In a brand-new TV Legends Revealed, find out whether Gunsmoke needed to make special guns because James Arness' hands were so ...

John Wayne gave the now-iconic introduction to the Western series Gunsmoke. How did the show manage to land the legend so ...

What began as a 30-minute, black-and-white series soon evolved into a one-hour color drama in the ‘60s. Audiences tuned in ...

Promotional portrait of the cast of the American television series ‘Gunsmoke,’ July 23, 1969. Foreground, American actors James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon) and Amanda Blake (1929 – 1989 ...

However, there was one episode where he used a different gun because it wasn’t aired when it was intended to. Rather, the marshal used a Colt SAA with a 4.75-inch barrel. Gunsmoke Season 1 ...

Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall — all 6 feet 6 inches of him — on “Gunsmoke” from 1955 to 1975. He outlasted dozens of other Western heroes while making history ...

they call it,” as he said in the show’s first episode. Only when pushed to the limit would Marshal Dillon pull his six-gun from its holster. When “Gunsmoke” premiered in 1955, it was ...

Wayne suggested the 6' 7" actor play Marshal Matt Dillon in the upcoming television series "Gunsmoke." Arness won the part and played Dillon for 20 years, becoming a TV icon in the process.

James Arness, the 6' 7" actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 years, has died at 88. Arness passed away of natural causes Friday.Arness's death comes a year after ...

Curtis played deputy Festus Haggin, sidekick to Marshal Matt Dillon, from 1964 until the ... “His character on Gunsmoke was supposed to be just a one-shot deal, but it was so popular they ...

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 ...