IMDb says the best episode of Gunsmoke is one that puts Dillon through the moral ringer and makes him think about the role he ...

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge was the first of the made-for-TV movies, but it’s also the worst-rated with a 6.9 audience score. It saw James Arness and Amanda Blake reprise their roles of U.S ...

Several top-flight actors are in the running to play Marshal Matt Dillon, the lead lawman in CBS Films’ big-screen adaptation of the classic Western television show ‘Gunsmoke’ that starred ...

Movie star John Wayne recommended Arness for the role of Matt on Gunsmoke. Despite circulating rumors, the Western television show never seriously inquired about casting Wayne because they knew ...

As classic 1950s episodes of “ Gunsmoke ” make it into the Nielsen streaming rankers, Weigel Broadcasting is capitalizing on ...

Arness played supporting roles opposite Wayne in 1950s movies like Big Jim McLain ... Wayne recommended Arness to lead the TV show Gunsmoke as Matt Dillon, even introducing him in the first ...

Arness was nominated for three Emmys over those 20 years and reprised his role as Dillon in made-for-TV "Gunsmoke" movies in the 1980s and 1990s. He also starred in mini-series "How the West was ...