According to a 1973 TV Guide interview, Taylor was meant to appeal to a different Gunsmoke viewer. The producers wanted a “young man who learns from his elders.” Even though the actor was 35 ...

Before he ruled the box office in the 1970s with Smokey and the Bandit, The Longest Yard and Deliverance, Burt Reynolds was ...

Gunsmoke was one ... was disrespectful to the cast, crew, and loyal audience of the classic Western. Sadly, Milburn Stone passed on in 1980, meaning the three co-stars didn't get to reunite ...

Six decades after "Gunsmoke" debuted on television, several actors who appeared in the show, including Burt Reynolds, are scheduled to reunite in Dodge City. The Wichita Eagle reports the actors ...

and a colorful cast of old cowboy character actors who appeared on the show will be getting together at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Gunsmoke.

“Gunsmoke” debuted on television in 1955. Stars of the show included James Arness as Matt Dillon; Burt Reynolds, who starred as Quint Asper, the blacksmith; Ken Curtis as Festus; Amanda Blake ...

The museum has more than 40 art objects and artifacts directly related to “Gunsmoke,” including portraits and busts of cast members, costumes worn by Arness and Blake, Stone’s “actor ...

The 6-foot-7 actor ... The cast was stunned by the cancellation. “We didn’t do a final, wrap-up show,” Arness, who was nominated for three Emmys for Gunsmoke, told the Associated Press.