James Arness, TV's biggest Western star, is in town for a grand event. Arness starred as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 years. ...
... popularity of %u201CBonanza%u201D and the creation of the classic series %u201CGunsmoke%u201D with James Arness %u2014 one of the longest-running television series of all time.
25, "Westerns" recalls, among others, James Arness' long-running "Gunsmoke" and James Garner's "Maverick" and has Johnny Crawford waxing nostalgic about ...
... with his stuntman sons, Cooper (named after actor Gary Cooper) and Matt (named after Matt Dillon, the sheriff made famous by James Arness in Gunsmoke). ...