James Arness' Marshal Dillon may have starred in 20 seasons of Gunsmoke, but his sole big screen appearance is in this 1959 ...

John Wayne and Gunsmoke icon James Arness starred in four movies together, from political thrillers to Western classics, but ...

James Arness claimed he made more money from Gunsmoke than John Wayne made for Wayne's entire film career. But is that really ...

A son shared stories about his father serving in the Army with James Arness during World War II and another reader set a goal to watch the entire "Gunsmoke" series. After reading a story about James ...

It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV. Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall -- 6 feet, 6 inches -- on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975.

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 ...

In 2025, People republished an article looking at what has happened to the cast of the beloved show Gunsmoke. Sadly, that ...