The original Gunsmoke cast didn’t all approach the television show the same way. Doc Adams actor Milburn Stone had a serious perspective and he wanted to make sure that his co-stars were taking the ...
LOS ANGELES – Dennis Weaver, the slow-witted deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western “Gunsmoke” and the New Mexico deputy solving New York crime in “McCloud,” has died. The actor was 81. Weaver ...
More than half a century before the likes of Yellowstone and Justified made their mark on television, Gunsmoke ruled the airwaves like no other Western TV show before it. In fact, as groundbreaking as ...
Along with Stone and the rest of the lead cast, Weaver was one of the original Gunsmoke cast members. He played Chester Goode starting in the first season, which made some significant changes since ...