Where to start.. I could talk about the chemistry between Matt, Doc, Chester-Festus, Kitty, Quint, Sam, Louie. I could compliment Directors Andrew McLaglen, Harry Harris, Jr., Vincent McEveety and others. I could rave about writers John Meston, David Victor, Herbert Little Jr., and Sam Peckinpah. But what sets this show apart from all the rest is the number of future Hollywood icons that got a major boost appearing on Gunsmoke.
Beau Bridges, Gary Busey, Richard Dreyfus, Leslie Nielsen, David Carradine, Charles Bronson, Jodie Foster, Harrison Ford, Kurt Russell, Morgan Brittany, Susan Oliver, Kathleen Nolan, Burt Reynolds... these are just a few who's careers were catapulted by appearing on Gunsmoke.
And an array of established actors such as Bruce Dern, Martin Landau, Chuck Connors, Adam West, Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Jon Voight, Jeannette Nolan, Tom Skerritt, Edgar Buchanan, Morgan Woodward, Jim Davis, Michael Landon, Victor French, Susan Oliver, Sue Ann Langdon, Lee Van Cleef, Carol O'Connor, Leslie Ann Warren, Dyan Cannon and the immortal Bette Davis... I could go on. They are just a sampling of the amazing talents to appear over the 20 year history. Few if any programs can boast that claim .
I'm biased as blazes because Gunsmoke is my favorite tv western of all time.. just as James Arness is my favorite actor. Gunsmoke was a once in a lifetime offering.. never to be equaled.
Beau Bridges, Gary Busey, Richard Dreyfus, Leslie Nielsen, David Carradine, Charles Bronson, Jodie Foster, Harrison Ford, Kurt Russell, Morgan Brittany, Susan Oliver, Kathleen Nolan, Burt Reynolds... these are just a few who's careers were catapulted by appearing on Gunsmoke.
And an array of established actors such as Bruce Dern, Martin Landau, Chuck Connors, Adam West, Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Jon Voight, Jeannette Nolan, Tom Skerritt, Edgar Buchanan, Morgan Woodward, Jim Davis, Michael Landon, Victor French, Susan Oliver, Sue Ann Langdon, Lee Van Cleef, Carol O'Connor, Leslie Ann Warren, Dyan Cannon and the immortal Bette Davis... I could go on. They are just a sampling of the amazing talents to appear over the 20 year history. Few if any programs can boast that claim .
I'm biased as blazes because Gunsmoke is my favorite tv western of all time.. just as James Arness is my favorite actor. Gunsmoke was a once in a lifetime offering.. never to be equaled.