For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ended in 1975, James Arness had quietly become one of the most familiar ...

Gunsmoke actor James Arness worked with many guest actors over the years, including his wife. The show started as a half-hour ensemble show based on the 1952 radio show. However, CBS expanded it into ...

Gunsmoke was a western TV show. According to IMDb, it ran from 1955-1975 — quite a long run. The show followed the exploits of Marshal Matt Dillon. Dillon was responsible for bringing the law to Dodge ...

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. The actor died in his sleep ...

Actor James Arness, who personified the tall, rugged lawman of the American frontier as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke," U.S. television's longest-running prime-time drama, died on Friday at age 88.

James Arness, who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in the long-running western "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his ...