“Gunsmoke” ended its 20-season run on CBS on March 31, 1975, the same night John Wooden ended his 27-season run as UCLA’s basketball coach. Wooden went out in a blaze of glory, beating Kentucky for ...

Annette O'Toole has been working in Hollywood for decades. One of her first jobs was on the iconic Western TV series 'Gunsmoke.' O’Toole played a character named Edda Sprague in the season 16 episode ...

Promotional portrait of the cast of the American television series ‘Gunsmoke,’ July 23, 1969. Foreground, American actors James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon) and Amanda Blake (1929 – 1989) (as Kitty ...

Gunsmoke stands as one of the most influential television series in American history. Premiering in 1955, it brought the Old West into living rooms across the country, offering a gritty, grounded ...

Western television built some of the medium’s most enduring hits. A look back shows how these series changed prime-time ...

(CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. The Los Angeles Times reports the actor ...

Roger Ewing, who played Thad Greenwood on the long-running Western series ‘Gunsmoke,’ has died at the age of 83. Roger Ewing, known for Gunsmoke, died at 83 after a long, full life. Mark Ashworth ...

James Arness, the towering actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon, the strong and commanding symbol of frontier justice on the landmark TV western series “Gunsmoke,” died Friday. He was ...

When it comes to classic TV Western programs, there was never a series quite like Maverick. The Roy Huggins-created drama dealt largely in humorous takes on the Old West genre, spanning five seasons ...