Burt Reynolds played one of the most beloved supporting roles on Gunsmoke, but everyone could tell he was destined for the ...

Plenty of notable actors appeared on Gunsmoke over its 20 years on the air, including Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, Angie Dickinson, and Sam Elliott. Also on the list is Leonard Nimoy, who appeared in ...

Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis enthusiastically played ... Curtis once explained why he thought Festus was always a better character than Chester on Gunsmoke. ‘Gunsmoke’ used Ken Curtis’ Festus ...

It's not uncommon for aspiring actors to start young ... the long-running CBS western "Gunsmoke" where each of her three guest appearances were all different characters. Foster's inaugural ...

The actor was 32 when friend John Wayne declined the lead role in "Gunsmoke" and recommended ... but he - and his TV character - wore them well. "The camera really loved his face, and with good ...

Dennis Weaver, who played diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic Western “Gunsmoke ... “With all my Actors Studio training, I’ll correct this character by using my own experiences ...

Character actor Joe Don Baker, known for playing several tough guy characters in some of the world’s favorite movies, has ...

He appeared in four films for Sam Peckinpah, three for Warren Beatty and in such TV series as “Gunsmoke,” “Wagon ... a veteran tough-guy character actor who appeared in dozens of TV Westerns ...

This due to the basic nature of the characters they were playing ... Star "Whereas with James Arness and Gunsmoke, it's not that he was a bad actor, it's just that he was doing it by rote.