John Wayne Convinced James Arness That He Should Be In Gunsmoke
If you ever find yourself at home watching rerun after rerun of Gunsmoke and start worrying that you should be …
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When Producers Rejected Her, Amanda Blake Got Creative To Secure ‘Gunsmoke’ Role
When Amanda Blake landed the role of Kitty Russell in Gunsmoke, she secured her place in the cultural zeitgeist of …
Chester’S Limp Drew Hundreds Of Letters From Concerned Gunsmoke Fans
In the third season of Gunsmoke, there’s a worrisome episode titled “Never Pester Chester” in which Chester Goode gets dragged …
Buck Taylor Said That This Was The Only Difficult Part About Working With James Arness
If you’ve read his autobiography, James Arness: An Autobiography, you already know that as an actor and as a man, …
‘Gunsmoke’: Matt Dillon First Slapped Someone Across The Face In 1 Early Episode
Gunsmoke actor James Arness had quite the journey playing U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon over the course of the Western television …
James Arness Stole The Saloon Doors Of The ”Gunsmoke” Set For Burt Reynolds After The Series Had Wrapped
We’ve all been given some pretty great gifts in our lifetime. There’s nothing quite like waking up on your birthday …
Gunsmoke’S ‘Newly O’Brien’ Sparks Admiration At Weekend’S Gunfight On The Santa Fe Trail
He wasn’t wearing a white shirt, well-shaped silver belly hat, low-slung southpaw pistol holster or riding a grey horse. Actually …
Amanda Blake Gave The Perfect Answer For Why Matt Dillon And Miss Kitty Never Married
When Gunsmoke first became a TV show in 1955, Amanda Blake wanted in. According to The New York Times, the …
The Real Story Of The ”Aurness” Brothers
You’d be hard-pressed to find a Hollywood pair of brothers quite like Peter Graves and Jim Arness. Their combined influence …
Originally, Ken Curtis Used His Festus Voice As A Joke
When viewers were introduced to Festus on Gunsmoke, neither they nor the show’s creators had any idea of the lasting …