TV westerns came and went during its 20-year tenure, and Gunsmoke was the sole survivor, with Alias Smith and Jones and Bonanza both leaving the airwaves 2+12 years earlier in January 1973. [19], When Gunsmoke was adapted for television in 1955, contrary to a campaign to persuade the network, the network was not interested in bringing either Conrad or his radio costars to the television medium. The program was funded by CBS in the first two years. The program was set after the arrival of the railroad in Dodge City (1872) and Kansas had been a state since 1861. Milburn Stone was given free rein to choose the character's first name, and chose that of the ancient Greek physician and medical researcher Galen. Individual stations such as KFWD in Dallas also carry the series in their markets. director of photography Film Editing by Otto Meyer Art Direction by Walter E. Keller But what. Curtis, who played deputy Festus Haggin from 1963-75, died in his sleep Sunday at his home here, family members said Monday. [60] Some foreign-made programs have been broadcast in the U.S. and contend for the position as the longest-running prime-time series. "[3], In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hard core Western series, about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". The 60th anniversary reunion of Gunsmoke is Friday night, Sept. 18 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City . SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Actress Amanda Blake, who as Miss Kitty reigned for 19 years as the queen of Dodge City's Long Branch Saloon in the TV series Gunsmoke, died after a long battle with cancer. He would never miss a Saturday night TV program called Gunsmoke, a western about Marshall Matt Dillon in Dodge City, Kansas, and his many exploits. Curtis is survived by his wife and two children. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West.The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. West with forewords by. Men start killing each other over saloon girl Dolly Varden (Whitney Blake), who seems to . [63] George Walsh, the announcer for Gunsmoke, began in 1952 on the radio series and continued until the television series was canceled in 1975. The TV series ran from September 10, 1955, to March 31, 1975, on CBS, with 635 total episodes. Amanda Blake Kitty Strother Martin Dooley Ken Lynch Colpitt James Maloney Faber Ben Wright Mr. Ross George Selk Moss Grimmick James Nusser Nelson Director John Rich Writers John Meston (story by) (screenplay by) (based on the radio series created by) Norman MacDonnell (based on the radio series created by) (uncredited) ", "Heldenfels' Mailbag: 'The Little Couple,' Jean Peters, game show prizes", "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time", "Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' Columbia Pictures heard the song and signed Curtis as a singing cowboy. From 1955 to 1961, Gunsmoke is a half-hour show, retitled Marshal Dillon in syndication. Ross (1 Episode), Jed Frazer (1 Episode), Rouse Ruxton (1 Episode), Roy (7 Episodes), Jonas (2 Episodes), Luke (2 Episodes), Asa (1 Episode), Farr (1 Episode), Jake (1 Episode), Cotter (1 Episode), Pop (1 Episode), Dolph Quince (2 Episodes), Pierre Audubon (2 Episodes), Lucas Murdoch (1 Episode), Clint Dodie (1 Episode), Specter (1 Episode), Sam Band (1 Episode), Ben (1 Episode), William Prange (1 Episode), Titus Spangler (1 Episode), Steed (1 Episode), Hector (1 Episode), Del Ordman (1 Episode), Jim Barrett (1 Episode), Gus (1 Episode), Aaron (1 Episode), Caleb (1 Episode), Caleb Nash (1 Episode), Cyrus Himes (1 Episode), Hank Shinn (1 Episode), Mike Blocker (1 Episode), Claudius (1 Episode), Pa (1 Episode), Willie Calhoun (1 Episode), Judge Blent (1 Episode), Clab Chummer (1 Episode), Haggen (1 Episode), Dr. Henry S. Rand (1 Episode), Ben Stearman (2 Episodes), Leeds (1 Episode), Ben (1 Episode), Tulsa (1 Episode), Wade Keys (1 Episode), Dave Westerfeldt (1 Episode), Wellman (1 Episode), Wayne Hooker (1 Episode), Judd (1 Episode), Okie (1 Episode), Slick Ragan (1 Episode), Charlie Dent (1 Episode), Scorp (1 Episode), Elton Sutterfield (1 Episode), Gurney (1 Episode), Bull Foot (1 Episode), Lon (1 Episode), Macklin (1 Episode), Lone Eagle (1 Episode), Ash (1 Episode), Joe (1 Episode), Talley (1 Episode), Pappy Quinn (1 Episode), Gulley (1 Episode), Les Townsend (1 Episode), Hank Pate (1 Episode), Cody (1 Episode), Concho (3 Episodes), Mike Stone (1 Episode), Oakes (1 Episode), Cloudy (1 Episode), Handley (1 Episode), Zachary (1 Episode), Louieville (1 Episode), J.W. "Wind" was the 28th episode of Season 4 of Gunsmoke, also the 145th overall episode of the series. Twelve episodes, from 1955 to 1964, were selected for the Gunsmoke: Volume I box set, and another twelve episodes, from 1964 to 1975, were selected for the Gunsmoke: Volume II box set. See production, box office & company info, (teleplay by) (based on the radio series created by), (based on the radio series created by) (uncredited), Stage 5 & Stage 6, Paramount Sunset Lot, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA. A complication arose when Culver's contract as the star of Straight Arrow would not allow him to do another Western series. Although Amanda Blake and . Signed photographs from the show's actors and other memorabilia are on display including a vest worn by Sam the bartender and a dress worn by Miss Kitty. For nine seasons, the opponent was played by Arvo Ojala, who taught Arness to shoot. Eden married first husband Michael Ansara in 1958 and divorced him in 1974. Her brother, Leif Garrett, is a singer and actor. April 29, 1991. Gunsmoke (TV Series) Dooley Surrenders (1958) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Cinematography by Film Editing by Casting By Art Direction by Set Decoration by Makeup Department Production Management Gunsmoke has one spin-off series, Dirty Sally, a semicomedy starring Jeanette Nolan as an old woman and Dack Rambo as a young gunfighter, leaving Dodge City for California to pan for gold. A complete series box set was released on May 5, 2020. GUNSMOKE, Burt Reynolds, 'Quint Asper Comes Home' (Season 8, aired September 29, 1962), 1955-75 Credit: Everett Collection Legendary actor Burt Reynolds died in 2018 at the age of 82 following a . He was acerbic, somewhat mercenary, and borderline alcoholic, in the program's early years. In 2006, as part of Gunsmoke's 50th anniversary on TV, selected episodes were released on DVD in three different box sets. Finney Cox (1 Episode), Luke Summers (1 Episode), Railroader (1 Episode), Grody (1 Episode), Toke (1 Episode), Lee Timble (1 Episode), Mike (1 Episode), Boomer (1 Episode), Elbert Moses (3 Episodes), Loyal Yewker (1 Episode), Elbert (1 Episode), Reb Dooley (1 Episode), Chickenfoot (1 Episode), Jay Procter (1 Episode), Tom Clark (1 Episode), Bishop (1 Episode), Scott Murdoch (1 Episode), Sweet Billy (1 Episode), Reb Jessup (1 Episode), Verlyn Print (1 Episode), Brady (1 Episode), Wally (1 Episode), Kittridge (1 Episode), Gecko Ridley (1 Episode), Sumner Pendleton (1 Episode), Nix (1 Episode), Skinner (1 Episode), Clay Foreman (2 Episodes), John Dawson (1 Episode), Blair Smith (1 Episode), Pinto (1 Episode), Joe Grisim (1 Episode), Hutchinson (1 Episode), Renegade (2 Episodes), Red Willow (2 Episodes), Chief (1 Episode), Singleton (1 Episode), Renegade Indian (1 Episode), Lucas (2 Episodes), Lolo Grimes (2 Episodes), Michael (1 Episode), Mike (1 Episode), Creel (1 Episode), Tom Benson (1 Episode), Hays (1 Episode), Jake Crowell (1 Episode), Hunter (1 Episode), Stranger (1 Episode), Judge (1 Episode), Townsman (uncredited) (1 Episode), Emmett Bowers (2 Episodes), Jake Kaiser (1 Episode), Lee Sprague (1 Episode), Jake Wirth (1 Episode), Krocker (1 Episode), Pence (2 Episodes), Smith (1 Episode), Summers (1 Episode), Ord Spicer (1 Episode), Bill Pence (1 Episode), Big Dan Daggitt (1 Episode), Cooley (1 Episode), Jase Murdock (1 Episode), Ira (1 Episode), Dan Braden (1 Episode), Jason Holt (1 Episode), Brake (1 Episode), Roble (1 Episode), Loren (1 Episode), Howard Bulow (1 Episode), Jake Harbin (1 Episode), Jack Marple (1 Episode), Howard (3 Episodes), Mr. Bradley (1 Episode), Pete (1 Episode), Joe (1 Episode), Capt. 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