Mountain farmer Jed Hocket (Harry Morgan) finally arranges to have his three sons, Ike, Luke and Shep marry the brides they took from Dodge, but Jinx Tobin might very well jynx it for Fran and Ike. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. Guest Cast: Buddy Baer (as Stobo), Woodrow Chambliss (as Shiloh), Tom Greenway (as Treavitt), Paul Birch (as Boss) and Gary Vinson (as Jim). A dying old prospector has everyone curious when he wills Kitty all of his worldly possessions, much to the dismay of his niece and her husband. The Long Branch saloon has the following changes: a longer bar with a high shelve on the wall above it, the huge brass adornment that sits center stage is missing, unfamiliar taxidermy and wall decor, and the most notable change is a bartender that we have never seen in past or future episodes. However, Doc is surprised and outraged when Dr. Samuel McTavish (so-named because her father wanted a boy) turns out to be a woman. A local rancher grows tired of farming and comes to Dodge looking for the next get rich scheme, and stumbles upon boxing promoter to make his fortune. An injured gunslinger is hired to kill Matt but reconsiders when a Chinese woman tends to his wounds. It's theme is one that has played out in other shows, but it's certainly not one of the more common themes even in westerns. Divine intervention intercedes when a timid homesteader and his wife are bullied off their land and refuse Matt's help. Anderson played a snooping used-car salesman in Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho. Guest Cast: Harry Davis (as Shorty), Chubby Johnson (as Oldtimer), Buck Tayler, Paul Wexler (as Stone), Jack Searl (as Hale), Kathryn Minner (as Grandma), James Nusser, Pete Kellett (as 1st Spectator), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan and Eve Plumb (as Sue). An Indian squaw seeking medical attention is rebuffed by Dodge merchants and when Kitty steps in to help, three troublemakers incite an unruly mob to rid her from town, but one of the agitators initiates his own twisted plan. Tragedy. Notes: This is the actual pilot episode of the television series, Gunsmoke. The title of this episode is not based on the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Chester helps a widow and her daughter establish a dressmaking business in Dodge and when he begins to have feelings for her, he discovers that her husband is very much alive. A vengeful rancher's wife puts a $1,000 bounty on Matt's head after he shoots down her husband. It will still be five more years before he is cast as the town drunk, "Louie Pheeters". Stone (as Orval), Emile Genest (as Frisbie), Tom Lowell (as Ethan) and Howard Culver (as Clerk). Guest Cast: Phyllis Coates (as Edna), Jack Elam (as Hector), Harold J. [6] [7] On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Cyril Delevanti was an English character actor with a long career in American films and television. The lonely widow Phoebe Preston (Anne Jackson) finds and takes care of the wounded amnesiac, calling him Jed Frazer (Victor French), her newlywed husband. After Matt captures Vigil Connor (Marco St. John), one of the Dog Soldiers led by Jude Connor (William Smith), the rest of the gang shoot Festus and take Kitty hostage hoping to trade before Virgil is hanged. He was a cast member in the radio version of Gunsmoke performing over the entire broadcast run from April 26, 1952, to June 18, 1961. David's television series Kung Fu featured his father John and half-brother Robert in the episode "Dark Angel". Matt inadvertently gives away a young woman's daring cat-and-mouse plan of revenge against the two men that murdered her father. John Carradine is always a great bad guy or hateful person in whatever show he's in. Kleiner, Dick. Festus comes back from a desert shootout with no memory of what exactly took place. Guest Cast: Woodrow Chambliss (as Lathrop), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Hank Patterson (as Hank), Margaret Bacon (as Dressmaker), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Tom Sutton (as Pete), Bill Hart (as Cowboy #1) and Bennie Dobbins (as Cowboy #2). Townspeople and outlaws want to know where an old prospector has hidden his gold. John Carradine, original name Richmond Reed Carradine, (born February 5, 1906, New York, New York, U.S.died November 27, 1988, Milan, Italy), American actor with gaunt features and a stentorian voice who appeared in more than 200 films, often portraying villains. Matt comes up with a risky plan to stop the killing spree of a psychopathic murderer, who only provokes gunfights with individuals he knows have no chance in defending themselves against him. Guest Cast: John Larkin (as Murph), Gloria McGehee (as Clara), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Woodrow Parfrey (as Tom), Larry Ward (as Bart) and Ted Jordan (as Gus Thompson). Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory. I haven't watched the color episodes and never really got into this show. Her trouble escalates even further when her admirer Carl Pruitt (Lin McCarthy) tries to help. A Mexican boy, Paco Avila (Manuel Padilla Jr.), has an ulterior motive for befriending Matt. He also played the same character in the radio version. Matt and Newly track a gang of bank robbers who are about to take over another town to do one last heist. Birth. Both Dale and Michael, along with Sonia Sorel's son, Michael Bowen, are sometimes counted among John Carradine's eight sons. "[8] Carradine attended the Christ Church School in Kingston[7] and the Episcopal Academy in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, where he developed his diction and his memory skills from portions of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer as a punishment. See also. Guest Cast: Jeff Silver (as Yorky), Howard Petrie (as Brant), Dennis Cross (as Tom), Malcolm Atterbury (as Seldon) and Mary Gregory (as Mrs. Seldon). [7] Carradine lived with his maternal uncle, Peter Richmond, in New York City for a while, working in the film archives of the public library. Notes: Lew Brown plays the character Sam Fraser in this episode, his first of an astounding 21 guest-appearances on Gunsmoke. Guest Cast: John Carradine (as Kader), Suzanne Lloyd (as Nayomi), Frank de Kova (as Leader) and Darryl Hickman (as Danny). He also portrayed the Biblical hero Aaron in DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and he dominated Hitler's Madman (1943) as Reinhard Heydrich. He spent nearly another. Also in this episode, there is a cell across from the one Billy is in. A young man, Travis Colter (Jan-Michael Vincent) starts to consider heading down the same path as his outlaw brothers, while his mother Beatrice Colter (Kim Hunter) tries to dissuade him. Guest Cast: William Fawcett (as Nebs), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, Woodrow Chambliss and Hank Patterson. He was an Australian actor, writer and director who was perhaps best known for portraying Native American Indians in numerous films and television series. He often played the town lawman or local bad guy in many popular westerns including a recurring co-starring role as Marshal Frank Tallman in the 19571959 western Television series, Man Without a Gun. Doc must choose between delivering the baby of Sara (Eunice Christopher) and Tom Butler (Joe Don Baker), or saving the life of a murderer, Garth (Jack Lambert). Notes: American actor Michael Hinn who plays Zel was a familiar face on many 1950s and 1960s television westerns including but not limited to this his first of ten Gunsmoke appearances, nine roles on the 19591960 CBS program Johnny Ringo and eleven acting credits from 1959 to 1969 on the syndicated series Death Valley Days. A failed rancher loses everything, home, cattle and wife, but comes-up with an ingenious plan to pay back those that wronged him. A pompous well-to-do gentleman from Philadelphia comes to Dodge in search of his runaway fianc whose family dismissed for being a ship captain's daughter. Guest Cast: Jon Voight (as Cory), Lou Antonio (as Rich), Kelly Jean Peters (as Adele), Charles McGraw (as Dolen), I. Stanford Jolley (as Grandpa), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke) and Matt Emery (as Trail Boss). Guest Cast: Nicholas Hammond (as Britt), Sally Kemp (as Rachel), Lieux Dressler (as Liz), Dan Ferrone (as Dan Ross), Larry D. Mann (as Pritchard), Charles Seel (as Josiah), Gilbert Escandon (as Ten Bears), Ronald Manning (as Hoxie) and Francesca Jarvis (as Mother). In this episode, his first of fourteen Gunsmoke appearances, he portrayed the scorned farmer, Willie Calhoun. Crude hillbilly twin brothers come west to Dodge to kill Indians, and along the way their callous nature leaves a trail of violence. A woman who used to be rich takes a job at the Long Branch while she and her niece are on their way to San Francisco. Matt must determine how and when the partners of a murderer he has in custody will make their move. Guest Cast: Chips Rafferty (as Angus McTabbott), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Gertrude Flynn (as Essie Benlan), Dorothea Neumann (credited Dorothy Neumann as Customer), Adrienne Marden (as Townswoman), John Francis (credited Johnny Francis as Store Clerk), Fletcher Fist (as Cowboy), Denver Pyle (as Clab Chummer), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Ted de Corsia (as Merl Benlan), Maudie Prickett (as Mrs. Preeker), and Stefan Arngrim (as Jock). Festus tries to keep an old Sioux Indian (John Dierkes) alive, even though he wishes to die in peace. Notes: Jester Hairston was a composer, songwriter and actor. Matt tries to keep the peace between two old bickering curmudgeons who share a homestead. Guest Cast: James Drury (as Tom), Jan Shepard (as Tilda), George Keymas (as Ivers), Ron Hayes (as Varden) and Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck). [4] In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law. After taking the stage name John Wayne, he landed his first leading role in director Raoul Walsh's western The Big Trail in 1930, but the film flopped at the box office. Guest Cast: Ron Randell (as Portis), Walt Barnes (as Burke), Dan Blocker (as Keller) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). Barry had a couple of appealing television roles, Star Trek fans will remember him as Surak, Dr. Spock's father in S3E22, The Savage Curtain (1969). Bank robber Phoenix (Glenn Corbett), set to be released from Leavenworth after serving his time, must decide whether or not he will kill ex-lawman Jess Hume (Gene Evans) for the $2,000 in gold double eagles that his cell-mate John Sontag (Ramon Bieri) offers, and Hume's beautiful young wife Kate (Mariette Hartley) only adds more incentive. Matt uses a six-shooter with a much shorter barrel in this episode, not the eight-inch barrel we normally see throughout the series. Agape Lodge held a "Crowley Night on Winona Blvd". Seasons 16 Matt and Chester keep close watch at a stage stop for a ruthless killer who is murdering stagecoach passengers in cold blood. Wily outlaw Yancy Tyce (Robert Lansing) is determined to free his younger brother Cody Tyce (Jonathan Lippe) from Matt's custody. The show had a familiar premise to the present Law and Order franchise, except it focused on the criminal's defense. Guest Cast: Tyler McVey (as Sam Baxton), Vivi Janiss (as Sara Baxton), Theodore Marcuse (credited Ted Marcuse as Zach Ritter), Malcolm Atterbury (as Jed Bates) and Roy Engel (as Hoffer). Perrin also did extensive work in animation, providing voices in numerous cartoons including but not limited to Jonny Quest (19641965), Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Mountain man Lijah (Denny Miller) is accused of massacring farmers. Guest Cast: Lynn Marta (as Prudence), Ted Jordan (as Burke) and Ivy Jones (as Martha Beal). Guest Cast: Florenz Ames (as John Peavy), Frank de Kova (as Mulligan Rives), Anne O'Neal (as Sabina Peavy) and Susan Morrow (as Melanie). John Carradine had an estimated net worth of $2 million at death. Matt attempts to protect wounded outlaw Johnny Drago from a pair of bounty hunters. Genre (s): Drama, Action & Adventure Season 5 Episodes tbd S5:E39. Darnell), Warren Kemmerling (as Conductor), Sam Melville (as Nebo), John Crawford (as Blanchard), Harry Carey Jr. (as Kelliher), Jonathan Lippe (as Roper), Pepe Callahan (as Secos), Walter Sande (as Caldwell), Mills Watson (as Pony), Robert Sorrells (as Concho), Eddie Firestone (as Orely), Dan Ferrone (as Private), Sian Barbara Allen (as Allie Dawson), Harry Harvey Sr. (as Drummer), Pete Kellett (as Sergeant), Jon Kowal (as Dunn), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke) and Denny Arnold (as Fireman). Longtime viewers may know that Denver Pyle was one of the first actors considered for the role of Marshall Dillon but the part would eventually go to James Arness. Also, he played Janos Skorzeny, the vampire terrorizing Las Vegas in the 1972 ABC made-for-TV movie, The Night Stalker. Guest Cast: Herbert Rudley (as Capt. Matt clashes with railroad boss Wes Cameron (Jim Davis) who is determined lay track across homesteader Jim Graham's (Shug Fisher) land. Guest Cast: John Larch (as Clay Young), Ainslie Pryor (as Josh Nolan), Jeanne Bates (as Mrs. Nolan) and Edward Platt (credited Ed Platt as Mr. Burgess). Guest Cast: Amanda McBroom (as Fran), David Soul (as Ike), Linda Sublette (as Emily), Herman Poppe (as Luke), Michele Marsh (as Sara), Dennis Redfield (as Shep), Spencer Milligan (as Jinx Tobin), Ray Girardin (as Cluff Tobin), Fran Ryan (as Hannah), Jim Backus (as Reverend Sims), Jerry Hoffmann (as Dub) and Bobby E. Clark (as Farmboy). The only ones who believe Festus' girlfriend of witnessing a murder are the killers themselves. Festus, acting as Matt's deputy, learns that the drunken trappers he put in jail are his cousins. Chester takes care of a severely injured Doc when they're bushwhacked by a pair of outlaws out on the open prairie. John Carradine: Birth name: Richmond Reed Carradine Born: February 5, 1906 in New York, New York, USA Died: November 27, 1988 in Milan, Italy from natural causes Notable Roles: Notable Episodes: Awards: star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness)[33] is critically wounded while attempting to arrest a cocky gunslinger who runs uncontrolled in Dodge while he recovers but is completely amazed when the Marshal challenges him again. Ed Jacobs on the 19511959 television series Dragnet and was the Venusian living undercover on Earth in The Twilight Zone, season 2 episode 28, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?". Matt, Festus and Newly pose as gunrunners hoping the outlaws will lead them to Colonel Lucius Shindro's compound, where they can formulate a plan to rescue Doc and Lyla. Chester promises to keep a bigamist's secret, but the man doesn't believe him and makes plans to ensure his story stays hidden. An immigrant must decide whether to pay off a blackmailer who claims to have seen the immigrant's son commit murder. A just released convict, who as a boy hated Matt while growing up together on a Texas ranch, has an urgent need to size him up, but becomes torn between loyalty for the Marshal and his old gang of thieves. With his prisoner finally secured, Matt faces more obstacles reaching the Texas border. Outlaw Will "Smith" (Earl Holliman) arrives at the home of widow Abelia (Jacqueline Scott) to get her to help him launder $10,000 in stolen gold coins. The town turns on Quint, who's accused of horse theft, a story perpetuated by two scheming saddle tramps. Quint escorts a desperate family by wagon to North Platte and uncovers their hurried reason in leaving Illinois. Guest Cast: Tom Brown, Mills Watson (as Curry), Lew Brown (as Smith), Read Morgan (as Brown), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Ted Jordan (as Burke). Out of water and with no horse, he must rely on the Cherokee squaw Quanah (Arlene Martel), who has been cast out from the Comanche, if he is to survive in the badlands. Born Richmond Reed Carradine, February 5, 1906, in New York, NY; changed hisname in 1935; died November 27, 1988, in Milan, Italy; son of William Reed (an Associated Press correspondent) and Genevieve Winifred (a surgeon; maiden name, Richmond) Carradine; married Ardanelle McCool, 1935 (divorced, 1944); married Sonia Sorel (an actress), 1945 . A cowardly horse thief spreads a vengeful rumor against the cowboy who roughed him up. Bonanza had at least one episode with a similar plot and Wagon Train as well. Guest Cast: Mary Carver (as Ann), Joel Ashley (as Linus), Russell Thorson (credited Russ Thorson as Brady), William Hamel (as Customer) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam). Guest Cast: John Larch (as Rance), Strother Martin (as Dillard), Pitt Herbert (as Green), William Bryant (as 1st Cowboy), Joel Ashley (as 2nd Cowboy), Scott Peters (as Pete), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Botkin), Joseph Breen (as Mike), Robert DeCost (as Carl), Dan Sheridan (as Dobie), John Mitchum (as Joe), Lee J. Winters (credited Lee Winters as Bob) and Victor Lundin (credited Vic Lundin as Hank). In a profession so vast Paul was best known for his role of Micah Torrance in the 19581963 ABC Western television series, The Rifleman. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 226 one hour color episodes Guest Cast: Adam Kennedy (as Andy Travis), James Griffith (as Joe Kite), Herbert Lytton (as Jake Crowell), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Jon Locke (credited Joe Locke as Beecher) and Chris Alcaide (as Barnes). No good deed goes unpunished when a middle-aged man hides a wounded fugitive in the house that he's building for his young and pretty fianc. Clay Young is trying to evict Josh Nolan. Ramrod Will Parmalee (Gene Evans) and two of his drovers Doak (Nicholas Hammond) and Quincy (Van Williams) find their way of life jeopardized by the railroad. Newly tries to take wanted killer Larkin (Richard Jaeckel) to Dodge with three bounty hunters hot on their trail, led by the ruthless Lon (Anthony Caruso). Of the hour-long episodes, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color. Notes: Gage Clarke makes his first of twelve appearances in a role other than Dodge House clerk, Jim Dobie or bank manager, Mr. Botkin. Former choir boy turned outlaw, Boone Shadler (Earl Holliman), condemned to hang, escapes prison and poses as a priest to retrieve $7,000 from a town that is now stricken with a plague, forcing him to keep up his disguise by helping those who are dying. Dying gunman Bodie Tatum (Gene Evans) endures a long, sad journey with his Cheyanne wife Kata (Ana Korita), and his estranged daughters, Maddy (Sandra Smith), Marion (Sheila Larken) and Gwenn (Jay MacIntosh), to be buried next to his wife in a town that doesn't want him there. A drifter becomes extremely popular when he pays off his debt by cooking at Delmonico's, but an altercation with a customer leads to murder. While in jail, Carradine was beaten, suffering a broken nose that did not set correctly. Bible-spouting, moonshine-swilling rancher, Noah Riker (Dub Taylor), threatens Matt after Matt's mountain-man friend Slocum (Will Geer) accuses Noah's son John (Steve Sandor) of cheating at poker, leading to John's death. Guest Cast: Louise Latham (as Louise), Robert DoQui (as Sadler), Buck Taylor, Kevin Coughlin (as Tom), Stanley Clements (as McInnery), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, James Nusser, Roy Barcroft and Olan Soule (as Waiter). Notes: The premiere episode was introduced by John Wayne. Matt joins a cattle drive to prevent violence between trail boss Amos McKee (Joseph Campanella) and a band of thieving hide-cutters. He is best known for playing many roles which include; Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 19391941 The Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the 19721975 television series Kung Fu and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films. Matt helps a young gunman who is trying to go straight. Two unscrupulous boxing promoters set up a deadly match for a washed-up local prize fighter in a winner take all contest. Doc becomes enraged when he sees a man from his past and swears to Chester that he's going to kill him. Producer: Charles Marquis Warren (episodes 4049, 5152, 57), Norman Macdonnell (episodes 50, 5356, 5878) Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[38]Guest cast: In credits order. Additional Guest Cast: Bill Erwin (as Telegrapher). John Carradine Birth Name: Richmond Reed Carradine Birth Place: New York, New York, United States Profession Actor Actor 281 Credits 100 Years of Horror 1996 Fame 1985 The Fall Guy 1984 Fantasy. Against the wishes of his wife, Bess Frye (Collin Wilcox-Horne), a poor farmer, Tuck Frye (Tom Skerritt) risks his farm and all his money to race his prized quarter horse, Jubilee. With $5,000 in stolen Wells Fargo money, outlaw Gristy Calhoun (John Saxon) is on the run from both the law and his double-crossing cohorts. An ex-criminal fears that a conflict involving his girlfriend, brother and old partner will reveal his past. Danny & Nayomi try to get away from both their families. The others in the series are, S14E4 "Uncle Finney", S14E18 "Goldtown" and S15E8 "The Still". The Madwoman of Chaillot (Dec 27, 1948 - Jan 07, 1950) Performer: John Carradine [The Ragpicker] Play Comedy Original. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre. Valsecchi, Peiro. Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Obie Tater), Kathy Adams (as Ella Mills), Jon Shepodd (as Mitch) and Pat Conway (as Quade). A naive Civil War drummer boy is harassed and badgered by a couple of Dodge City locals and then jailed when one of the tormentors turns up dead. Difficult days lay ahead for Kitty when a conniving woman who had a hand in raising her, comes to Dodge for a visit. Lights Out! Guest Cast: Peg Hillias (as Jenny), Paul Fix (as McCready), Bartlett Robinson (as Gabriel), Stuart Whitman (as Bart), Gordon Gebert (as Billy) and John Smith (as David). An outlaw husband and his gang rob Dodge's freight office and leaves the money with his wife, which creates even greater problems. Matt tracks down white-slave traders led by Timothy Fitzpatrick (James Whitmore) and Comancheros led by Blue Jacket (Gregory Sierra) who abducted young Cynthia Emery (Kathleen Cody) just a few miles from Dodge. He plays Dobie in this episode (29) and again in episode 31. Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Rose), Jack Elam (as Ben), Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Harley), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Leroy), Warren Oates (as Jep), Nora Marlowe (as Jennie), David Kent (as Peter), Cyril Delevanti (as Sy Tewksbury) and Wayne West (as Man). Notes: Frank de Kova who portrays Tobeel in his first of five Gunsmoke appearances was an American character actor who convincingly played Native Americans in many films and television series, even though his actual ethnicity was Italian. [6] During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the 10 most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. James Arness en 1969. Guest Cast: Andrew Duggan (as Fos Capper), Peggy Webber (as Flora Stancil), Robert F. Simon (as Ben Stancil), Susan Morrow (as Melanie), James Nusser (as Bum) and Charles King (as Passerby, uncredited). Judge Mills say they go. Matt's superior, a government official from Washington comes to Dodge to observe the Marshal's job performance and doesn't like what he sees. An elderly sheepherder who opposes violence refuses to tell Matt the identity of the two cattlemen who are tormenting him. Guest Cast: Val Avery (as Bull), Susan Olsen (as Marieanne), Mike Durkin (as Jonathan), Roy Roberts, Sid Haig (as Buffalo Hunter), William Fawcett (as Old Prospector), Ted Jordan and Margarita Cordova (as Saloon Girl). Oh well, still a good episode. Chester is appalled when his "uncivilized" country-bumpkin brother comes to Dodge for a Christmas visit. Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Seth Tandy), Chuck Connors (as Sam Keeler), Paul Dubov (as Humbert), Jim Hyland (as Stage Driver) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). He started in the profession with uncredited roles in cult classics, When Worlds Collide (1951) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and may be best known for his performances in The Comancheros (1961), The Longest Day (1962) and Night of the Lepus (1972). Lola Albright plays Lucy Hunt and was an American singer and actress. After the crisis, the two court and get engaged, but Patricia is diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Fix had over 300 film and television credits over a seven-decade career and appeared in 26 movies with his friend, celebrated legend John Wayne. Guest Cast: Lew Brown (as Sam Fraser), Helen Wallace (as Ma Fraser), Bill White Jr. (as Tad Fraser), Dorothy Schuyler (as Alice Fraser) and Dan Blocker (as Lieutenant). . First episode directed by Andrew V. McLaglen who would end up with 96 Gunsmoke credits, most of any director. First of six appearances for Joseph Mell in the role of Bill Pence, owner of the Long Branch saloon. Guest Cast: Scott Marlowe (as Ed), Robert L. Crawford Jr. (credited Bobby Crawford as Billy), Eddie Firestone (as Carl Wilkins), Kathryn Harrow (as Ellen Crandall), Roy Roberts (as Mr. Bodkin), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Sailor Vincent (credited William Sailor Vincent as Peter Sommars), Tom Reese (as Okie), Warren Vanders (as Wat), Edmund Hashim (as Durgen), Joseph Hoover (as Dave Crandall) and Solomon Sturges (credited Mark Sturges as Will Taylor). His final role was General Winfield Schaeffer in the 19651970 NBC fantasy sitcom television series, I Dream of Jeannie. 1961/62 through 1965/66 Episodio 22. Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. His longest recurring role was Shawn Brady on the daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives in 19841985. Masked gunmen hold up a stagecoach carrying Matt and Chester, and later back in Dodge, the Marshal recognizes one of the robber's voices. David was with him, reading Shakespeare to him, when he succumbed to his condition. A beautiful young lady fresh from the east comes to Dodge to get married but falls prey to frontier violence. Guest Cast: Vinton Hayworth (as Harry Speener), James Dobson (as Joe Harpe), Lawrence Green (as Smith), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Robert Nash (as Grant) and Allan Nixon (as Adams). A judge and his two sons plot their revenge when they suspect Festus and Kitty of murdering a member of their family. "[7] Once DeMille heard his baritone voice, however, he hired him to do voice-overs. Doc is resentful and feels sorry for himself when a new town doctor comes to town and makes off with his patients. Matt's life is changed during a bank robbery after his gun arm is seriously wounded. A young thief, Sancho (Manuel Padilla Jr.), gets caught by Matt while the marshal is transporting a prisoner, Sam Danton (William C. Watson), to Fort Union. A young man comes to town seeking his father's unknown killer so he can avenge his death. Carradine did considerable stage work, much of which provided his only opportunity to work in a classic drama context. I didn't know what he was talking about. Guest Cast: Claude Akins (as Hack), Patricia Barry (as Belle) and Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Alvy). Guest Cast: Bing Russell (as Tabor), Anne Whitfield (as Trudy), Lawrence Dobkin (as Esteban Garcia), Barney Phillips (as Bill Pence), Ben Wright (as Calmers) and Roy Engel (as Grimes). A Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men is responsible for murder. Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Nip Cullers), John Patrick (as Jonas), Mary Adams (as Nettie), Evelyn Scott (as Olive), Dorothy Schuyler (as Kate) and Charlene Brooks (as Blossum). Early), Preston Pierce (as Jeff Fraley), Ted Jordan (as Shiloh), Glenn Strange (as Sam), William Fawcett (as 1st Stage Man), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Leonard P. Geer (credited Leonard Geer as 1st Posse Man), Phil Chambers (as 2nd Stage Man), Fred Coby (as 3rd Stage Man), Jeremy Slate (as Web Fraley), Jim Davis (as Clell Williams), Richard Jaeckel (as Pence Fraley), Michael Conrad (as Cash McLean) and John Anderson (as Les McConnell). He will go on to play bartender Jake Summers in Lawman and pass away four years later of cancer in 1963 at the age of 46. Missionary teacher Athena Partridge Royce (Eileen Heckart) heads for her first assignment, days away from Dodge, completely oblivious of the dangers out in the wilderness. We would stand there on either side of the glass door crying". Festus faces a group of renegades led by Judge Proctor (Jeff Corey) bent on regaining land they lost during the Civil War. Guest Cast: Katherine Justice (as Beth Tilton), Robert Hogan (as Capt. Keith Carradine said "It was like being in jail. Benter), Roy Roberts (as Tabor), Anthony Caruso (as Lone Eagle), Robert Dix (as Spotted Wolf), John Newton (as Sgt. Jean Inness was Nurse Beatrice Fain in the 19611966 NBC American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare. Matt must find out why a gunman is stalking a temperance preacher. However, Kitty has already become attached to the baby. Gunsmoke camera men or make-up artist knew how to make a woman look absolutely stunning. Guest Cast: Walter Brooke (as Capt. Even after returning from obscurity, other gunslingers like Kid Chama (Randolph Roberts) continue to seek him out, forcing Matt to decide if he will run Coltrane out of Dodge. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top 20 until 1964. Bert Rumsey is credited as 'Bartender' but for the first time in an episode Chester references him by his last name, 'Sam Noonan'. Interestingly, he was the "Control Voice" in the 19631965 science fiction television series The Outer Limits and narrator of the action adventure television show, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (19551958). Johnson enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces and was commissioned a second lieutenant, flying 44 combat missions in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a B-25 Mitchell navigator/bombardier. An arrogant photographer creates quite a stir in Dodge with his newfangled picture box, but his attempts to acquire sensational photographs are reprehensible which cause serious turmoil. 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