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  1. Arnold Laven obituaryRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | Guardian Unlimited

    ... Laven was also credited as director on scores of episodes of such archetypal 1970s series as Marcus Welby MD, Gunsmoke, Mannix, Ironside, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files and Fantasy Island. In the 1980s he directed, among others, ...

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  2. Arming Inception: Calgarian working on DiCaprio filmRead the original story

    Tuesday | Calgary Herald

    ... namechecking Pitt, DiCaprio and Costner suddenly appears in Kent's face. It was from his second production, 1987's Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge. He proudly shows the picture of a towering James Arness, the iconic actor who has played Marshal Matt ...

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    Related Topix: Legends of the Fall, Western, Drama Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Gunsmoke, Open Range

  3. Gun store owner arming the force in Leonardo DiCaprio movie, Inception

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Ottawa Citizen

    ... namechecking Pitt, DiCaprio and Costner suddenly appears in Kent's face. It was from his second production, 1987's Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge. He proudly shows the picture of a towering James Arness, the iconic actor who has played Marshal Matt ...

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    Related Topix: Legends of the Fall, Western, Drama Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Gunsmoke, Open Range

  4. They'd say, - Pay when you can'Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Daily Journal

    ... was friendly but gruff, and had a vocabulary that was definitely more salty. He was kind of like Doc Adams on the Gunsmoke TV show. It was probably because of the difference in their personal styles that one of them was called a oeDoctora while the ...

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    Related Topix: Stewart, MN, Buffalo Lake, MN

  5. Good morning, Mr. Phelps Minnesotan Peter Graves gets a star on walk of fameRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 28 | The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

    ... ther is James Arness, another Minneapolis native and another TV legend, playing the role of Marshal Dillon on TV's "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. The brothers' last name in Minnesota was Aurness. - Pioneer Press 7 comments

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  6. Tom Valley: The cardboard computer and fantasy freezerRead the original story

    Oct 15, 2009 | Union-Sun & Journal

    ... a "ballpark" effort. The programs cared little for a sense of reality. Case in point: While watching an episode of "Gunsmoke," (you remember "Gunsmoke" - the show with the opening sequence that society deemed too violent because it showed Matt ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Opinion

  7. Tom Valley: The cardboard computer and fantasy freezer

    Oct 15, 2009 | Union-Sun & Journal

    ... a "ballpark" effort. The programs cared little for a sense of reality. Case in point: While watching an episode of "Gunsmoke," (you remember "Gunsmoke" - the show with the opening sequence that society deemed too violent because it showed Matt ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Opinion

  8. Go West, young man

    Sep 29, 2009 | Osceola News Gazette

    Encore Westerns gives a "six gun salute" to old friends Marshal Dillon, Miss Kitty, Chester, Doc and Festus as the channel announces the return of "Gunsmoke" in January 2010.

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Western, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, James Arness, Dennis Weaver

  9. Obituary: George Eckstein / Writer-producer co-wrote finale of TV's 'The Fugitive'Read the original story

    Sep 27, 2009 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    ... Mr. Eckstein launched his TV career as a writer on 1960s series, including "The Untouchables," "Dr. Kildare," "Gunsmoke," "Felony Squad" and "The Invaders." He also wrote 10 episodes of "The Fugitive," the popular hourlong ABC drama that ran from ...

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  10. Parents less influential forming values

    Sep 19, 2009 | The Facts

    ... graduation from high school, by way of television, I was in the Long Branch Saloon every week. Adult westerns like 'Gunsmoke' and 'The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp' made their debut on TV in 1955. I was 8 years old. Their successes inspired other ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dodge City, KS, Family, Kids

  11. A Look Back - "L&O," the prequel | The Record | Thursday,

    Sep 10, 2009 | North Jersey Media Group

    ... Matt Dillon, played by James Arness, right, first patrolled the streets of Dodge City, Kan., on Sept. 10, 1955, as "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS. The show, which also starred Dennis Weaver, left, as Chester, Milburn Stone as Doc, Amanda Blake as Kitty ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Western, Gunsmoke, James Arness, Dodge City, KS, Stone, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Dennis Weaver

  12. Toy Show to feature western actors, icons

    Sep 10, 2009 | Azle News Online

    ... make this year's show the biggest and best, even advertising on TV during episodes of western classics Rawhide and Gunsmoke. 'If you can't sell a Matt Dillon lunchbox during an episode of Gunsmoke - it can't be sold,' he said. Terry is also using ...

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    Related Topix: Roy Rogers, Country, Azle, TX, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

  13. Showdown in Dodge City

    Sep 9, 2009 | Logan Banner

    ... I jumped to the sofa and waited for the rest of the story to commence. It seemed that every Saturday night, when Gunsmoke began, I had this same bloody gunfight with James Arness. Perhaps I was four or five-years-old when we first dueled. For the ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Wapakoneta, OH, Western, Gunsmoke, James Arness, Opinion

  14. Story: Out of the past

    Sep 5, 2009 | Southeast Missourian

    ... 6, 1959 Young patients at the polio center at Saint Francis Hospital are paid a call by three actors from the "Gunsmoke" television series; making the side trip from their appearances at the Jaycee Rodeo in Sikeston, Mo., are Amanda Blake, who plays ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Cape Girardeau, MO, Western, Gunsmoke, Sikeston, MO, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Stone, Adventure, Mystery Movies

  15. "Gunsmoke" actor Ken Curtis had Marked Tree tiesRead the original story w/Photo

    Dec 26, 2008 | Truman Democrat

    ... Colorado on vacation in 1986 and decided to stop in Cripple Creek when they noticed that actor Ken Curtis from "Gunsmoke" was appearing that day in town. "We pulled over at the motel and there he was," Jack said. Curtis was serving as grand marshal ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Western, Gunsmoke, Rio Grande, Drama Movies, The Searchers, Ken Curtis

  16. The Sun Sets on Our Hawaiian AdventureRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 16, 2009 | Mike's Musings

    ... sink through. The boat, the Sea Smoke, was formerly a speed-sailing catamaran owned by James Arness of the TV show Gunsmoke. It has been reconfigured for whale-watching, snorkel cruises, and sunset cruises. It had a crew of four, Shane at the helm ...

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    Related Topix: Western, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Gunsmoke, James Arness

  17. "Gunsmoke" Goes to the Movies

    Aug 13, 2009 | Inner Toob

    CBS Films is developing a feature film prequel about Marshall Matt Dillon of 'Gunsmoke'. It'll be produced by Craig Baumgarten and the screenplay will be from Gregory Poirier As a prequel, it will show how Matt Dillon became the man we knew him to be in Dodge City.

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy

  18. Joplin Little Theatre marks 70th anniversaryRead the original story

    Aug 9, 2009 | Joplin Globe

    ... Seventy years. It's quite a milestone." Weaver, who died in 2006, was best known for his roles as Chester Goode in "Gunsmoke" and Marshal Sam McCloud in the TV series "McCloud." He attended Joplin Junior College and studied drama at the University ...

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    Related Topix: Joplin, MO, Theater, Arts, Entertainment, Drama, Television

  19. Weekly Ketchup: Steven Spielberg Sees an Invisible RabbitRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 7, 2009 | Rotten Tomatoes

    ... a movie version of the 1960s western TV show The Big Valley , CBS Films has announced plans for a movie version of Gunsmoke , the 1955-1975 western that had long held the record as the longest-running fictional primetime show (which was broken when ...

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    Related Topix: Video Games, Liam Neeson, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Western, Gunsmoke

  20. Gunsmoke getting the big screen treatmentRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 5, 2009 | TV Squad

    First there was the news that The Big Valley is going big screen . Now it's Gunsmoke getting the silver screen adaptation .

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Western, Gunsmoke, James Arness