He was an American film and television character actor with over 185 screen credits. Outlaws use widow Abelia's (Jacqueline Scott) home as their hideout. Guest Cast: Ed Nelson (as Tom), Shary Marshall (as Cora), Robert F. Simon (as Jesse), Anthony Caruso (as Sims), Edith Evanson (as Nell), Ben Wright (as Mr. Ross) and Hickman Hill (as Hank). Dying gunman Bodie Tatum (Gene Evans) endures a long, sad journey with his Cheyanne wife Kata (Ana Korita), and his estranged daughters, Maddy (Sandra Smith), Marion (Sheila Larken) and Gwenn (Jay MacIntosh), to be buried next to his wife in a town that doesn't want him there. Their patriarch Moshe Gorofsky (Paul Stevens) must decide whether to tell Matt what Ruxton (Victor French) did, even while Moshe's son Gearshon (Richard Dreyfuss) is pressuring for justice. Mack appeared in 61 episodes, mostly uncredited parts as barfly or townsman. Matt and Doc have a tense train ride as they take a prisoner, Johnny August (Todd Armstrong), back to Dodge. Newly must prove that Celia Madden (Melissa Murphy) is a con artist bent on swindling his friend the blacksmith, Ben Sommars (Cliff Osmond). Menu. Guest Cast: Russ Tamblyn (as Billy Waters), Roger Torrey (as Steve Hays), Lane Bradford (as Dan O'Hare), Will J. 1 box office attraction at the height of his fame in the early 1970s.[37]. Notes: Claude Akins plays Harry, his first of ten appearances. Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory. Doc is sworn to secrecy by three kidnappers who killed a rancher's son. He was an Australian actor, writer and director who was perhaps best known for portraying Native American Indians in numerous films and television series. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. Notes: Joseph Kearns may be best remembered as George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace. Thirty-six one-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell (episodes 342348, 350, 352, 361, 367), Philip Leacock (episodes 349, 351, 353360, 362366, 368377); associate producer: Frank Paris Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Ken Curtis (Festus), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[48]Guest Cast: In credits orderNote: A new and different gunfight introduction is shown before the opening director/writer credits. A pair of Army deserters wait for the perfect opportunity to murder their Sergeant, whose been riding roughshod over them. Matt, the boy, Jed and the saloon girls get trapped in a deserted fort without any water, to play a waiting game with Ben Rodman's outlaws who will stop at nothing to get the gold Maggie is smuggling out to the prospectors who mined it. Stone (as Gatluf), Garry Walberg (as Tobe), Lou Krugman (as Tom Mercer), William Meigs (as Agent), Sam Buffington (as Cook), Tom Holland (as Alvin), Brett King (as Duff) and Scott Stevens (as Pate). Festus cares for a young girl who saw her mother's murderer and when the killer learns there was a witness, he returns to finish the job. His daughter Cora Sanderson (Donna Mills), and Matt, eventually convince "back-east" lawyer Cicero Wolfe (Paul Stevens) to defend the alleged renegades when no one else in Kansas will. Guest Cast: James Westerfield (as Franks), J. Edward McKinley (as Mr. Bishop), Ted Jordan, Trent Lehman (as Chester) and Glenn Strange. Notes: Eddie Little Sky who played the warrior, was a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Their hunt leads to Santa Fe where Doc and his friend Lyla (Dorothy Tristan) are heading back to Dodge. Twenty-six one-hour episodes, colorExecutive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[56]. A overprotective father disapproves of his daughter courting Quint and calls his cousin, an unsavory fixer of family matters. While Festus is acting Marshal, a desperate pair of trappers steal $20,000 from a fur trader who refused to buy their worthless pelts. Pick his most famous TV series: Lost in Space Magnum, P.I. A Georgia couple traveling by wagon share a camp outside of Dodge with a trapper and the next morning the husband begs Doc to come out and treat his ailing wife, but what he finds is far more distressing. Chico & the Man. Notes: Howard McNear was the original voice of Doc Adams on the radio version of "Gunsmoke". Also in this episode, there is a cell across from the one Billy is in. Milburn Stone collects an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor Drama in 1968. An orphaned girl, Bessie (Eileen McDonough), is turned away by her only relative, her aunt Rachel (Carol Vogel). Notes: The viewer learns the exact date of the series in this episode, May 8, 1875, written on a telegram sent by Matt. A stranger, Fred Garth (Tom Skerritt), bent on avenging his father's hanging captures Kitty, Festus, Doc, and Matt, and threatens to hang one of them. Matt attempts to help a quarrelsome young man turn his life around, after a group of ranch hands try to hang him for cattle rustling. Guest Cast: Karen Grassle (as Fran), John Reilly (as Ike), Linda Sublette (as Emily), Herman Poppe (as Luke), Michele Marsh (as Sara), Dennis Redfield (as Shep), Fran Ryan (as Hannah), Robert Brubaker, Rod McGaughy (as Cowboy #1) and Bobby E. Clark (as Cowboy #2). 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). A kind and charismatic stranger dying of heart failure stops in Dodge on his way to see the Arizona desert, but his demeanor changes drastically when a man from his past steps into the Long Branch. A young outlaw has wounded Matt, but he's unable to finish him off because of his affections for a saloon girl. A naive and wide-eyed young woman escapes the cruel conditions at an orphanage and receives life lessons in Dodge. A Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men is responsible for murder. Ford left the series in 1992 due to her declining health from cancer and when she passed away, the persona Ada died with her. Guest Cast: Angie Dickinson (Rose Daggitt), Peter Whitney (as Big Dan Daggitt), Gage Clarke (as Dobie) and Paul Wexler (as Rodin). Taking A Look At The Cast Of 'Gunsmoke' Then And Now 2020 - DoYouRemember? Will Hutchins. Thirty-eight one-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[46]Guest cast: In credits order. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. 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.". Difficult days lay ahead for Kitty when a conniving woman who had a hand in raising her, comes to Dodge for a visit. Bank robber Phoenix (Glenn Corbett), set to be released from Leavenworth after serving his time, must decide whether or not he will kill ex-lawman Jess Hume (Gene Evans) for the $2,000 in gold double eagles that his cell-mate John Sontag (Ramon Bieri) offers, and Hume's beautiful young wife Kate (Mariette Hartley) only adds more incentive. Notes: Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. Matt tries to keep the peace between two old bickering curmudgeons who share a homestead. An elderly woman running a stagecoach relay station tends to a seriously wounded Matt and remains remarkably strong and resilient when she realizes who shot the Marshal. And yet, memories of one who rode a yellow horse still haunts Mrs. Shepherd's mind. Notes: This is the first of four episodes featuring the Merry Florene character story. A merciless mother and her four demented sons' prey upon frontier families on their travels west. While Matt is unconscious, Kitty reveals her feelings towards Matt, summing up with "after 17 yearsit's the longest non-permanent relationship in history." Stuart Whitman was an American film and television actor who had a lengthy career playing rugged leading men and in this episode he portrays McCready's gunman, Bart. Guest Cast: Adam Kennedy (as Andy Travis), James Griffith (as Joe Kite), Herbert Lytton (as Jake Crowell), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Jon Locke (credited Joe Locke as Beecher) and Chris Alcaide (as Barnes). Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Seth Tandy), Chuck Connors (as Sam Keeler), Paul Dubov (as Humbert), Jim Hyland (as Stage Driver) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). Guest Cast: Ramon Bieri (as Jarvis), Ned Glass (as Pink Simmons), Buck Taylor, James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Tom Brown, Ted Jordan, David Fresco (as Barber) and Jan Peters (as Cardplayer). This episode aired on April 14, 1956, seven weeks after his death. Perrin was an American radio, film and television actor who is best remembered for his extensive voice-over career, providing the voices for numerous characters on countless animated television series. A drunk, Lucius Prince (Jack Albertson), escapes from his reproving daughter, Miss Elsie (Melissa Murphy), who wants to put her father in an institution. Festus' nephew Billy comes to Dodge to find a wife. A pair of outlaws with plans to rob the bank, need the Marshal out of the way and hire a somewhat stoic drifter to kill Matt. Marcuse served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a lieutenant on the famed submarine USS Tirante and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation for heroism. Notes: Richard Deacon plays the banker Botkin in this episode. A white woman is spotted living among the Arapaho people and Matt accompanies the Cavalry in an attempt to rescue her, but she's reluctant to being saved. Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Neal Amber), Ainslie Pryor (as Peak Fletcher), Gloria McGehee (credited Gloria McGhee as Mrs. Amber), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Bing Russell (as Simon Fletcher). A pair of teenage thieves' hamper the rescue of their partner, who fell into a well, for fear that he'll give them up. Good and evil fight over a young man's soul when two brothers realize that they're traveling with a sociopath. Festus goes after the bandits who robbed and assaulted Doc. Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Tom Cassidy), Peggy McCay (as Flora), Ross Martin (as Dan Clell), Barney Phillips (as Bill Pence) and Roxane Berard (as Dorey). A case of mistaken identity ensues when Festus is identified by a special agent for the governor, Doyle (Ramon Bieri), and by Rand (Booth Colman), as being Frank Eaton who is wanted for three murders, among other charges. Guest Cast: June Lockhart (as Beulah), Wayne Morris (as Nat), Ian MacDonald (as Mr. Troyman), Gail Kobe (as Polly Troyman) and Barry McGuire (as Henry Troyman). Matt attempts to protect wounded outlaw Johnny Drago from a pair of bounty hunters. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor who played Mr. Bradley in this episode. [4] In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law. This is the first appearance of Wilbur Jonas, the shopkeeper character, played by John Patrick. She may be best remembered for her co-starring role as saloon owner Lily Merrill in the 19591962 ABC Western television series Lawman. 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. A decent hard-working farmer troubles multiply after he loses his land and then falls in love with the new saloon girl whose troubled past shatters his life. Matt asks Nellie (Kathleen Nolan) and her niece Susan (Kathy Cannon) to take care of wounded outlaw Boswell (Art Lund) at a stage coach line house. [8], Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. Notes: Dialogue within the episode mentions Pat Garrett was pursuing Billy the Kid which may help to date the series from 1880-1881. Fast gunman Jim Barrett kills a man in self-defense.