A drifter refuses Matt's help and chooses to exact revenge his way, with no regards to who he hurts. [34] He also recommended his friend, James Arness for the role of Matt Dillon. A journalist bets a gambler that he can take a greenhorn that's never handled a gun out to Dodge, and with a little rumor mongering, have him pass as a gunslinger and not get killed in two weeks, but the gambler hedges his bet to influence the outcome. Guest Cast: Mary LaRoche (credited Mary La Roche as Willa), Ben Johnson (as Ben Crown), Don Keefer (as Nally), Catherine McLeod (as Lizzie) and Ollie O'Toole (as Telegrapher). George Selk makes his first credited appearance as Moss Grimmick, the owner of the livery stables. Jon VoightAaron SpellingThough best known as a producer, this TV mogul played Weed Pindle in The Guitar.Loretta SwitHot Lips appeared twice in 1970, in The Pack Rat and Snow Train.Harry Dean StantonThe character actor worked in eight episodes as eight characters over a decade, from 19581968.Robert UrichBefore becoming Spenser, Urich was for hire as Manolo in Manolo.Lee Van CleefThe ultimate spaghetti western villain twirled his mustache in three episodes in the early 1960s.Robert VaughnEarly in his career, theMan from U.N.C.L.E. Matt's old girlfriend asks him to find her abusive husband, who she claims beat her and ran off with all her money, but Kitty suspects she has ulterior motives. Arthur Hiller. Alcoholic Judge Warfield (David Wayne) is forced by Matt to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloon-keeper that resulted in the lynching of innocent drifter, Jake Fielder (Ken Swofford). Here, with his very familiar face played Turnkey, his first of eight appearances. Despite his illiteracy, Festus becomes a reporter for Dodge's newspaper, The Dodge City Clarion. Kitty is left in charge of Steven Downing (Jon Voight) who is about to be hanged for the murder of Bob Mathison's (Kenneth Tobey) wife, but Kitty believes that he is innocent and refuses to let another sheriff (Paul Bryar) take him away. Your email address will not be published. He was known for playing Admiral Reynolds in the 19621966 ABC American sitcom television series McHale's Navy. Matt saves the life of a white boy raised by Indians, who was shot trying to fulfill his coup, by retrieving horses stolen from his Arapaho tribe. Thirty-six one-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell (episodes 342348, 350, 352, 361, 367), Philip Leacock (episodes 349, 351, 353360, 362366, 368377); associate producer: Frank Paris Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Ken Curtis (Festus), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[48]Guest Cast: In credits orderNote: A new and different gunfight introduction is shown before the opening director/writer credits. A former saloon girl's upcoming marriage is put in jeopardy by her old boyfriend when he frames the bridegroom for murder. Gloria Talbott who played Holly Hawtree, became the first guest star to appear in both of the 1955 season's new adult westerns. Festus is hired as a prairie wolfer by the local cattle association when several cows go missing but ends-up being framed for the crime. First of five appearances for American character actor Barry Atwater who portrayed Mr. Bowen in this episode. Guest Cast: Eddie Applegate (as Al), Tim Considine (as Scott Coleman), Pamela Dunlap (as Ada Coleman), Dana Elcar (as Pennigrath), Roy Engel (as Tibbet), Gene Evans (as Billy), Eddie Firestone (as Hap), Ron Hayes (as Floyed Coleman), Clifton James (as Same Wickes), Richard D. Kelton (as Bud), Doreen Lang (as Mae), Ken Lynch (as Lucas), John Milford (as Clay Foreman), Anne Seymour (as Sara), Loretta Swit (as Donna), Richard Lapp (as Running Fox), X Brands (as Red Willow), and (as The Hunters) Ronald A. The regulars who are still with us are: Roger Ewing (Thad Greenwood), who is 73; Buck Taylor (Newly O'Brien), who is 77; and Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper), who is 79. Mack appeared in 61 episodes, mostly uncredited parts as barfly or townsman. She was a member of the Carter family and married music legend, Johnny Cash in 1968. James Arness . Bounty hunter Lewis Stark (Richard Kiley) blackmails his prisoner, Adam Bramley (Shelly Novack), whose father, John Bramley (Henry Wilcoxon), is a wealthy rancher. Guest Cast: Lyle Bettger (as Polk), Michael Higgins (as Cassidy), Allyson Ames (as Clara), Betsy Hale (as Letty), Sarah Selby (as Ma Smalley), Burt Douglas (as Bryan) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). The listing includes regular cast members, guest stars, and recurring cast members. A despicable two-faced father uses his children as pawns in a plan to acquire a peaceful man's farm. Thirty-eight one-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[46]Guest cast: In credits order. First of five appearances for veteran performer Paul Fix who portrays the vile rancher, McCready. Alice in Wonderland. Guest Cast: Val Dufour (as Jerry Shand), Marion Brasch (credited Marion Brash as Belle), Maurice Manson (as Andy Culley), Joseph V. Perry (credited Joe Perry as Witness) and Mason Curry (as Marty). Wily outlaw Yancy Tyce (Robert Lansing) is determined to free his younger brother Cody Tyce (Jonathan Lippe) from Matt's custody. She played Abby Crandall in the second episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, (Mr. Earp Meets a Lady) which aired on September 13, 1955, three weeks before this episode. A man released from prison has trouble adjusting to a normal life, blaming Matt and the rancher he shot for eight years lost. Ex-Army officer Colonel Josiah Johnson (Lee J. Cobb), feeling that he is a failure outside of military life, has become a town drunk, who must now deal with the upcoming marriage of his daughter Anne Ludley (Julie Cobb), and out-strategizing one last enemy. Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Amy) and Lou Krugman (as Emmett Gold). Matt escorts a back-shooting coward to Hays City and is intercepted by the prisoner's gang whose leader originates a sinister plan to not only frame the Marshal but disgrace him as well. Guest Cast: Michael Pate (as Wild Hog), Barney Phillips (as Ord Spicer), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Hank Patterson (as Jake). Guest Cast: Lieux Dressler (as Susie), Robert Totten (as Walker), Gregg Palmer (as Guthrie), William Bryant (as Bennett), Rayford Barnes (as Grebbs), Herb Vigran, Jon Lormer (as Judge Clayborne), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Bill Erwin (as Bailiff), Tom McFadden (as Luke), Rusty Lane (as Sheriff Buckley), Ed McCready (as Scotty), Louie Elias (as Cowboy) and Lloyd Nelson (as Shorty). Guest Cast: Chris Alcaide (as Clem Maddow), Ainslie Pryor (as George Maddow), Harry Bartell (as Ben Bartlett) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender). Matt intervenes when an intese feud between the Renner brothers reaches its breaking point. Matt's friend, an old mountain man suffers a psychotic break and goes on a murder spree when civilization closes in on him. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. 'The Virginian' (1962-1971) Dano had an uncanny resemblance to Abraham Lincoln and even provided his voice in Walt Disney's Audio-Animatronic Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at the 1964 World's Fair which was brought to Disneyland in 1965. Guest Cast: Claude Akins (as Hack), Patricia Barry (as Belle) and Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Alvy). Doc is called out to a farm for a medical emergency under false pretenses and becomes involved in an altercation. James Drury. After he attacks Barnett (Charles Dierkop) for cruelty to animals, Billy's fate must be decided by the authorities, with the help of his friend, Festus. MORGAN WOODWARD. Chester becomes engaged, and in his eagerness to please the girl, buys a run-down abandoned homestead where he experiences many hardships and, in the end, betrayal. Brian majored in history, . Guest Cast: Peg Hillias (as Jenny), Paul Fix (as McCready), Bartlett Robinson (as Gabriel), Stuart Whitman (as Bart), Gordon Gebert (as Billy) and John Smith (as David). Half-crazed desert hermit Ben Snow (Strother Martin) rescues Festus after being shot by outlaw Gard Dixon (William C. Watson). A belligerent man who made unwanted advancements on Kitty is found beaten to death and an eyewitness comes forward claiming Matt did it. Notes: Dick Rich portrayed Sam Butler, his first of seven appearances. A naive and wide-eyed young woman escapes the cruel conditions at an orphanage and receives life lessons in Dodge. to mix and mingle with celebrity guests, and shop the HOLLYWOOD WESTERN. The town turns on Quint, who's accused of horse theft, a story perpetuated by two scheming saddle tramps. Notes: Jester Hairston was a composer, songwriter and actor. Which singer is it? First episode directed by Andrew V. McLaglen who would end up with 96 Gunsmoke credits, most of any director. A miserable and cowardly homesteader mistakes a passer-by for a wanted outlaw and shoots him in the back to claim the $1,000 reward, but when he's told that he shot the wrong man he feverishly coerces his abused wife to verify his alibi. Guest Cast: John Larch (as Serpa), Lalo Rios (as Little Fox), Allan Lane (as Capt. Matt investigates a robbery and murder at Jonas' general store and what results is an unexpected family tragedy. Notes: Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. 52 Episodes 1975. A man from Matt's past seeks revenge for the hanging of his partner and has hired a gunman to kill him, but the shooter makes a grave mistake. The poverty stricken daughter of a hopeless drunk believes the only way to save her brother and escape their forsaken lives is to get married. Guest Cast: Mercedes McCambridge (as Mrs Mather), Royal Dano (as Henry Mather), Link Wyler (as Lamond Mather), Charles Kuenstle (as Valjean Mather), Dee Carroll (as Mrs. Grayson), Jerry Brown (as Abel Grayson), Peggy Rea (as Mrs. Roniger), Maria Mantley (as Maria), Jon Jason Mantley (as Jon) and Terri Lynn Wood (as Elsie). Matt searches for a man who faked his own death after his coffin is found full of rocks. In this episode, his last of four appearances on Gunsmoke he plays Botkin, the town's banker, replacing Fay Roope. Matt and the runaways acquire two more passengers, Pierre Audubon and Paulette Duvalier, and must make it passed the rapids, and foil an ambush set up at "The Narrows" by Charlie Utter's gang, further on down Oregon's Rogue River, in order to reach the town of Piety. Matt is suspicious of an opportunistic sheriff and his deputy who caught a stagecoach robber with a saddlebag full of money. Guest Cast: Herb Vigran (as Judge Brooker), Glen Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Dorothea Neumann (credited Dorothy Neumann as Old Woman) and Jack Perkins (as Bouncer). Guest Cast: Buck Taylor, John Pickard (as Forbes), James Nusser, Dennis Cross (as Jinks), I. Stanford Jolley (as Jeb), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, Charles Wagenheim, and Woodrow Chambliss. Festus sets out to settle an $11 estate for Charity Spencer (Diane Shalet), but it becomes more of a chore after he meets Sarah Elkins (Susan Oliver) and her two boys, Chad (Josh Albee) and Clay (Ike Eisenmann). Gunnar Hellstrom. Doc takes a stand against bandits and an abusive husband at a stage stop. Notes: John Dehner's second of twelve appearances, this one in heavy makeup which makes him appear 20 plus years older than his actual age of 40 at the time. Guest Cast: R.G. Doc is kidnapped by fugitives from justice, led by outlaw Bede Stalcup (James Olson), and forced to save the life of Bede's brother, Danny Stalcup (Darrell Larson). A journalist looking for a sensational story talks Matt into reopening a murder case, where the Marshal finds himself the prime suspect. A young outlaw has wounded Matt, but he's unable to finish him off because of his affections for a saloon girl. Guest Cast: Ed Nelson (as Tom), Shary Marshall (as Cora), Robert F. Simon (as Jesse), Anthony Caruso (as Sims), Edith Evanson (as Nell), Ben Wright (as Mr. Ross) and Hickman Hill (as Hank). Star Trek Matt is ambushed and held hostage by two bank robbers who desperately need a horse, but it's his badge that proves pivotal. Notes: The last of Ed Nelson's six appearances in the series. Bank teller Albert Schiller (Milton Selzer), loyal after 15 years, foils a robbery, but keeps some money for himself, only to wind up helping the robbers with their next attempt while they hold hostage his wife Kate Schiller (Patricia Barry) as leverage. A gang of outlaws kidnap Newly and Kitty based on their assumption that he's a doctor. He was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in two situational comedies as Fred Rutherford in the 19571963 program, Leave it to Beaver and Mel Cooley in the 19611966 [CBS] series, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Two trail bosses driving their herds to Dodge threaten to kill each other over the use of a local farmer's special swimming cow. Sebastian Cabot, who portrayed Bailey, may be best remembered as the manservant, Mister (Giles) French in the 1966-1971 [CBS] television sitcom Family Affair. Thirty-nine half-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[42]Guest cast: In credits order, Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Tom Samples), Robert J. Wilke (as Hickock), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Huggins), Adam Howe (as McCall), Martin Balk (as Reeves), Allen Kramer (as Ed), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Townsman), Jack Lester (as Townsman), Dick Rich (as Cowboy) and Johnny Western (as Townsman). Guest Cast: William Schallert (as Alben Peavy), Anne Barton (as Liza Peavy), Hope Summers (as Ellen Cade) and Albert Linville (as Jack Cade). (19691970), Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (19771980) and Spider-Man (19811982). Guest Cast: Will Hutchins (as Billy Poe), John Alderson (as Canby), Crahan Denton (as Walker), Judson Pratt (as Dano), Herbert Lytton (credited Herbert C. Lytton as Hays), Natalie Norwick (as Maid), Leonard Stone (as Davey), Michael Mikler (as Cowboy), John Rodney (as Barkeep), Gregg Palmer (as Wells), Darlene Fields (as Saloon Girl), I. Stanford Jolley (as Harry), Ted Jordan (as Pete) and Hank Ladd (as Dave). A 12-year-old boy goes into hiding after witnessing his father's murder. A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband. Along the way, they catch up with Dixon, and Matt and Newly trail behind to find and rescue Festus. Matt uses a bounty hunter's guilty conscience to find the men responsible for lynching a suspected rustler. His daughter Cora Sanderson (Donna Mills), and Matt, eventually convince "back-east" lawyer Cicero Wolfe (Paul Stevens) to defend the alleged renegades when no one else in Kansas will. Best Offer: Make offer. Guest Cast: Val Avery (as Bull), Susan Olsen (as Marieanne), Mike Durkin (as Jonathan), Roy Roberts, Sid Haig (as Buffalo Hunter), William Fawcett (as Old Prospector), Ted Jordan and Margarita Cordova (as Saloon Girl). Guest Cast: Amanda McBroom (as Fran), David Soul (as Ike), Linda Sublette (as Emily), Herman Poppe (as Luke), Michele Marsh (as Sara), Dennis Redfield (as Shep), Spencer Milligan (as Jinx Tobin), Ray Girardin (as Cluff Tobin), Fran Ryan (as Hannah), Jim Backus (as Reverend Sims), Jerry Hoffmann (as Dub) and Bobby E. Clark (as Farmboy). Kitty prevents a distraught and frenzied man from killing his son-in-law, who he blames for the death of his daughter. Guest Cast: Angie Dickinson (Rose Daggitt), Peter Whitney (as Big Dan Daggitt), Gage Clarke (as Dobie) and Paul Wexler (as Rodin). Notes: James Drury played the lead in the 19621971 NBC Western television series, The Virginian. Have fun with it. Well, we should also mention sitcom kidWillie Aames(P.S. Festus seeks help for his prisoner Riley Sharp (Charles Aidman) at the home of Ellie (Gail Kobe) and Henry Decker (John Kellogg). Doc Adams returns to dodge just as Matt is backshot by skinner Amos Potter (Norman Alden), but he is unable or unwilling to try to remove the bullet himself, as it is dangerously close to Matt's spine. Guest Cast: Dianne Foster (as Cornelia), Jason Evers (as Ben), Tom Reese (as Wellman), Brad Trumbull (as Ives), George Lambert (as Orem), Grace Lee Whitney (as Pearl), Joe Di Reda (credited Joe deReda as Blake), Billy Hughes (as Tommy), Harold Innocent (as teller), Harry Antrim (as Mr. Botkin), Gene Benton (as Green) and Joe Devlin (as Dan Binny). Starr), Dick Rich (as Sam Butler), Mickey Simpson (as Stapp), Fintan Meyler (as Arie O'Dell), Joel Ashley (as Jake) and K.L. Two rowdy drifters fight for the affections of the new Long Branch saloon girl and when she's found dead, Matt must determine which one's responsible. Even after returning from obscurity, other gunslingers like Kid Chama (Randolph Roberts) continue to seek him out, forcing Matt to decide if he will run Coltrane out of Dodge. The only ones who believe Festus' girlfriend of witnessing a murder are the killers themselves. When a wealthy rancher comes to Dodge to buy horses, two rival stable owners agree to a high-stakes long-distance race to demonstrate the speed and durability of their breeds. A dying drunk tasks Matt with finding his daughter, a free and carefree spirit who makes the Marshal as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. She may be best known for her starring role, the sultry singer Edie Hart in the American detective television series Peter Gunn which aired on NBC 19581960 and on ABC 19601961. Guest Cast: Don Beddoe (as Halligan), Shug Fisher (as Emery), Bill Zuckert (as Mr. Jacobsen), Michael Petit (as Glen), Royal Dano (as Lambert), Carl Reindel (as Dave Carson), Denver Pyle (as Claudius), Ken Mayer (as Tiplett), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Harold Ensley (as Waiter). Matt tracks down a "white renegade" who's selling guns to a small band of Indians that have jumped the reservation. Notes: Mike Connors who plays Bostick was an American actor best remembered for his role of private detective Joe Mannix in the 19671975 CBS television series Mannix. After a stay of execution is denied by the governor, Jude shoots Kitty for revenge. One of his most memorable roles was "The Tattered Man" in the 1951 film, The Red Badge of Courage. Guest Cast: Lane Bradbury (as Merry Florene), Victor French (as Roland), Anthony James (as Elbert), Buck Taylor (as Newly), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Ted Jordan (as Burke). Here he portrayed the maniacal killer, Crego. The jailhouse has no door on the back wall replaced by the gun rack which usually sits on the side wall, Matt's desk is a high rolltop positioned against the wall as opposed to the flat desk more situated out into the room, the pot-belly stove and bulletin board with the wanted posters is missing, the safe is where the stove was, and the front door is not the same. Dreyfuss played a character called Gearshon Gorofsky in the episode "This Golden Land." This was two years before the actor would go on to play his most iconic role, Matt Hooper, in the classic thriller "Jaws." A strong-willed, shotgun-wielding matriarch helps her son escape from Matt's custody, but the Marshal is equally determined to see the young man tried and sentenced for killing an unarmed man. The title of this episode is not based on the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Chester shoots a runaway Indian hidden away by a young, enamored farm girl, who then pressures Chester into nursing him back to health. Matt attempts to help a quarrelsome young man turn his life around, after a group of ranch hands try to hang him for cattle rustling. A Colorado Sheriff is insistent in arresting the wounded man Matt and Chester found out on the open prairie, but without an arrest warrant, the Marshal suspects that he's being untruthful. Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory. Guest Cast: Mariette Hartley (as Fiona Gideon), Katherine Helmond (as Ena Spratt), Richard Kelton (as Ab Craddock), Jon Locke (as Orvale), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Charles Wagenheim (as Halligan), and Melissa Gilbert (as Spratt's Child). Cast members are Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona "Kat" Azar Tamin (left), Ice-T as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, Mariska Hargitay as Capt. Matt tracks murder suspect Pete Murphy (Gerald McRaney) to another town and is forced to defend himself against him. Guest Cast: Jack Elam (as Dolph Quince), Ken Curtis (as Phil Jacks), Lane Bradford (as Jay), Chuck Hayward (as Studer), Earl Parker (as Snyder), Cliff Ketchum (as Cowboy) and Bradley Payne (credited Brad Payne as Cook). But his dreamer-guitarist son Abel is swindled, and then shot in the leg by Festus while trying to make off with his mule Ruth. Matt is duty-bound to protect a despised gunman from being hanged by a group of normally law-abiding ranchers for a crime he didn't commit. Ruthless outlaw Cord Wrecken (Steve Forrest) seeks revenge on Kitty for shooting his brother, Jay Wrecken (Angus Duncan). A snake-oil salesman, and his three miscreant sons commit multiple crimes and Matt starts a rumor with one of the boys in hopes of exposing all of them. Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Nate Springer), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Mr. Teeters), Howard Culver (as Jim Uzzell), Preston Hanson (as Jess) and Brick Sullivan (as Bartender). He played the titled lead role in the 19581959 NBC television series, Steve Canyon. Matt pursues a demented buffalo hunter who savagely killed his own men. Matt suspects one man for two different murders, an old prospector and well-to-do rancher, his only clue is an unusual boot imprint. Bonanza fans will remember him as Deputy Clem Foster (19631964) and (19661972). Fast gunman Jim Barrett kills a man in self-defense. Matt shoots and kills the outlaw who wounded his old friend on the road to Dodge, but the assailant's dying words will alter the Marshal's friendship. Dave Rope (Jonathan Goldsmith Lippe), promising his gal Sally (Nellie Bellflower) that he will "hit it big", convinces Darby that he will be back on top if they partner-up and hustle his skill in Dodge against Willie Tomsen (John Davis Chandler). The Rocking Horse Winner Marxist Criticism, TV's Gunsmoke ran over twenty years, 635 episodes (1955-1975), and five television movies (1987-1994). Guest Cast: Katherine Justice (as Beth Tilton), Robert Hogan (as Capt. When Dodge school teacher Henry Decory (Allen Garfield) defends the boy's right to an education, Oliver assaults Henry, and the debate enters into a courtroom clash. Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman in the town of Bucklin. He signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, along with his brothers Chief American Horse the Elder and Chief Red Cloud. Doc must choose between delivering the baby of Sara (Eunice Christopher) and Tom Butler (Joe Don Baker), or saving the life of a murderer, Garth (Jack Lambert). Here the protagonist kept and spend the money he stole and was not the "good guy". Bible-spouting, moonshine-swilling rancher, Noah Riker (Dub Taylor), threatens Matt after Matt's mountain-man friend Slocum (Will Geer) accuses Noah's son John (Steve Sandor) of cheating at poker, leading to John's death. An abusive father, who resents his daughter's hunger for knowledge, beats and locks her in the cellar, and when Matt and Doc rescue her, she falls in love with her knight in shining armor. Matt reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman on a treacherous journey across the prairie to Fort Wallace, Kansas, where they encounter numerous perils along the way. Guest Cast: Cliff Osmond (as Macomb), William Mims (as Hawkins), Jim Boles (as Sutro), Ross Hagen (as Hicks), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, Woodrow Chambliss, William Murphy (as Loomis), Jon Jason Mantley (as Billy), Maria Mantley (as Girl #1), John Puglia (as Boy #1), Susan Newmark (as Girl #2) and Billy McMickle (as Boy #2). A spoiled overindulged young woman grows tired of the way her boyfriend treats her and proceeds to make him jealous by entertaining other suitors. They were grizzled and gravel-voice men you could believe lived in the Wild West. Gunsmoke was on the air for two decades. Matt investigates an Indian raid that wiped out a family. Graves), Dawn Little Sky (as Squaw), Steve Warren (as Sergeant), Frank Sentry (as Crooked Knife) and Fred McDougall (as Tracker). An unemployed and impoverished stage actor resorts to petty crime when his world collides with a jailed murderer. George D. Wallace playing Dolph Timble, was an American stage and screen actor with over 230 credits. James Nusser makes his first of 74 credited appearances on Gunsmoke in this episode. Marshal from Oklahoma territory is shot in the back and his murder may go unsolved, but when a $500 information reward is offered, greed and betrayal take over. Notes: James Nusser makes his first Gunsmoke appearance in an uncredited role as "Wilkins", the wounded clerk. Matt investigates who shot a newlywed man just moments after his wedding. Guest Cast: Eduard Franz (as Amos Cartwright), DeForest Kelley (credited DeForrest Kelley as Will Bailey), William Vaughn (as Twitchell), Tommy Hart (as Clay) and Pat Hogan (as Buffalo Tongue). Ernie Connors) 8 Laurence Fishburne (Cpl. He was born in July 1938 in Bridgeport, CT, and attended Columbia University in New York City on a football scholarship. A despicable and abusive husband keeps beating his wife and she just hopes and believes that he'll change, until he doesn't. This list contains notable cast members of the Gunsmoke radio and TV series, and TV movies. While Festus is acting Marshal, a desperate pair of trappers steal $20,000 from a fur trader who refused to buy their worthless pelts. Matt and Chester out riding the range come upon a rather suspicious and unfriendly man who hustles two beautiful thoroughbreds away in a big hurry. Ben Payson's daughter Betsy falls in love with one of the Scottish homesteaders who have threatened to take her family's land. Guest Cast: Karen Grassle (as Fran), John Reilly (as Ike), Linda Sublette (as Emily), Herman Poppe (as Luke), Michele Marsh (as Sara), Dennis Redfield (as Shep), Fran Ryan (as Hannah), Robert Brubaker, Rod McGaughy (as Cowboy #1) and Bobby E. Clark (as Cowboy #2). Guest stars Many actors appeared regularly on Gunsmoke, in the majority of episodes, but in a variety of one-shot roles; others were only heard once or twice. A conscientious woman's plan to adopt a baby are jeopardized when Matt discovers her shiftless husband is involved in cattle rustling. L-R: Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell, and Ken. Matt travels to the small town of Friend, Kansas to investigate the strange death of a buddy who once saved his life. Check out as guest. 1. The charming widow Tara Hutson (Michele Carey) plays Newly against gunman Gecko Ridley (L. Q. Jones) who is after $5,000 her husband stole before going to prison. Twenty-four one-hour episodes, colorExecutive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman (episodes 612-624, 635), John G. Stephens (episodes 625-634); associate producer: Ron Honthaner Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Buck Taylor (Newly), Fran Ryan (Hannah)[62].