Guest Cast: Richard Jaeckel (as O'Ryan), Michael Higgins (as Finnegan), Kent Smith (as Bealton), Earle Hodgins (as Judge), Ben Wright (as Harris), Garry Walberg (as Anson), John Mitchum (as Wills), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Bee Tompkins (as Girl). A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband. DeForest KelleyDennis HopperFun fact: He was actually born in Dodge City, Kansas! A weird whiskey drummer named Wilbur Hawkins makes a claim to Matt that he overheard a man making a offer to pay 300 dollars to kill him, and shortly thereafter an attempt is made on Matt's life. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Add to cart. Guest Cast: Peter Whitney (as Ira), Richard Rust (as Dal), John Crawford (as Hod) and Lew Brown (as Jim Bride). In this episode, his first of fourteen Gunsmoke appearances, he portrayed the scorned farmer, Willie Calhoun. Guest Cast: Phillip Pine (as Vint), Rebecca Welles (as Nan), Stafford Repp (as Brewer), Tom Palmer (as Jack Salter) and Jane Ray (as Vickie). Matt tracks a suspected murderer to Elkader, where he's lured into an alley and waylaid by three thugs, suffering a concussion and nearly blind he's rescued by the same man that he was chasing. A wealthy obnoxious miner passing through Dodge becomes infatuated with Kitty, and when she rebukes his advances, he sets aside his dreams and chooses to run her out of business. These 60 famous actors all appeared on Gunsmoke. Notes: The credits misidentify Edward Binns' character Bill Stapp as Bill Strapp. To celebrate, weve gathered 60 actors and actresses who were guests on the series. The Dano brothers return home from prison to a dying mother and a bitter father. Ex-Union soldier and buffalo hunter Corley (Robert Totten), reveals the true identity of Timothy Driscoll (Nehemiah Persoff), who is Karl Martin Krag, the "Devil of Donneville", a former Confederate Commandant of a Civil War prison camp where hundreds died. 1 Ned Beatty (Col. Hollister) 2 Ed Begley Jr. (Pvt. Matt is duty-bound to protect a despised gunman from being hanged by a group of normally law-abiding ranchers for a crime he didn't commit. Marshal Bob Hargraves (Glenn Corbett) team up to hunt a family of particularly sadistic outlaws led by Elton Sutterfield (Anthony Caruso). Notes: The credits misidentify the two characters as Harry Spencer and Joe Sharpe. Outlaw Hannon (Ben Johnson) murders Clara (Tani Phelps Guthrie) to steal her horse and severely injures her son Ruben (Mitchell Silberman), while their guest, a mountain-man/scout named Drago (Buddy Ebsen), is fishing. A Fort Leavenworth prison escapee and murderer makes his way to Dodge and finds himself involved in a family's drama. Matt's life is changed during a bank robbery after his gun arm is seriously wounded. A vile domineering man holds a lie over his young ward's head and they both come to odds concerning the ownership of an attractive Indian girl. (All two or three-parters counted as two or three individual hour-long episodes), Twenty-nine one-hour color episodesExecutive producer: Philip Leacock; producer: John Mantley Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)Guest cast: In credits orderNote: CBS cancelled the series due to low ratings. Guest Cast: Katherine Justice (as Beth Tilton), Robert Hogan (as Capt. Notes: The viewer learns the exact date of the series in this episode, May 8, 1875, written on a telegram sent by Matt. Andy Griffith and Co-Star Would Ride Dirt Bikes Between Shooting Mayberry Scenes, Gunsmoke Actor Milburn Stone Born On This Day in 1904: Relive Docs Best Moments. A backwoods community led by Kermit (Billy Green Bush) wants to hang Newly for a failed emergency operation he performed on Grandpa (Rusty Lane) to try and save his life. His productions comprise the television series Family (19761980), Charlie's Angels (19761981), The Love Boat (19771986), Hart to Hart (19791984), Dynasty (19811989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), Melrose Place (19921999), 7th Heaven (1996-2007) and Charmed (1998-2006). An abusive and self-righteous rancher becomes the target of a hired gunman. After a stay of execution is denied by the governor, Jude shoots Kitty for revenge. Guest Cast: Barry McGuire (as Billy), Addison Powell (as Tal), Richard Rust (as Weeb), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), Tom Greenway (as Joe Hines), Ben Wright (as Drummer) and Howard Culver (as Howard). An injured card dealer spurned by Matt wants revenge and starts spreading rumors that the Marshal is courting his old friend's wife. Guest Cast: Jon Voight (as Cory), Lou Antonio (as Rich), Kelly Jean Peters (as Adele), Charles McGraw (as Dolen), I. Stanford Jolley (as Grandpa), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke) and Matt Emery (as Trail Boss). Guest Cast: Raymond Bailey (as Shaneways), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Mr. Papp), Alan Dexter (as Hook), Gordon Mills (as Varden) and Perry Ivins (as Mr. Hogg). Notes: Angie Dickinson is an American film and television actress who may be best remembered for her starring role as Sergeant Pepper Anderson in the 19741978 NBC police procedural television series, Police Woman for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama. 1. Burt Reynolds Rated - Custom 6.5 204 Rated 3. Kitty is elated at first to finally meet her father, who abandoned her when she was born, but she grows increasingly cautious over his overbearing intentions. Notes: John Newman is the first black actor to be listed in the closing credits on a Gunsmoke episode. When Merry Florene's (Lane Bradbury) half-brothers, Roland (Victor French) and Elbert (Anthony James), return to Dodge to turn in their 103-year-old Uncle Finney (Burt Mustin) for fifty dollars, you know some shenanigans are afoot. Here the protagonist kept and spend the money he stole and was not the "good guy". Special Guests: Ramon Bieri (as Big Thicket), Gretchen Corbett (as Arlene), Lance LeGault (as Oregon), Ron Soble (as Clatch), Don Stroud (as Foss) and Russell Wiggins (as Pryor). Marshall Trimble is Arizona's official historian. Robert Vaughn portrayed "the kid", was an American stage, film and television actor. Matt and Chester come upon a burnt homestead and are surprised by a ten-year-old girl emerging from the brush who attaches herself to the Marshal. Notes: Mike Connors who plays Bostick was an American actor best remembered for his role of private detective Joe Mannix in the 19671975 CBS television series Mannix. Guest Cast: Harold J. Notes: This is the actual pilot episode of the television series, Gunsmoke. Doc suspects the wife of knifing her husband after he treats his badly infected leg and urges Matt to investigate when the man brandishes a gun. High in the snow-capped mountains, the Sioux take a trainload of passengers hostage, demanding two white men who sold them poisonous whisky. Newly meets Patricia Colby (Jess Walton), governess to Johnny (Ike Eisenmann) on the stage to Dodge, just as a Kansas twister approaches a stage relay station. A newcomer in town craves respect and uses a pawn to pump-up his fake reputation as a gunman. Three friends who share a dark secret are being systematically targeted, and rattled Dodge citizens suspect Indian activity. Notes: This is the first episode to feature Festus as a character, who's played by Ken Curtis. Guest Cast: Ron Hagerthy (as Blackie), Helen Kleeb (as Mrs. Randolph), William Hopper (as Tasker), Than Wyenn (as Darcy), Joe Scudero (as Munro) and Boyd Stockman (as Stage Driver). Chief Joseph arrived in Washington, D.C. in January 1879 and met with President Rutherford B. Hayes (not Ulysses S. Grant as depicted in program) and Congress. In one special Christmas episode, however, a handful of recognizable '70s stars happened to appear in the "Gunsmoke" world . This episode, his first of six appearances he played August Brake and would later play another bushwhacking deputy who comes to Dodge chasing a fugitive in season 4, Gunsmoke episode 31, "Murder Warrant.". The actor Jeff Silver was a week shy of 19 years old when this episode aired. Guest Cast: Peg Hillias (as Jenny), Paul Fix (as McCready), Bartlett Robinson (as Gabriel), Stuart Whitman (as Bart), Gordon Gebert (as Billy) and John Smith (as David). Matt comes up with a risky plan to stop the killing spree of a psychopathic murderer, who only provokes gunfights with individuals he knows have no chance in defending themselves against him. She plays Mrs. Reeves in this episode. Smith (as Karl) and David Whorf (as Jack). Matt and Chester keep close watch at a stage stop for a ruthless killer who is murdering stagecoach passengers in cold blood. Guest Cast: Fay Spain (as Bessie), Val Dufour (as Cooner), Roy Wright (as Carver), Leonard Nimoy (as Grice), Glenn Strange (as Sam), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Ann Morell (credited Anne Morrell as Ana), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Garry Walberg (as Hatcher), Tom Fadden (as Enoch), Arthur Peterson (credited Arthur Peterson Jr. as Sam Frazer), Ben Wright (as Dan Binny) and James Drake (credited Jim Drake as Morgan). Guest Cast: Vic Perrin (credited Victor Perrin as Hank), Mort Mills (as Brake), Marjorie Owens (as Woman), Herbert Lytton (as Hunter), Cyril Delevanti (as Turnkey) and Charles H. Gray (credited Charles Gray as Sheriff). Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant. A Chinese immigrant faces dishonor when two brothers cut off his pigtail. A local rancher grows tired of farming and comes to Dodge looking for the next get rich scheme, and stumbles upon boxing promoter to make his fortune. Guest Cast: Robert Middleton (as Jake Worth), Claude Akins (as Harry), Dick Paxton (as Rudy), Thom Carney (as Jack), Ray Boyle (as Jeff Worth) and Will J. Hired gunman Boy Avery (Ron Hayes) changes the balance of power in a family feud between Noah Haimes (Richard Slattery) and Clete Bolden (Sean McClory), threatening the happiness of their children, Cully Haimes (Peter Jason) and Janie Bolden (Laurie Mock). He retired from performing with over 250 acting credits in a career that was perhaps overlooked by Hollywood historians. Matt's friend from Texas arrives in Dodge with interests to buy the stagecoach line, but eyebrows raise when he's seen colluding with a local hooligan. Kioga, a young and wounded Pawnee Indian, comes to Dodge City to hunt down the fur trader who killed his father and attacked his sister. 1955/56 through 1960/61 Mountain man Lijah (Denny Miller) is accused of massacring farmers. Guest Cast: Don Dubbins (as Orkey), Warren Oates (as Sweet Billy), Cactus Mack (credited Taylor McPeters as Pa) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). Dave Rope (Jonathan Goldsmith Lippe), promising his gal Sally (Nellie Bellflower) that he will "hit it big", convinces Darby that he will be back on top if they partner-up and hustle his skill in Dodge against Willie Tomsen (John Davis Chandler). Sinclair's gang delay Doc's and Matt's journey to Denver while they offload the army gold from the train to a wagon. A young boy comes looking for his father unaware that he's a wanted outlaw. Guest Cast: Edward Binns (as Bill Strapp), George Brenlin (as Jesse Pruett), James Maloney (as Karl), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). When Dodge school teacher Henry Decory (Allen Garfield) defends the boy's right to an education, Oliver assaults Henry, and the debate enters into a courtroom clash. She was an American actress and model who may be best remembered for her role as Ada Lucas Hobson in the long-running daytime soap opera Another World, which she played from 1967 to 1992. This was her first of four roles on Gunsmoke playing Lennie Hinton. Guest Cast: Chris Alcaide (as Clem Maddow), Ainslie Pryor (as George Maddow), Harry Bartell (as Ben Bartlett) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender). [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. Matt, Chester and Doc try to unravel a mystery involving the missing Lady Gay Saloon owner and the brash, larger-than-life female proprietress whose taken over the establishment. 65 Episodes 1966. Matt jails a wanted murderer, and his partner trying to avoid punishment attempts to break him out before the Marshal learns that he's also involved. He died of a heart attack on May 21, 1970, five days before the last episode aired. Gunsmoke (TV Series 1955-1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He also was a regular guest and wrote or co-wrote five scripts for the radio version of Gunsmoke. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor with over 200 acting credits usually playing the strong, unsympathetic type or the inflexible father/husband. One of the few episodes where Kitty is seen without her beauty mark. Despite his illiteracy, Festus becomes a reporter for Dodge's newspaper, The Dodge City Clarion. The town bully is humiliated in a traveling show and seeks retribution. Homesteader Ben Justin (Sam Groom) is falsely accused and convicted of stealing horses, and then further accused of murder after breaking out of jail to be with his wife Elizabeth (Pamela McMyler) and newborn son. 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Sam the bartender (Glenn Strange) takes an interest in trying to reform a juvenile delinquent on probation, Eric Tabray (Michael Burns). The poverty stricken daughter of a hopeless drunk believes the only way to save her brother and escape their forsaken lives is to get married. Interestingly, he was the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Chief Medical Officer on the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in the 19661969 science-fiction television series, Star Trek and was replaced by DeForest Kelley, who played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. The town drunk, Louie Pheeters (James Nusser), is accused of a murder he witnessed. He's seen wearing a black hat in nine of the first season's Boot Hill introductions. Notes: Herbert Lytton portrayed Jake Crowell, his first of seven appearances. Ainslie Pryor at 37 on May 27, 1958, from cancer, Gloria McGehee at 42 on May 4, 1964, from a heart attack and Paul Richards at 50 on December 10, 1974, also from cancer. Matt's search for outlaw Ben Rodman (Jeremy Slate) is interrupted by a search for the boy Willie Hubbard's (Johnnie Whitaker) mother Sarah, which leads them to a group of saloon girls crossing the badlands in Maggie Blaisedell's (Ruth Roman) wagon. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. Matt and Chester transport a prisoner to Wichita by stagecoach and are forced to take a stand at the stage's stopover when they're set upon by bandits. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama, Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing, Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA 3.0) license, "James Arness, Marshal on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies at 88". Matt investigates three con artists who defraud the bank, but they flee taking Doc hostage. Guest Cast: Lieux Dressler (as Susie), Robert Totten (as Walker), Gregg Palmer (as Guthrie), William Bryant (as Bennett), Rayford Barnes (as Grebbs), Herb Vigran, Jon Lormer (as Judge Clayborne), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Bill Erwin (as Bailiff), Tom McFadden (as Luke), Rusty Lane (as Sheriff Buckley), Ed McCready (as Scotty), Louie Elias (as Cowboy) and Lloyd Nelson (as Shorty). Matt refuses Dodge City merchant's request to hire more deputies to protect their interests during a round-up which lead to threats and danger for the Marshal. Some Gunsmoke History, Guest Stars, Trivia, And Gunsmoke music - YouTube 0:00 / 11:03 Some Gunsmoke History, Guest Stars, Trivia, And Gunsmoke music 3,041 views Nov 17, 2020 26. Matt suspects one man for two different murders, an old prospector and well-to-do rancher, his only clue is an unusual boot imprint. An arrogant photographer creates quite a stir in Dodge with his newfangled picture box, but his attempts to acquire sensational photographs are reprehensible which cause serious turmoil. A charming and debonair gambler comes to Dodge and puts himself smack in the middle of a torrid relationship. February 27, 2023 equitable estoppel california No Comments . Batman. Crazed mass murder Abraham Wakefield (Morgan Woodward), motivated by the violent death of his precious Annabel (Elaine Fulkerson), is bent on avenging his son's death after Matt tracks him down and is forced to kill him. A drifter refuses Matt's help and chooses to exact revenge his way, with no regards to who he hurts. White (as Ed Worth). Matt tries to prevent a range war when a female rancher following her father's dreams digs a trench to divert a creek which would cut off the water supply of all neighboring homesteads. Guest Cast: Morris Ankrum (as Merle), Ralph Moody (as Harvey), Buck Young (as Bud Grant), Jean Howell (as Lavinia), John O'Malley (as Man), Charles McArthur (as Taylor), Richard Chamberlain (as Pete), Paul Hahn (as Les), Hank Patterson (as Carl) and Clem Fuller (as Clem). Guest Cast: Edgar Stehli (as Ira Pucket), Grant Withers (as Jed Larner), Richard Deacon (as Botkin), Rocky Shahan (as Jim) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender). A convicted murderer's sibling concocts a unique plan to avenge his brother's hanging, by unofficially acting as town deputy with hopes of provoking Matt into a gunfight. He appeared in more than 50 television shows and movies during his 40-year career. Matt tracks down a "white renegade" who's selling guns to a small band of Indians that have jumped the reservation. Guest Cast: Mark Miller (as Frank Paris), Whitney Blake (as Dolly Varden), Roy Engel (as Jed Garvey), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Walter Burke (as Bystander), Allan Lurie (Singer), Stephen Roberts (as Hank), George Douglas (as Man), Guy Teague (as Norman) and Robert Swan (as John). He was an Australian actor, writer and director who was perhaps best known for portraying Native American Indians in numerous films and television series. All five television movies have been released on DVD, as well. Guest Cast: Ron Randell (as Portis), Walt Barnes (as Burke), Dan Blocker (as Keller) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). Matt comes to the aid of a Sheriff in a nearby town to help fend off a lynch mob. A family of former slaves gives Matt shelter when he is injured. While in Mexico, Matt has his badge, horse and prisoner stolen by Americans. Good and evil fight over a young man's soul when two brothers realize that they're traveling with a sociopath. Dan Blocker's first appearance as the Lieutenant, in three years he will begin his iconic role of Hoss Cartwright in the 19591973 NBC American western television series Bonanza. A powerful rancher exhausts every avenue to stop the hanging of his cowardly son, and when the prospects look bleak, concocts a plan to prove his bravery. Matt's old girlfriend asks him to find her abusive husband, who she claims beat her and ran off with all her money, but Kitty suspects she has ulterior motives. Guest Cast: Robert Foulk (as Edward Hinton), Amzie Strickland (as Lennie Hinton), Peter Votrian (as Timmy Wyatt), Anne Warren (as White Fawn), Lance Warren (as Maggie Wyatt), Jeanne Bates (as Mrs. Wyatt) and Lou Vernon (as Cal Ross). The outlaws take Doc hostage after they rob the bank and set Dodge on fire. Dabbs Greer assumes the character of shopkeeper "Wilbur Jonas", making his first of 40 appearances in the role. He was an American character actor best known for his role as Sheriff Lobo in the 19791981 NBC action comedy television series, B. J. and the Bear and its spin-off, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. Matt has a trying day. S. John Launer who played "The Judge", and like the above-mentioned William Hopper, had a recurring role as a criminal court judge on Perry Mason. Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Dan Grat), Robert Anderson (as Jim Hill), Malcolm Atterbury (as Bird) and Howard Culver (as hotel clerk). Bad blood runs through a family's veins and a brute of a man promises his dying wife that he will raise their two sons "hard and strict". A lawyer from the east questions Matt's every move. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. He was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in two situational comedies as Fred Rutherford in the 19571963 program, Leave it to Beaver and Mel Cooley in the 19611966 [CBS] series, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Outlaws led by Mando (Alfonso Arau) shoot Matt and leave him to die in the desert of Chihuahua where he is found by a Mexican boy, Lucho (Fabian Gregory), the son of Agustin Hildago (Thomas Gomez), who helps Matt recover. Guest Cast: Warren Stevens (as Rackmil), Gage Clarke (as Dobie), Brett King (as Pete), Stephen Ellsworth (as Pence) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). Two unscrupulous boxing promoters set up a deadly match for a washed-up local prize fighter in a winner take all contest. Divine intervention intercedes when a timid homesteader and his wife are bullied off their land and refuse Matt's help. Salesman Daniel Shay (Victor French) is forced to face his past and his victims, Sara Morgan (Fionnuala Flanagan) and Jimmy Morgan (Brandon Cruz), when Enoch Brandt (Bruce Glover) exposes him as the "Butcher of Rockcreek". Aging lawman Lucas Murdoch (Jack Elam) sets out to get an outlaw gang led by Amos Carver (Jim Davis), unaware that his son Scott (Bob Random) is with them. Matt must act fast when he begins a long trek to capture a woman killer, before his friend whose been convicted of the crime, is hanged. He and his older brothers Larry, Bernie and Phil came from a family that were very active in theatre. Guest Cast: Tyler McVey (as Sam Baxton), Vivi Janiss (as Sara Baxton), Theodore Marcuse (credited Ted Marcuse as Zach Ritter), Malcolm Atterbury (as Jed Bates) and Roy Engel (as Hoffer). Alan Wagner, the network's vice president at the time, said, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late. 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