This Gunsmoke episode features Marshal Matt Dillon's most brutal kill in a harrowing tale of survival and despair in the Old ...

TV LEGEND: Gunsmoke had to have special extra-large guns created for James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon because Arness' hands were so big that he made regular guns look too tiny. When you're talking ...

On "Gunsmoke," Dennis Weaver was best known as the stumbling deputy Chester Goode, so why did he leave the CBS drama behind? Here's what the star had to say.

For the first nine seasons of Gunsmoke, James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon was joined on the job by the lovable (albeit simple) Chester Goode, played remarkably by Dennis Weaver. A faithful and ...

When the classic western drama "Gunsmoke" finished its 20-year run on CBS in 1975, Los Angeles Times critic Cecil Smith made a bold prediction. "I have the feeling that the first moon colony we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Offscreen, James Arness traded Dodge City’s saloon dust for the comfort of his own king-size bed. Photographed in 1956, the ...

LOS ANGELES - The job of Dodge City peacekeeper is proving to be one of the most desirable assignments around. Several top-flight actors are in the running to play Marshal Matt Dillon, the lead lawman ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his sleep ...