Matt Dillon and saloon owner Kitty Russell had amazing chemistry on screen in Gunsmoke, but there's a reason why that romance never went there.

Most great Western TV actors are renowned for multiple roles, but this star only needed to play one character to become a ...

'Gunsmoke' fans awaited a romance between Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell to unfold, but they never even kissed. But, he did have 1 kiss with another character.

50 years after Marshal Matt Dillon’s last draw, ‘Gunsmoke’ is a streaming hit. James Arness, left, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis and Milburn Stone in “Gunsmoke. ...

James Arness, Matt Dillon On 'Gunsmoke,' Has Died : The Two-Way For 20 years, he was the symbol of frontier justice on the CBS show. The Two-Way. America.

Gunsmoke lead U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) used the same gun in every episode, except a major one in season 1. ‘Gunsmoke’ lead Matt Dillon didn’t enjoy killing with his gun ...

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.

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 ...

James Arness as as Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke." AP (CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has ...

James Arness, the tall man who towered over TV screens for 20 seasons as the iconic Marshal Matt Dillon on CBS’ Gunsmoke, has died.He was 88. The 6-foot-7 actor, who also starred in the 1950s ...

James Arness, right, who starred as Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke,” had a daughter who would later get screen time in the 1990 made-for-TV movie “Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache.” Harold Filan AP ...

"Gunsmoke," the western drama starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, has twice this year ranked among Nielsen's top 10 list of most-streamed acquired series alongside more contemporary ...