Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the battlefields of Anzio to the backlot streets of Dodge, Arness carried the same sense of duty that made Matt Dillon ...

Television westerns are few and far between now, but there was a time where they ruled supreme on all the big networks, with "Gunsmoke" having one of the biggest impacts on CBS. It was notable for ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born Peter and James Aurness in Minneapolis, the brothers took different professional names and very different paths to stardom.

A son shared stories about his father serving in the Army with James Arness during World War II and another reader set a goal to watch the entire "Gunsmoke" series. After reading a story about James ...

The western drama "Gunsmoke" premiered 70 years ago, airing for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975. MeTV is celebrating the anniversary by airing specially selected episodes, themed weeks, and movies ...

The star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness (formerly had been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ...

After playing Marshal Matt Dillon for two decades on the hit CBS Western Gunsmoke, James Arness was suddenly without a job when the network axed the series without warning after 20 seasons. But did ...

On "Gunsmoke," Dennis Weaver was best known as the stumbling deputy Chester Goode, so why did he leave the CBS drama behind? Here's what the star had to say.

Arness was filming in the Bahamas when Gunsmoke came calling. "I'd heard they were going to do a television version of Gunsmoke," he said. "I'd listened to it on the radio and read they were going to ...