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Gunsmoke

Year:

1955

Duration:

USA:30 min (1955-1961) (233 episodes) (including commercials) | USA:60 min (1961-1975) (402 episodes) (including commercials)

Genres:

Western

IMDB rate:

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 20 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1955-09-10

Filming Locations: Stage 1, CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Nina Foch

Joyce Ames

Anna-Lisa

Janit Baldwin

Bonnie Bartlett

Dehl Berti

Morgan Brittany

James Brown

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Chaplain

Michael Constantine

Glenn Corbett

Gretchen Corbett

Dana Dillaway

Diana Ewing

Gary Grimes

Claude Johnson

George Keymas

Harry Lauter

Donald Losby

Dawn Lyn

David Macklin

Bert Madrid

J. Edward McKinley

Susan Morrow

Kathleen O'Malley

Michael Parks

Robert Porter

Angelo Rossitto

Richard Rust

Sabrina Scharf

Pippa Scott

Linda Sublette

Rebecca Welles

Heidi Vaughn

Leah Waggner

Rick Weaver

Jenny Lee Arness

Rusty Weaver

James Arness

Matt Dillon

Milburn Stone

Doc

Amanda Blake

Kitty

Ken Curtis

Festus

Dennis Weaver

Chester

Did you know?

Trivia

Buck Taylor, who played Newly, was also requested by Jack Lord for the role of Dan "Danno" Williams on Hawaii Five-O (1968) at the same time he was up for the role of Newly O'Brian.

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In the radio series, Kitty Russell was a madam for prostitutes. In the first couple of seasons, there were some hints at that on the TV series. James Arness explained on the DVD commentary that after the first couple of seasons, they decided to drop those references to make the show more family friendly, and so Kitty became just a lady saloon owner.

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Dennis Weaver was the first actor cast. Weaver said on the DVD commentary that he knew they were leaning towards James Arness for Matt, but he was in the Bahamas at the time filming a movie with John Wayne. They went ahead and started casting the other parts, so he ended up being the first one officially chosen for the TV series.

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Quotes

Kitty Russell: Matt, you can't account for everything that happens to people who touch you. You know, I learned a long time ago, there are some things in this life that you just accept the way they are.

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Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: [Festus offers to buy Doc a beer with a silver dollar that he earned from shoeing horses in episode "Whelan's Men".] Why don't you take that money and invest it in something? Why don't you do that?

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U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon: [to any man seemingly planning to go gunning for somebody.] If you're gonna to use that gun, you better start on me.

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