List of Gunsmoke cast members

This list contains notable cast members of the Gunsmoke radio and TV series, and TV movies.^[1] The listing includes regular cast members, guest stars, and recurring cast members.

Radio cast

Regulars

William Conrad as Matt Dillon
Parley Baer as Chester Wesley Proudfoot
Howard McNear as Doc Adams
Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell^[2]

Recurring

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

Guest stars

Many actors appeared regularly on Gunsmoke, in the majority of episodes, but in a variety of one-shot roles; others were only heard once or twice

TV cast

Main cast

Character	Actress / Actor	Seasons
Character	Actress / Actor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Matt Dillon	James Arness	Main
Kitty Russell	Amanda Blake	Main
Doc Galen Adams	Milburn Stone	Main
Chester Goode	Dennis Weaver	Main
Sam Noonan	Glenn Strange							Main
Quint Asper	Burt Reynolds								Main
Festus Haggen	Ken Curtis										Main
Thaddeus Greenwood	Roger Ewing											Main
Newly O'Brien	Buck Taylor													Main

Recurring characters

Character	Actress / Actor	Seasons
Character	Actress / Actor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Howie (hotel clerk)	Howard Culver	Recurring					Recurring
Mr. Jonas	Dabbs Greer	Recurring		Recurring								Guest		Guest
Moss Grimmick (livery owner)	George Selk	Recurring
Jim Buck (townsman)^[3]	Robert Brubaker			Recurring
Rudy (townsman)^[4]	Rudy Sooter						Recurring
Louie Pheeters (town drunk)	James Nusser							Recurring										Guest
Hank Miller (livery manager)	Hank Patterson							Recurring									Recurring
Ma Smalley (boarding house owner)	Sarah Selby							Recurring					Recurring					Recurring
Mr. Bodkin (bank manager)	Roy Roberts								Recurring						Recurring				Recurring
Nathan Burke (freight office manager)	Ted Jordan										Recurring				Recurring			Recurring		Recurring
Mr. Lathrop	Woodrow Chambliss											Recurring
Barney (telegrapher)	Charles Seel											Recurring
Ed Halligan (townsman)	Charles Wagenheim											Recurring						Recurring
Percy Crump (undertaker)	Kelton Garwood											Recurring							Recurring
Ed O'Connor	Tom Brown													Recurring				Recurring
Bull (bartender)	Victor Izay																Recurring
Judge Brooker	Herb Vigran																Recurring
Dr. John Chapman	Pat Hingle																	Recurring
Floyd (bartender)^[3]	Robert Brubaker																			Recurring
Hannah	Fran Ryan																				Recurring

Guest stars

References

^ List of Gunsmoke episodes with complete cast at epguides.com
^ 1953 publicity photograph of Gunsmoke radio cast in character, wearing western costumes
^ ^a ^b Aaker, Everett (25 May 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 1846. ISBN 9781476662503. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (1997). Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949-1996. McFarland & Company. pp. 181, 183, 184. ISBN 9780786403776. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ Scott Freese, Gene (April 10, 2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 55. ISBN 9780786476435 – via Google Books.
^ Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. p. 267. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.

Sources

Dunning, John. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio.

[1] List of Gunsmoke episodes with complete cast at epguides.com

[2] 1953 publicity photograph of Gunsmoke radio cast in character, wearing western costumes

[BrubakerFloyd-3] Aaker, Everett (25 May 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 1846. ISBN 9781476662503. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[Rudy3-4] Lentz, Harris M. (1997). Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949-1996. McFarland & Company. pp. 181, 183, 184. ISBN 9780786403776. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[5] Scott Freese, Gene (April 10, 2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 55. ISBN 9780786476435 – via Google Books.

[6] Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. p. 267. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.

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v t e Gunsmoke
Lists	Radio episodes Television episodes Cast members
Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
TV movies	Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990) Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992) Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993) Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994)
Spinoffs	Dirty Sally (1974)