According to Gunsmoke fans, the 10th best of all 635 ... He’s rescued by a hermit named Ben Snow (Strother Martin). The hermit has been out panning for gold and gathered up quite a bounty.

The first season of Gunsmoke brought the popular radio show ... on the marshal via a brain-damaged man named Cooter Smith (Strother Martin). Ben gives him a firearm, informing him that Matt ...