(CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. The Los Angeles Times reports the actor ...

Gunsmoke got a whole lot more colorful when its twelfth season debuted Sept. 17, 1966. For the first time, the adventures of Marshal Matt Dillon, Miss Kitty, Doc, Festus, and the gang would be ...

Gunsmoke actor Amanda Blake was a very versatile performer who had a strong understanding of how to generate chemistry for the screen. She had experience working along with the remainder of the ...

Gunsmoke actor Burt Reynolds had a wonderful career that extended into becoming a sex symbol. He knew that he wanted a career in entertainment, but he initially had some difficulties figuring out ...

Streaming gets attention for buzzy originals, but viewing of classics accounts for a large chunk of the total audience. Nielsen acknowledged as much Monday by including shoutouts to two legacy titles, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Roger Ewing, best known for playing deputy marshal Thad Greenwood on the long-running western “Gunsmoke,” has died. He was ...

Roger Ewing, best known for his role as Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood on “Gunsmoke,” has died. He was 83. The actor’s loved ones announced in an obituary that Ewing passed away in Morro Bay, Calif., ...

Origins: The role of Matt Dillon was never offered to John Wayne. Wayne, like many other film actors of the time, considered television an upstart medium unworthy of his talents. When CBS decided in ...