Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Graves and James Arness were best known for their iconic television roles of Jim Phelps and Matt Dillon on Mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the battlefields of Anzio to the backlot streets of Dodge, Arness carried the same sense of duty that made Matt Dillon ...

In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Minnesota-born TV icons James Arness and Peter Graves owned the airwaves — but why didn't CBS want you to know they were siblings? Few people knew Peter Graves, left, of "Mission ...

A son shared stories about his father serving in the Army with James Arness during World War II and another reader set a goal to watch the entire "Gunsmoke" series. After reading a story about James ...

The weekly western drama "Gunsmoke" had a long and healthy 20-year run on network TV, but only one cast member could boast of appearing in every episode.

CBS spokesman Chris Ender says former "Gunsmoke" star James Arness has died at age 88. Ender had no further details, but Arness' official website said the actor died Friday of natural causes. Arness ...

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 ...

GUNSMOKE, the longest running Western television show in history, aired on CBS for 20-seasons, from 1955 to 1975. James Arness, the six-foot-seven, World War Two Bronze Star and Purple Heart Army ...

If you’ve ever heard the phrase, "Get out of Dodge" and wondered where that came from, chances are your research will take you back to Gunsmoke. The famed Western giant of a TV show ran for 20 ...

Of all the great, classic Western television shows out there, it's hard to pick any one of them and label it "the best." So many of them have their merits, after all. Have Gun — Will Travel featured ...

James Arness vintage 1950's Studio publicity portrait. James Arness vintage 1950s Studio publicity portrait. Arness was filming in the Bahamas when Gunsmoke came calling. "I'd heard they were going to ...

It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV. Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall -- 6 feet, 6 inches -- on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975.