Gunsmoke

En 1955 los executivos de la cadena televisiva CBS intentaron contratar a John Wayne pa interpretar al protagonista, Matt Dillon, pero finalmente decidiéronse por James Arness. La serie emitir por primer vegada nesi mesmu añu.

Ente 1955 y 1961 cada capítulu de la serie duraba 30 minutos, y depués d'eso pasó a durar una hora. Emitiéronse 635 episodios ente 1955 y 1975. Pol show pasaron grandes estrelles como: John Wayne (presentador del pilotu), Bette Davis, Harrison Ford, Jon Voight, Kurt Russell, Jodie Foster y munchos más. En 1987 se filma Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, con Arness nuevamente nel papel de Dillon. La película foi siguida por Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992), Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993) y Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994).

• James Arness: Matt Dillon
• Amanda Blake: Kitty
• Milburn Stone: Doctor
• Dennis Weaver: Chester
• Burt Reynolds: Quint Asper
• Kent Curtis: Festus
• Buck Taylor: Newly

• Willie Aames, Jack Albertson, Mabel Albertson, Claude Akins, Chris Alcaide, Richard Anderson, Tige Andrews, R. G. Armstrong, Jenny Lee Arness,^[1] Jean Arthur, John Astin.
• Edward Asner, Lew Ayres, John Drew Barrymore, Richard Basehart, Ed Begley, Ralph Bellamy, James Best, Dan Blocker, Randy Boone, Bruce Boxleitner, Eric Braeden.
• Peter Breck, Beau Bridges, Morgan Brittany, Charles Bronson, James Brown, Joyce Bulifant, Gary Busey.
• Sebastian Cabot, Frank Cady, Harry Carey, Jr., John Carradine, Conlan Carter, Jack Cassidy, Mary Castle, Lee J. Cobb, Michael Cole, Don Collier, Chuck Connors.
• Mike Connors, Tim Considine, Pat Conway, Elisha Cook, Jr., Ben Cooper, Glenn Corbett, Dennis Cross, Brandon Cruz, Robert Culp, Royal Dano, Kim Darby, Bette Davis.
• Jim Davis (múltiples apaiciones), Richard Deacon, Gloria DeHaven, John Dehner, Bruce Dern.
• William Enduvielle, Angie Dickinson, James Doohan, Richard Dreyfuss, Buddy Ebsen, Barbara Eden, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Gene Evans (10 episodios), Shug Fisher, Paul Fix.
• Jay C. Flippen, Constance Ford, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Ron Foster, Anne Francis, Dean Fredericks, Bert Freed, Victor French (18 episodios).
• Beverly Garland, Leif Garrett, James Gavin, Lisa Gerritsen, Melissa Gilbert, Harold Gould, James Gregory, Tom Greenway.
• Kevin Hagen, Ron Hagerthy, Alan Hale, Jr., Mariette Hartley, Ron Hayes, Katherine Helmond, Earl Holliman, Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Dennis Hopper, Marsha Hunt.
• Josephine Hutchinson, Steve Ihnat, John Ireland, Richard Jaeckel, Salome Jens, Brad Johnson, Ben Johnson.
• I. Stanford Jolley, L. Q. Jones, Robert Karnes, Don Keefer, DeForest Kelley, Dan Kemp, Adam Kennedy, George Kennedy, Richard Kiley, Jack Klugman, Ted Knight, Diane Ladd, Martin Landau.
• Allan Lane, Louise Latham, Harry Lauter, Anna Lee, June Lockhart, Jack Lord, Dayton Lummis, Tyler MacDuff, Barton MacLane, Rose Marie, Scott Marlowe, Ross Martin.
• Strother Martin, Darren McGavin, Peggy McCay, Howard McNear, Patrick McVey, Tyler McVey, Vera Miles, Denny Scott Miller, John Mitchum, Roger Mobley, Ricardo Montalbán, Erin Moren, Harry Morgan, Read Morgan (12 vegaes).
• Richard Mulligan, Diana Muldaur, Gene Nelson, Leslie Nielsen, Leonard Nimoy, Jeanette Nolan, Nick Nolte, Simon Oakland, Warren Oates, Susan Olsen.
• Gregg Palmer (20 vegaes), John Payne, Brock Peters, John Pickard (12 vegaes), Slim Pickens, Suzanne Pleshette, Judson Pratt, Andrew Prine, Denver Pyle, Dack Rambo, Gilman Rankin.
• Pernell Roberts, Wayne Rogers, Ruth Roman, Katharine Ross, Kurt Russell, Albert Salmi, John Saxon.
• William Shatner, Tom Simcox, Robert F. Simon, Tom Skerritt, Jeremy Slate, Quintin Sondergaard, Aaron Spelling, Loretta Swit, Harry Dean Stanton, Gloria Talbott, Russ Tamblyn, Vic Tayback.
• Dub Taylor, Robert Totten (tamién direutor), Harry Townes (7 vegaes), Daniel J. Travanti, Forrest Tucker, Cicely Tyson, Robert Urich, Joan Van Ark, Lee Van Cleef, Warren Vanders (12 vegaes), Mitch Vogel, Joyce Van Patten, Robert Vaughn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Vinson.
• Jon Voight, Lesley Ann Warren, Ruth Warrick, David Wayne, Adam West, Johnny Whitaker, James Whitmore, Robert J. Wilke, Chill Wills, William Windom, Morgan Woodward (19 vegaes), Ian Wolfe y Dana Wynter.

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