Living or Dead? Gunsmoke

Which cast members of American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. Gunsmoke have died?

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American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston.

Started	10 Sep 1955
Ended	31 Mar 1975
Released	64 years, 5 months ago
Run span	19 years, 6 months
Seasons	20
Episodes	635

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Photo of James Arness as Matt Dillon from Gunsmoke.

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. When aired in the United Kingdom, the television series was initially titled Gun Law, later reverting to Gunsmoke.The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." The television series ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes. At the end of its run in 1975, Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith wrote: "Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own Iliad and Odyssey, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by [Ned] Buntline, [Bret] Harte, and [Mark] Twain. It was ever the stuff of legend."

The following people were in the main cast of Gunsmoke: