When the citizens of Dodge panic, Matt tries to restore order and squash rumors of a planned Pawnee attack. Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Jed Gunther), Pat Conway (as Billy Gunther), John Compton (as Blain), William Keene (as Mr. Botkin) and Charles Tannen (as Cashier). 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). Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Pezzy), Alice Backes (as Cora), Harry Swoger (as Burke) and Alan Reed Jr. (as Harlow). A farmer's daughter raised in a convent refuses to identify a stagecoach robber, seeing only good in the outlaw, a decision she may soon regret. Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Neal Amber), Ainslie Pryor (as Peak Fletcher), Gloria McGehee (credited Gloria McGhee as Mrs. Amber), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Bing Russell (as Simon Fletcher). Guest Cast: Lynn Marta (as Prudence), Ted Jordan (as Burke) and Ivy Jones (as Martha Beal). Notes: Richard Deacon plays the banker Botkin in this episode. Their patriarch Moshe Gorofsky (Paul Stevens) must decide whether to tell Matt what Ruxton (Victor French) did, even while Moshe's son Gearshon (Richard Dreyfuss) is pressuring for justice. Guest Cast: Ed Nelson (as Lee Prentice), Onslow Stevens (as Ben Goddard), Mort Mills (as Jake Harbin), Fay Roope (as Botkin), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Dobie) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). Brian majored in history, . Along the way, they catch up with Dixon, and Matt and Newly trail behind to find and rescue Festus. 52 Episodes 1975. He was known for playing Admiral Reynolds in the 19621966 ABC American sitcom television series McHale's Navy. A rancher traumatized by a lynching in his past takes the law into his own hands, which leads to disastrous results. Interestingly, he was the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Chief Medical Officer on the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in the 19661969 science-fiction television series, Star Trek and was replaced by DeForest Kelley, who played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. Dehner's longest recurring role was his character, Cyril Bennett on the 19681973 CBS American sitcom, The Doris Day Show. Matt guns down three bank robbers in a fierce gunfight, and when the surviving member of the gang calls him a "butcher" it sends him into an emotional tailspin. Matt travels to the small town of Friend, Kansas to investigate the strange death of a buddy who once saved his life. (19691970), Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (19771980) and Spider-Man (19811982). He signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, along with his brothers Chief American Horse the Elder and Chief Red Cloud. Jenny (Lisa Gerritsen) arrives at Dodge to be with her father who she has not yet met, not realizing he is the outlaw, Lucas Pritchard (Steve Ihnat), worth a bounty of $2,000 for robbery and assault. Outlaw Hannon (Ben Johnson) murders Clara (Tani Phelps Guthrie) to steal her horse and severely injures her son Ruben (Mitchell Silberman), while their guest, a mountain-man/scout named Drago (Buddy Ebsen), is fishing. Viewers also learn through dialogue within the episode that Matt describes himself as being "old enough to be her father", in reality James Arness is also only four years older than the actress playing Jenny. Two writers from New York come to Dodge looking for fascinating western stories and when they don't find anything worth reporting, they create their own, one of which unwittingly causes an Indian uprising. Judge Flood (John Colicos) convicts Matt of murder and sentences him to life doing hard labor in the judge's silver mine. Matt refuses Dodge City merchant's request to hire more deputies to protect their interests during a round-up which lead to threats and danger for the Marshal. A hired gunman is stalking Matt but is sidetracked by a beautiful farm girl whom he promises to go straight. Guest Cast: Beverly Garland (as Leah), Peter Breck (as Jubal), Denver Pyle (as Aaron), Kevin Hagen (as Hobie), Gregg Palmer (as Fletcher), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick) and Hal Needham (as Cowboy). He was so in love with the story and his character that he ordered a print for personal viewing. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. Notes: Robert F. Simon plays the controlling brother Ben Stancil in this episode, his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. The others in the series are, S14E4 "Uncle Finney", S14E18 "Goldtown" and S15E8 "The Still". [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. Notes: Peggie Castle who portrays Nita Tucker was an American film and television actress. Notes: Andrew Duggan plays Nick Search, his first of three appearances. Guest Cast: Herb Vigran (as Judge Brooker), Glen Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Dorothea Neumann (credited Dorothy Neumann as Old Woman) and Jack Perkins (as Bouncer). Guest Cast: Fay Spain (as Mavis McCloud), Max Showalter (credited Casey Adams as Barney Wales), Robert Cornthwaite (as Lou Staley), Kelly Thordsen (as Link), Howard Culver (as Hotel Clerk) and Dan Sheridan (as Stage Driver). A new doctor arrives in Dodge and his meddlesome, underappreciating wife spreads malicious rumors about Doc to gain clientele. was Kid in Cooter.Jan-Michael VincentThe eventual Airwolf star can be seen in The Visitor.Jon VoightAngelina Jolies dad (and Ray Donovans fictional father) shows up in three episodes in the late 1960s.Adam WestBlazing saddles, Batman! Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman (as Flory Tibbs), Philip Bourneuf (as George Basset) and Robert Strong (as Clerk). Matt clashes with railroad boss Wes Cameron (Jim Davis) who is determined lay track across homesteader Jim Graham's (Shug Fisher) land. Guest Cast: Sebastian Cabot (as Professor Jacoby), Dean Fredericks (credited Norman Frederic as Gart), Ned Glass (as Grubby), Charles Horvath (as Left Hand), Howard Culver (as Citizen) and Dorothy Schuyler (as Kate). The townspeople of Dodge suspect Chester of committing murder after he's knocked unconscious, and the belligerent drunkard he was escorting to jail is found shot to death lying next to him. Guest Cast: Jeff Silver (as Yorky), Howard Petrie (as Brant), Dennis Cross (as Tom), Malcolm Atterbury (as Seldon) and Mary Gregory (as Mrs. Seldon). A newcomer in town craves respect and uses a pawn to pump-up his fake reputation as a gunman. You also get to see Peter, Jan, and Cindy from The Brady Bunch.. 2. A crooked card dealer resorts to desperate measures to recover his gambling losses. A overprotective father disapproves of his daughter courting Quint and calls his cousin, an unsavory fixer of family matters. Notes: Gage Clarke makes his first of twelve appearances in a role other than Dodge House clerk, Jim Dobie or bank manager, Mr. Botkin. Matt is suspicious of a saloon girl who comes between two brothers that have inherited their father's ranch. Weaver's .more Bette Davis White Mama, Little Gloria. Matt searches for a womanizer who left his wife and six kids and ends-up finding a seductive black widow. Matt acquires information that puts him on the trail of an Army corporal and his civilian partner who stole a Fort Dodge payroll. Matt gets caught in the middle of an Ozark-mountain family feud when the two remaining survivors come to Dodge City. Matt and Chester out riding the range come upon a rather suspicious and unfriendly man who hustles two beautiful thoroughbreds away in a big hurry. Chester shoots a runaway Indian hidden away by a young, enamored farm girl, who then pressures Chester into nursing him back to health. Their hunt leads to Santa Fe where Doc and his friend Lyla (Dorothy Tristan) are heading back to Dodge. [11] Both Chester and Festus appear together in the season nine episode "The Prairie Wolfer", and Festus had initially appeared the previous season, playing the same character as a quasi-outlaw helping Dillon track a killer in "Us Haggens". Festus sets out to settle an $11 estate for Charity Spencer (Diane Shalet), but it becomes more of a chore after he meets Sarah Elkins (Susan Oliver) and her two boys, Chad (Josh Albee) and Clay (Ike Eisenmann). Notes: First of thirteen guest appearances by Royal Dano, who played the lead character Obie Tater. He was often cast as the heavy playing brutish bad guys in more than 40 years in film and television. An unemployed and impoverished stage actor resorts to petty crime when his world collides with a jailed murderer. Doc is taken aback when he's approached by a man, who earlier was involved with a gang that kidnapped him, with an unusual request, teach me your profession. A wounded female buffalo skinner seeking medical attention flaunts all her womanly charms when she becomes enamored with Doc. Matt must find out why a gunman is stalking a temperance preacher. Notes: First episode where Kitty is seen wearing her new beauty mark on her right cheek. Scheming mother Mrs. Shepherd (Louise Latham) will stop at nothing to fulfill her own dreams for her daughter Anna May (Kathleen Cody) and son Chester (Thomas Leopold), even to the point of provoking a dangerous confrontation between Anna's admirer Newly, and the ranch hand Orlo. The beginning boot hill introduction is also different, revealing for the first time Marshal Dillon walking down the hill towards the fake backdrop of Dodge City in the background. [2][3] All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. The jailhouse has no door on the back wall replaced by the gun rack which usually sits on the side wall, Matt's desk is a high rolltop positioned against the wall as opposed to the flat desk more situated out into the room, the pot-belly stove and bulletin board with the wanted posters is missing, the safe is where the stove was, and the front door is not the same. After years of searching, an ex-Confederate cavalryman has finally found the former Union officer he thinks was responsible for the death of his wife, during Sherman's March to the Sea. With his prisoner finally secured, Matt faces more obstacles reaching the Texas border. She is credited as Gypsy in this episode but is not seen. Having taken a shine to Cyrus while tending to his wounds, Sally tries to persuade him not to steal anymore. Notes: Jester Hairston was a composer, songwriter and actor. She played Abby Crandall in the second episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, (Mr. Earp Meets a Lady) which aired on September 13, 1955, three weeks before this episode. Matt reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman on a treacherous journey across the prairie to Fort Wallace, Kansas, where they encounter numerous perils along the way. A recently released convict breaks his parole when he comes to Dodge to kill Matt. The town turns on Quint, who's accused of horse theft, a story perpetuated by two scheming saddle tramps. A convicted gold-mine swindler gets out of prison to resume mining with the money he is accused of stealing. Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory. Newly tries to help care for the sick baby of wanted man Lew Harrod (Sam Groom) and his untrusting Comanche wife Makesha (Alexandra Morgan), who distrusts the medicine of the white man, even to the point of endangering her own tribe. All episodes are listed in order of airdate. Ben forces Festus to carry his gold and water for days across the desert to reach the town of Ten Strikes, so Ben can have his revenge against his old rival Sam Bristol. was agnes moorehead on gunsmoke motion to disqualify counsel california. Kitty prevents a distraught and frenzied man from killing his son-in-law, who he blames for the death of his daughter. Matt shoots and kills an arrogant gunfighter pursuing a reputation and now the gunman's inexperienced teen-aged brother comes to Dodge seeking revenge. The Skipper was cast (away) on Gunsmoke three times ("Minnie," "Champion of the World," "Jubilee"). The Virginian. Guest Cast: Woodrow Chambliss (as Lathrop). Wily outlaw Yancy Tyce (Robert Lansing) is determined to free his younger brother Cody Tyce (Jonathan Lippe) from Matt's custody. Bank robbers led by Charlie Utter (Slim Pickens) chase Matt down Oregon's Rogue River to retrieve $24,000 that they robbed. Matt and Chester come upon a burnt homestead and are surprised by a ten-year-old girl emerging from the brush who attaches herself to the Marshal. Kitty is caught in the crossfire during a bar room brawl and Matt trails the shooter out on the open range, but little does he know, a mysterious rider is tracking him. Festus takes the charming, unethical petty thief J.J. Honegger (James Stacy) back to Dodge, but must rely on him to protect the widow Martha Cunningham (Beth Brickell) and her son Caleb (Clay O'Brien). Notes: First of four Gunsmoke appearances for Russell Johnson portraying Stanger in this episode. Notes: Constance Ford plays Pearl Bender in her first of two Gunsmoke appearances. to mix and mingle with celebrity guests, and shop the HOLLYWOOD WESTERN. A stranger, Fred Garth (Tom Skerritt), bent on avenging his father's hanging captures Kitty, Festus, Doc, and Matt, and threatens to hang one of them. Despite his illiteracy, Festus becomes a reporter for Dodge's newspaper, The Dodge City Clarion. Guest Cast: Peter Whitney (as Jase Murdock), Richard Gilden (as Golden Calf), Lou Vernon (as Cal Ross) and Robert Keene (as Dude). 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). Nov 20, 2022 - Explore Christy Michaelson's board "Gunsmoke Guest Stars" on Pinterest. Kitty is at wit's end when Matt once more breaks a date with her, and in her haste to fill the void, finds a man who's more responsive to her needs. Notes: Robert Foulk portrayed Edward Hinton in this episode and may be best remembered for his role as Sheriff H. Miller in the 19581962 CBS television series Lassie. Guest Cast: Herbert Rudley (as Capt. However, Talley's wife Ellie and daughter Ronilou have already met and befriended Shaw's Kiowa wife Mignon, complicating the inevitable showdown. Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Caleb), Dorothy Green (as Julie), Lane Bradford (as Lige), Ann Loos (as Dorcas), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Vickie Cos (as Betsy), Christopher Barrey (as George), Dennis Robertson (as Stable Boy), Ted Jordan (as Chad) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). A wanted, on-the-run cowboy comes across a precocious, runaway boy and accompanies him to Dodge to find his impoverished mother. A bitter old man learns nothing after 30 years in prison and comes home to wreak havoc on family and neighbors. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top 20 until 1964. Guest Cast: Robert Pine (as Link), Don Stroud (as Pete Murphy), Leonard Stone (as Abel Glass), Ted Gehring (as Sheriff Bradley), Norman Bartold (as Sheriff), Larry Finley (as Barkeep), Lloyd Nelson (as Dr. Miller), Pete Kellett (as Drucker) and Karen Welch (as Agnes). Holly (Forrest Tucker) sets out to find Willis Jeeter (Albert Salmi) who framed him for stealing an Army payroll. Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Hardy Tate), Paul Carr (as Cully Tate), Vitina Marcus (as Natacea), Bob Hastings (as Bill Craig), Jet McDonald (credited Jet MacDonald as Sal), Bill Erwin (as Rev Tucker), Jack Orrison (as shopkeeper) and John Culwell (as bystander). A cowboy admires a buffalo hunter too much to admit that the buffalo hunter is also a thief. Matt is certain that the man he's taking to the gallows, whose been convicted of murder, is innocent. Jean Inness was Nurse Beatrice Fain in the 19611966 NBC American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare. 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. Notes: Joseph Kearns may be best remembered as George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace. Salesman Daniel Shay (Victor French) is forced to face his past and his victims, Sara Morgan (Fionnuala Flanagan) and Jimmy Morgan (Brandon Cruz), when Enoch Brandt (Bruce Glover) exposes him as the "Butcher of Rockcreek". 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?". A misunderstanding over a stolen sack of potatoes leads to a deadly feud between two homestead families. A belligerent and imposing female bully uses her situation as a woman to push around the men of Dodge. He will make seven guest appearances (five credited) before being cast as the town drunk "Louie Pheeters" in season seven. Two feuding women, Agatha Corey (Nina Foch) and Flo Watson (Ruth Roman), refuse to reveal the identity of the killer Matt is looking for. Matt hunts down a vicious killer and is assisted by an unlikely source, the outlaw's nephew, who has his own score to settle with his uncle. A conscientious woman's plan to adopt a baby are jeopardized when Matt discovers her shiftless husband is involved in cattle rustling. A Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men is responsible for murder. A strong-willed, shotgun-wielding matriarch helps her son escape from Matt's custody, but the Marshal is equally determined to see the young man tried and sentenced for killing an unarmed man. 65 Episodes 1966. Notes: Theodore Marcuse was an American character actor who portrayed mostly villains in many 1950s and 1960s television series. Ruthless outlaw Cord Wrecken (Steve Forrest) seeks revenge on Kitty for shooting his brother, Jay Wrecken (Angus Duncan). Today, a Jayhawker is a nickname for anybody born in Kansas. Doc is resentful and feels sorry for himself when a new town doctor comes to town and makes off with his patients. Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Bill Lee), Howard Culver (as Mr. Uzzell), Stanley Adams (as Bartender), Paul Newlan (as Danch), Ross Ford (as Dane Shaw), Clayton Post (as Citizen), Jack Kruschen (as Jed) and H. M. Wynant (as Barker). Notes: Keye Luke who played Chen, was a Chinese-born American film and television actor. Notes: Bing Russell was an American film and television actor with over 175 acting credits in a 40-year career. In Ash, the Caped Crusader played Emmett, the target of troubled man who was hit in the head with a barrel.James WhitmoreThe great character actor, who was in everything fromPlanet of the ApestoThe Shawshank Redemption, put in his time for three episodes.Phew! Half-crazed desert hermit Ben Snow (Strother Martin) rescues Festus after being shot by outlaw Gard Dixon (William C. Watson). Guest Cast: Med Flory (as Sheriff Van Berkle), John Crawford (as Muller), Thad Hall (as Shields), Lloyd Nelson (as Welch), Neil Summers (as Townsman), Paul C. Thomas (as Mr. Burry), Francesca Jarvis (as Martha), Bernice Smith (as Helen), Mari Martin (as Dorothy) and Margaret L Kingman (as Mary). Guest Cast: Don Dubbins (as Orkey), Warren Oates (as Sweet Billy), Cactus Mack (credited Taylor McPeters as Pa) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). Burt Reynolds Rated - Custom 6.5 204 Rated 3. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 22:29. While on their way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester come to the aid of a homesteader family who're attacked by a small band of marauding Kiowa Indians. In this episode, his last of four appearances on Gunsmoke he plays Botkin, the town's banker, replacing Fay Roope. Matt crosses paths with an old friend who saved his life years ago and now believes he can take advantage of their friendship. Notes: American photographer Holly Wright was born Holly McIntire, the daughter of two well-known actors, John McIntire (Wagon Train) fame and Jeanette Nolan (eight Gunsmoke appearances). Guest Cast: Edgar Buchanan (as York), Michael Constantine (as Baca), H.M. Wynant (as Sage), Robert Knapp (as Clayton), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas), Roy Roberts (as Mr. Botkin), Edward Madden (as Taylor), Howard Culver (as Clerk), Dorothea Neumann (credited Dorothy Neumann as Mrs. Finney), Lou Krugman (as Barkeep), Don Spruance (as Jim) and Robert S. White (as Milt). He specialized in macabre or off-beat roles and here he portrays the slow-witted Rodin, one of Rose's attackers. A journalist bets a gambler that he can take a greenhorn that's never handled a gun out to Dodge, and with a little rumor mongering, have him pass as a gunslinger and not get killed in two weeks, but the gambler hedges his bet to influence the outcome. A friend from Matt's past, a gunfighter for hire, comes to Dodge with a job offer and unbeknownst to both of them, that job is to kill the Marshal. The character Bill Pence was first introduced as a ranch hand foreman in episode 21, "Helping Hand". [5], Gunsmoke was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. Sadly, Cactus would pass away four months after this episode aired on April 17, 1962, of a heart attack. Guest Cast: Karen Sharpe (as Rena Decker), John Alderson (as Ab Laster), Walter Reed (as Joe Garrett), John Mitchum (as Joe), Ken Mayer (as Hank) and George Archambeault (as Agent). Notes: This is the first episode in which it is acknowledge by the characters that the Long Branch bartender Sam Noonan (Glenn Strange) has died. 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). Doc, Kitty, Festus and Newly load Matt onto a train bound for Denver where there is a surgeon that Doc trusts to remove the bullet. Matt reunites with his old friend Sheriff Bo Harker (Victor French) who rules Ludlow Kansas with an iron fist, with the help and respect of his deputy Barney Austin (Nick Nolte). Guest Cast: Leonard Nimoy (as John Walking Fox), Ted Gehring (as Holtz), Tom McCauley (as Banjo), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Kelton Garwood (as Percy Crump), Howard Culver (as Howie), Richard Webb (as Aaron Tigue), Lloyd Gough (as Jacob Beamus) and Jim Davis (as Gainer). Matt turns in his badge after being forced to kill a horse thief who was once his friend. Victor French 'Gunsmoke': Michael Landon's Best Friend Victor French Held Record for Most Guest Appearances on the Show. 1 box office attraction at the height of his fame in the early 1970s.[37]. Meanwhile, Father Sanchez (, "The Brothers (formerly 'Incident at Sayville Junction')", "A Quiet Day in Dodge (formerly 'The Marshall')", "A Game of DeathAn Act of Love (Part 1)", "A Game of DeathAn Act of Love (Part 2)". A distraught middle-aged woman projects her motherly instincts on Matt's new prisoner, after she learns of her own son's outlaw past and violent death. Guest Cast: Richard Mulligan (as Jud Pryor), Norman Alden (as Deke Franklin), Warren Berlinger (as Ed Franklin), Jackie Russell (as Annie Franklin), Fay Spain (as Willy), Ken Swofford (as Bo Warrick) and Tony Davis (as Wonder). A cowardly horse thief spreads a vengeful rumor against the cowboy who roughed him up. Three episodes written by him were aired after his death. Bank teller Albert Schiller (Milton Selzer), loyal after 15 years, foils a robbery, but keeps some money for himself, only to wind up helping the robbers with their next attempt while they hold hostage his wife Kate Schiller (Patricia Barry) as leverage. 31 Episodes 1975. A bold and daring man brings his dearly departed best friend into Dodge for a proper burial and the madcap wake that comes with it. Festus finds himself in quite a quandary when Matt asks him to watch-over the jail and he learns that the three disorderly drunks being held are his cousins. Will Hutchins. Her trouble escalates even further when her admirer Carl Pruitt (Lin McCarthy) tries to help. An outlaw brings his cohorts to Dodge to melt down the shipment of gold they have stolen. Phillips had a recurring role as Sgt. After five years, a jealous gunman carrying a personal grudge has finally found the man who married the girl he once courted. Two trail bosses driving their herds to Dodge threaten to kill each other over the use of a local farmer's special swimming cow. Drifter Titus Spangler (Jack Elam) and seven orphans find a way to melt the cold heart of the orphanage headmistress Emma Grundy (Jeanette Nolan) at Christmastime. Reformed safecracker Ben Rando (Nehemiah Persoff) tries to start his life over with his gal Carrie (Gloria DeHaven) after serving a 12-year prison term, only to be tempted yet again to do one last job. A local girl returns to Dodge asking for a fresh start, after riding off with a notorious gunman three years ago. 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