Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruce Dern as Guerin smiles against a blue sky in Gunsmoke - CBS The great Bruce Dern will always be a legend of the Western genre ...

Arness first joined Gunsmoke at the inception of its adaptation from radio to television in 1955. Fans of the radio program weren’t initially very happy to see William Conrad replaced, as they were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Matt Dillon/James Arness is comfort food for viewers," he explains. "And not just for the older demographic who grew up on it.

James Arness played U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon. 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 ...

Gunsmoke aired its series finale on March 31, 1975, and decades later, fans still don't want to get out of Dodge. The Emmy-winning Western, based on the eponymous radio show, premiered on CBS on Sept.