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While the radio series had relatively few recurring supporting characters, and those roles were often shared, the following actors played recurring roles with comparative consistency, in addition to a variety of one-time roles Harry Bartell played Mr. Hightower; James Nusser played Moss Grimmick
In 1968, Stone received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama for his work on Gunsmoke. [13] Judith Allen and Stone in The Port of Missing Girls (1938) In 1975, Stone received an honorary doctorate from St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City, Kansas, [14] where Gunsmoke was set but not filmed.
A radio writer and actor, he moved to Hollywood after serving in World War II as a fighter pilot, and played a series of character roles in films, beginning with the film noir The Killers (1946). He originated the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the radio series Gunsmoke (1952–1961) and narrated the television adventures of Rocky and ...
Blake became best known for her 19-year stint as the saloon-keeper Miss Kitty on the television series Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1974. On February 27, 1974, Blake brought a lion named Kemo on to the Gunsmoke set. [7] Because of her continuing role on television, Blake rarely had time for films.
Roger Lawrence Ewing (born January 12, 1942) [1] is an American film and television actor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is perhaps best known for playing Thad Greenwood in the American western television series Gunsmoke .
James Nusser (May 3, 1905 – June 8, 1979) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing the recurring role of town drunk Louis Pheeters in the American western television series Gunsmoke from 1961 to 1970. [1] [2] Nusser was born in Ohio. [3]
The old Bent County jail in Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, where Ken Curtis lived as a boy. Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; [1] July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) [2] was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the western television series Gunsmoke.
From 1967 to 1975, Taylor played Newly O'Brian in the television series Gunsmoke. [8]: 413–414 He replaced deputy marshal Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing, after Ewing left the show. [8] The character came to Dodge City as a gunsmith, and later became a deputy marshal.