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‘I Felt Lucky Just To Get Where I Was’: James Arness, 6′7″ Star of 'Gunsmoke', Reflects on His Legacy

For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ...
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'Gunsmoke's' James Arness, who played no-nonsense Marshal Dillon, dies at 88

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 ...
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Which Two ‘Gunsmoke’ Stars Hated Each Other at First?

Milburn Stone and James Arness are forever linked as stars of the iconic Western Gunsmoke. As Doc Adams and Marshal Matt Dillon, respectively, their partnership became one of TV’s most enduring ...
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Burt Reynolds' First Major Western TV Role: Riverboat, Not Gunsmoke

You might think Burt Reynolds' first major TV role came in Gunsmoke, but his real first big role came in another Western TV ...