When it comes to classic TV Western programs, there was never a series quite like Maverick. The Roy Huggins-created drama dealt largely in humorous takes on the Old West genre, spanning five seasons ...

Would you have enjoyed a visit from John Wayne to your living room every Saturday night? If the producers of "Gunsmoke" had gotten their wish granted, that's just what would have happened, as The Duke ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Offscreen, James Arness traded Dodge City’s saloon dust for the comfort of his own king-size bed. Photographed in 1956, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weigel Broadcasting has announced a fall launch for WEST (Western Entertainment Series Television), a new network that will be ...

Actor James Arness, who became a television icon with his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running television series “Gunsmoke,” died today at age 88. On his website, www.jamesarness.com, ...

He had a very different kind of job before landing the part.

With “Gunsmoke – The Directors Collection” ($36.99), Paramount continues its policy of not releasing the long-running series that starred James Arness as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon in full-season ...

Nina Capriola, speaking for the Actors Collective, says “Gunsmoked” — a lovingly funny parody of “Gunsmoke” and the TV western in general — is the next in line of the TV-style pieces they”ve explored.

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 sleep ...