GUNSMOKE (1955-1975) Cast THEN AND NOW 2023 Who Else Survives After 68 Years?
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- "Discover the fate of your favorite Gunsmoke characters in "Gunsmoke (1955-1975) Cast Then and Now 2023: Who Else Survives After 68 Years?" This video showcases the cast of the classic western television series and how they look today, 68 years after the show first aired. Watch to find out which of the cast members have survived the test of time!"
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I love Gunsmoke! Watch it every day! Love Matt Dillon,Kitty,Doc,Festus,Quint! They are so loved!!
Big fan of Gunsmoke, it’s stood the test of time, and is just as relevant today.
I still watch Gunsmoke daily...love that show! ❤
Fetus dies at 74, Kitty died at 60, Dock died at 74, anyway we all have to die, great show, I'm 66, I'll be 67 soon. Death awaits us all. My hope is in Jesus Christ.
At 76 I realize I have been so blessed in this regard; I have been allowed to live and have experienced all of life's cycles. I too as you, have believed God and the gospel of His Christ for my salvation. One experience left for me, I want to experience the separation of my body from my spirit, receiving my glorified body: to see and be with Christ eternally and to have a body that will never see death and is free from sin, In Jesus's name Amen.
I still watch Gunsmoke. Always a favorite . Could watch over and over.
I grew up watching Gunsmoke! Still watch it!
I watch Gunsmoke ever chance I get. If I miss one I can see it on my recorded shows. Love Gunsmoke. Remember watching it as a child when it came on Saturday nights. Great show then and now.
Still to this day I watch Gunsmoke daily
I am an old western fan. Gunsmoke being my favorite. I admire it for the wholesomeness and the kinship of the cast.
RIP all these amazing actors from a better era
Gunsmoke was one of the best shows on television. I still watch it nearly every day.
in the late 60's My father MC'd Cheyenne Days and i got to meet Ken Curtis and Milbourne Stone. What a treat, but then a few years Later Ross Martin from Wild, Wild West was working on a Project at the Historical Society with my Father and i got to meet him too. i was quite fortunate to meet these "Stars" and learn they were just the nicest and most gracious people.
That's an incredible experience to have met such iconic stars from Cheyenne Days, Gunsmoke, and Wild, Wild West. How fortunate and memorable!
I watch Gunsmoke every day, still the best show on TV😊 Thanks for sharing
Same! I'm a old lady at heart 😂
Happier I watch it today on TV antenna.
I still watch Gunsmoke reruns love that Era love that show. Wish we had decent shows like it now.
I watched Gunsmoke as a child and today I watch Gunsmoke everyday in my elder years. I always loved this show and today I look forward to watching the show, so much. It is a clean show and it is far better than a lot of the shows today 2023.❤😊
Those were the good ole days. Shows you can actually watch with your kids. Not like most of the trash on tv these days.
I still watch all the old westerns.
I agree. Shows today are dumb and crude.
Me too
James Nusser who portrayed Louie Pheeters on Gunsmoke, FYI, that 1979 photo shown isn't even James Nusser, it's actually Will Wright who portrayed store owner Ben Weaver on the Andy Griffith show..
Love this show and it's characters they were like family
Gunsmoke is an American television icon that still lives today. Grew up with it as a young'un in the 60's. It taught us to respect the law and hate lawlessness. I have about every show and watch them often. Great memories!!!
At 6:15 the actor pictured beside James Nusser is actually Will Wright (1894-1962) who played scores of roles in 1950s and 60s television. He worked right until his passing from cancer. He always looked older than he really was.
I also knew that wasnt the elderly Nusser.
Yeah will wright played on Andy Griffith as Ben Weaver… he was a good actor…
..Thankyou..i was just about to comment on this.. how can this video's producer make a mistake like this..
yes I was going to post this as well, a blatant mistake by the creator.
Me too, that was Charles Lane.
I watch Gunsmoke every day on INSP at least 3 shows I don't care if it's a rerun I still enjoy it
I love gunsmoke till this day I watch it still as of today bless this cast for an amazing performance 💯💯💯
Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Saw festus at a rodeo in bowie texas in 1967. Lotsa years ago... he shook a little kids hand it was mine. I never forgot that old man.
I still watch all the reruns. It was my favorite western and still is. It had all the great players in it
Watch it every day we with my mother ain't it great to still have her 😊
One great cast of people during a time that can never be replaced.
So Correct You Are.
I definitely still watch Gunsmoke, miss them all ❤❤
❤I love gunsmoke!! It is my favorite program!
Oh, my goodness!!! Gunsmoke is definitely my favorite show!! I can watch the reruns over and over again. I watch everyday morning and afternoon and at night. Matt Dillon of course is my man in the show. I will never get tired of watching this show. This era of time was so beautiful to watch some good old shows!!!
Me too I also watch every morning afternoon and evening! My grandmother loved the show.
I agree. I love watching the reruns on Saturday afternoons.
I watch the reruns too- every day. Never tire of them.
I WATCH GUN SMOKE EVERYDAY LOVE THE SHOW
I do too. I watch reruns everyday off the internet on the James Arness site.
My dad (1935 - 2018) used to deliver newspapers to Gene Autry when he was a young boy. They became friends and remained as friends till Gene died. My dad told me the story of when Gene bought Melody Ranch (formerly Monogram Ranch) in 1953. Gene invited my dad to check out the place. My dad was going through some of the buildings and found this wood carved sculpture bust of a bearded man, which appears to be a wiskey bottle stopper. I still have it to his day. This was apparently was used by Monogram. Also, at the time when Gene purcased this place my dad had made this home movie there along with a few friends. Sometime during the 1990s this film was transferred to VCR tape, which I still have.
The main stories I always heard were the days of filming Gunsmoke and I believe Bonanza.
He talked about how he was always behind and watching the camera guys filming many shows. He was there so much that he ended up doing work as an extra, such as running in the streets from gun fights etc etc. Anyway, it was not until 2018 when my dad passed away I found this very nice collection of autograph photos of actors / actresses from those shows.
My dad had several personal photos of Smiley Burnette, Pat Buttram and many others. Some photos of cowboy actors in "Nudie" outfits I do not even recognized. Speaking of Nudie western outfit, my dad had many clothing persoanlly made for him during the 1950s. Shirts alone were $2,000 each in the 1950s. Usually these clothes are one of a kind. However, he had a carbon copy of one of Gene's shirt made by Nudie himself. My dad was buried in that shirt along with his Rockerbuster boots.
Your dad sounds like quite a man ! What memories........sorry for your loss. I know what it's like to lose a great dad.
your daddy musta fibbed
@@billstallings5589 - No, I have photos, personal letters and even been to Autry house a time or two. I still have the film when my dad was at Melody Ranch when Gene first bought it. Those Nudie clothes and jacket sold nicely as I did not need them or fit me. -
Sorry you can't handle the truth and are mad that you never had a friend. Must be bad to be miserable old Bill
Thank you for such a great and respectful appreciation for a wonderful show and all the amazing people that were in one of the best shows ever!!
I used to watch this all the time with my grandma when I was little
I watch Gunsmoke in 2023… These are Folk’s I will love until I Pass on.! In the 70’s ?
Yes, Gunsmoke is all the excitement we had on A Monday night with no Remote Control.. Gunsmoke we ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤you & we will forever Thankyou.! GodBless…🙏🏾😄✌🏾
So many great westerns back in the day;Gunsmoke,Wild Wild West,Bonanza,Rawhide,The Virginias,Lone Ranger,Wagon Train,
And Death Valley Days. A lot of rich history in that series.
@@supersinger2293 yep
I love gunsmoke I watch it every day today I’m 63 🤣🙏
Gunsmoke started in 1955 when I was 12 years old, back then the t.v. reception ( snowy) was not what it is today so I never watched the show until now at age 79 and I love it, takes me back to a better time than what is going on in the world these days.
I loved Gunsmoke so much i bought the complete series! Can’t get enough of awesome tv! There is a few shows i’m hooked on!
Gunsmoke and Bonanza when TV was great, never missed an episode.
I still watch Gunsmoke. ❤
I watch Gunsmoke every day, and I’m actually an expert on the 30 minute episodes, lol
I do as well, the show comes on in the afternoon and then later on at night.
Me too. Half hr black and Whites were my youth in early 50's. I too listened to Gunsmoke on radio in 40's.. you can listen to them on you tube. Pretty comical compared to TV versions.
Yeap me too ,still this day at 1:00pm
I loved watching Gun Smoke still watching today on reruns
This was a fantastic show
The cast are gone but never forgotten ❤
All except 2 of them
@@BB-gu9kx .........only Buck Taylor is still alive to this very day........2023.
@@CassidyPresley Correction Roger Ewing is still alive.
@@BB-gu9kx Good ! Glad to hear that.
I love that show and watch everyday.
I remember listening to Gunsmoke on the radio in the mid 1950 before it was on TV. My mom divided our house into four cleaning zones and we listened to Gunsmoke as we cleaned our part of the house. Those were such simple days as we knew so little of what was happening in the world or with our friends as there were no cell phone, Facebook, Twitter, messaging, etc!
The radio Gunsmoke was the best. William Conrad was good as Matt Dillion.
@@billybob042665 I lived in the country in northern Louisiana and we got 3 channels plus two in UHF or whatever it was. We had a rather tall antenna and an electric rotor so we were always having to move the antenna as 2 stations were north in Shreveport and one was south in Alexandria. Everything was black and white. I remember the national anthem at midnight and then the static image you got all night until broadcasting began the next morning. Imagine being a teenager and the TV stations signing off at midnight!😬😬
May I ask your age I'm 72 myself
@@gino423 I’m 81.
When life was great.
That wasn't James Nusser in the old picture. That was Will Wright.
Our friend was Nehemia Persoff who appeared a few times on Gunsmoke and told us stories about his appearances at his 90th birthday party! Other fine actors on the show with numerous appearances were Anthony Caruso, John Dehner, and Frank DeKova. It was a great tv show to watch growing up.They are all missed!.. Maurice HBank
It's amazing to hear about your personal connection to Nehemia Persoff and the other talented actors on Gunsmoke. Their contributions are truly missed!
We didn’t know Caruso, Dehner, or DeKova, but Mr Persoff told us he was friends with DeKova from The Untouchables appearing in episodes together. Nicky also told us at the party that he was friends with that fine actor James Edwards. They both worked in Men in War.,.Maurice HBank
I could care less what they look like now..i wanna remember them the way they were....my favorite show never miss a night
I thought they all aged well.
That's ok....but others want to see the info,if it's ok with you?
@@sandrakoll9662 it's not but thank you
Well it doesn't matter what anyone thinks. I purchased the whole 20 season DVD set and can watch it all the time,did you love it that much? You'd be surprised how much you miss when you just watch it on the television. I used to think I saw everything there was to see about Gunsmoke because I watched the reruns every single day. No way. You'd be shocked how much you miss when you don't have all the seasons, even if you think you've seeing them all. You haven't. I have every single season and extras.. it was well worth the price.
So sad to see that they are all gone. This is depressing but I remember them for all the great movies they made, inspiration and the honesty and dedication they provided. They lived by the golden rule.
Nope!..........there is still Buck Taylor who played (Newley) the Dodge City acting sheriff from Marshall Matt Dillon. Mr Taylor is still alive to this very day.........2023 in his mid 80s. So there is still one cast member still alive in well, living in California.
@@CassidyPresley Glad to read this. I always liked Newley. Quick draw, apprentice doc, gunsmith...
It's even sadder because most were gone before I was even thought of 😢
It really is depressing that they're not with us anymore. They had so much energy in their prime.
@@CassidyPresley I forgot........that's right. Buck Taylor is still alive and well. I'd love to be able to sit with him and talk for a while. That'd be awesome. His dad, Dub was great too. Loved him as the steam engine fireman from the Casey Jones television show, with Alan Hale as Casey.
I binge watch Gunsmoke best western ever on tv. Roger Ewing ( Thaddeus Greenwood ) and Buck Taylor ( Newly O'Brian) are the only living cast members left.
One reason Dennis Weaver had to leave Gunsmoke was that the staged limp was starting to cause him physical problems. He was really an excellent athlete - I wish he could have been allowed to lose the limp in his role as Chester.
Doubtful. He is not limping that much. Just during filming. Did he invent his limp?
@@robertgift He died in 2006, but when he had a series after Gunsmoke, I think it was called McCloud, he didn't limp, and he looked taller.
I think the 'invented' limp is what clinched his role as Chester.
We used it look at Gunsmoke on Saturday nights!
Funny part is he was the one who invented the limo and bad leg to make his character stand out. The script did not call for it but once he did it he was stuck.
@@clifthorburn776 I can imagine that one issue is that James Arness had a limp from a war wound and Weaver might have done the limp so as to make Arness' limp virtually disappear in comparison. I had no idea about Arness' war injury at the time - after we got TV in March 1956 I never missed an episode for years
I still watch reruns.need more shows like that. Rough but had a moral story
Not as rough as today's violent shows. Gunsmoke, the best!
That was an EXCELLENT video. THANK YOU for compiling it! I hardly ever missed an episode.
It's a pleasure to see how good-lookin' every character was in the early TV years. I saw them more often than I saw any relative outside of my immediate family. Up there in Hollywood Heaven are some very fine folk. I'd like to hang out with Ken Curtis. One of the Sons of the Pioneers, he had a fine baritone voice, but it was his charity work that best characterized him as a man. Most of his life went unheralded by the press more bent on glitz and glamor, rumor and scandal. Curtis brought Light wherever he went. Bless ya, Festus.
Q4
He was in the John Wayne movie The Searchers. In that role, he played the banjo and sang. He was very talented.
I delivered concrete to some guys putting up a fence around his house, he brought out tea for us, is when I met him seemed like a real nice guy..About 20 years ago I wish him the best.........
This was amazing!!! I didn’t know what happened to most of them. I didn’t know Burt Reynolds started on the show. Thanks for posting!!!
They will never ever be another gunsmoke western like gunsmoke!!!
Peter Graves was also the brother of James Arness. While they never acted together, Peter did direct one episode of Gunsmoke.
Amanda blake once came to "Vernon" Texas, to see the "Animal Shelter!
You didn't mention Maw Smelly the lady who ran the boarding house
Ma Smalley
I was 8 years old when the episodes "The River" came on at the beginning of season18. I imagined myself on that raft riding the river with Marshal Dillon. I miss those days......... Now I just pray for America.
The Best western of law and order on TV today thanks to reruns, it stop before it’s time everyone now loves Gunsmoke!
I’m still a huge fan of the show and I have the complete series on dvd
My small black and white TV in the 50's! I can tell you how much joy I saw on my pullout coach in the 1957 -1959 era!
I love when Festus is on the show. He's a tough funny little fellow.
Loved Festus!❤️
❤❤❤ My Gunsmoke mostly Festus he was a Sweetheart 🙏❤️🇺🇸🦅🇲🇺🦤
Many, many thanks for posting this wonderful video honoring all of those stars, as I still watch that show a lot & it is so sad to see them all pass away, but that is how life goes.
Thank you for your heartfelt comment. It's indeed a bittersweet reminder of the passing of beloved stars, but their legacies continue to shine through their timeless work.
I still enjoy watching Gunsmoke here. Loved that show for years.
Watch gunsmoke everyday
Being a Gunsmoke avid fan growing up,subtitled in Spanish from Ecuador,and I still watch that decent show living in the United States.
The Yellowstone episode when Emmett (Buck Taylor) died tore me up
Me and husband still watch reruns. James A was a no nonsense Marshall. I loved Newly. Sam played crooks in old movies.
A wonderful wonderful show
Sam played Frankenstein also. I always thought it was Boris Karloff. But the guy who played Sam also played the big guy
No kidding!
Being from Colorado my family watched it all the time I was little growing up but as I got older I love my westerns even though I don't live in Colorado anymore but I am headed back miss my family very much I love gunsmoke
in 1974 I worked security at a county fair where Ken Curtis performed his singing and comedy stage show. I got my picture taken with him and his autograph. I liked the way he treated the public. I have a story about the day he appeared at the fair that is hard to believe in today's world.
Saw Festus and Doc at the J bar H rodeo in camdenton mo 1967 ,, they were riding in a new red camaro convertible around the arena,,,
Don't leave us hanging!!!
Ok, first a little back ground. The fair occupied 4 square city blocks. In the front was the Entrance and Fair Office and in the back was the Grandstands/Horse Race Track/Rodeo Grounds. For the public to get from the Entrance to the Grandstands they had to walk through the heart of the fair where all the Exhibit Buildings and a ride on scale model train was located. That year there were 3 head liners. Mac Davis, who at the time was a hot country/western singer/sex symbol (at his night concert, all acts did a afternoon and night show, I was stationed in front of the stage to prevent ladies from crawling up on it!). Tanya Tucker, BEFORE she destroyed her career by breaking up Glen Campbell’s marriage AND Ken Curtis as Festus.
After their afternoon show the stars did a press meet and greet in the Fair Office. There was a Trailer on the Race Track’s infield that served as a Green Room. Procedure was, after the show the star was rushed to the Green Room and a limo was sent to pick them up and drive them to the Fair Office for the press and then they would be hustled back into the limo and taken to their hotel until the night concert. I was IN the office and got to see Mac for 1 second and Tanya for 2 seconds! As their handlers rushed them in and out! Then came the day Ken preformed. My Grandfather was a fan of Gun Smoke and Ken so I decided I would get Festus’s autograph for him. You usually had to do that by getting to the Green Room, which was NOT accessible to the public and passing a piece of paper via a handler to the star. NOT Ken! I found him standing alone, back stage, watching his warm up act, a Air Force Dog demonstration. He cheerfully gave me the autograph, also signed one to me and signed a few others for the rodeo people as well. After his sold out show was over he got down from the stage and signed more autographs. THEN he did the unexpected! I was on my way back from a message run and I looked in the direction of the Grandstands, there coming out was Ken, guided by a handler and behind him, EVERY person from the stands as well as EVERY person ON the grounds! He looked like the Pied Piper! Every body was laughing, Ken was signing more autographs. There was a Candied Apple vender just outside the Fair Office and Ken stopped at his stand and tried to buy a apple but the stunned vender just gave Ken one. He entered the Office and did his press meet/greet and then one of the Office Guards (Then it was a cash business so there were two ARMED guards assigned to the Office) had brought a camera and he took time to pose with Fair personnel, including ME! (I still have the autograph and picture). When word came that his ride was waiting, left the Office and waded into the crowd surrounding the Office, walked to the Front Gate where his ride, a convertible sports car was waiting to take him to a friend’s farm for a late lunch. And with a honk and a wave he rode off down the street.@@jenniferharris1508
Gunsmoke reruns are better than most of the crap they have on TV now!
i love video cast then and now
I still watch GunSmoke. Watch it everyday.
Yes, we miss them so much and forever. Thank you.
Watch it every day because it reflects the goodness In humanity.
I watch al the reruns every night
Love gunsmoke watch it everyday with my 87 year old dad
I watch Gunsmoke about every day
My favorite show since i Was a kid. Im 63 now😊i have a
Beautiful colored picture of Festes with Matt Dillon on my living room wall. My other favorite is Miss Kitty.I cant find a colored photo of her yet.❤
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Love festus. I still watch gunsmoke
I salute the whole cast.....thank you
I Still watch them ❤️
You know you're getting old, when someone said it happened 100 years ago, it took place in 1880 in the Old Wild West.
Now, when someone says it occurred 100 years ago - it happened in 1924! How time flies!
Always love and still watch
Louie Pheeters was my favorite.
Excellent information! Listen to Gun Smoke on tube radios when I was a kid and later watched TV Gun smoke! It was my favorite show; listen to reruns on radio and watch reruns on TV to this date. Personally, Gun Smoke was the best show ever; on radio and TV.
This is a great video! Great pictures and informaion. Thank you.
I watch it ever dang day
thank you for sharing. I just love this show and I still watch it every day.
They are all dead now except one. .... Newly. Buck Taylor is now playing the part of a beef Rancher on Yellowstone. Sadly he died laying under the stars with his head on his saddle on a big round up. Kevin Costner as John Dutton on Yellowstone was laying beside him .So now Buck is not in that show but he is alive and still acting. Only surviving Gunsmoke actor.
Funny, Buck played the role of a psycho young fool who got gunned down by Matt in an earlier episode before he got resurrected later as Newly.
Loved Burt Reynolds but everyone told him to get into Movies as his Talents were wasted on the show. Great advice there.
Loved the earlier Black and White 30 minute episodes where there was more interactions with the main characters. The Show went down in quality when they instead went with the Psychos of the week.
The guy playing Doc refused to do the Show unless he got residuals from the reruns. He said that he knew too many friends who were in the poor house with their families because they didn’t sign on for those same residuals. Man, he was so Right on that.
Liked Ken Curtis, and look at his Wiki page for this multi-talented Actor/Musician/Singer but his over the top performances consumed too much Oxygen on the Show and took away the performances of his talented Co-Stars.
Thad Greenwood still alive
Amanda was married to a bisexual who died of aids in '84, she also died from aids complications in late '80's. She was a kind and generous person and was only 60😢
It's important to remember and celebrate the life and contributions of Amanda, a kind and generous person who left us too soon.
Don't miss seeing Gunsmoke daily. Love the cast, especially Festu and Dr . Hearing Festu and his words are just so funny.
Almost in tears, feel such sorrow…Love this show, learned so much about life and American history from it! Thank you for the content!🕊️🏆✨✨
that was not a photo of James Nusser, "Louie Pheeters" on the right side at 6:12 that was actor "will wright" he was on a lot of shows/movies. he was known as Mr. Weaver on the Andy Griffith show,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
True
That is not James Nusser in his later years, in the death photo. That is the actor who portrayed the man in Petticoat Junction, who was always trying to get rid of the Cannonball train & put it out of service.
Get your facts straight! This destroys the credibility of your entire video by not closely fact checking the truth. So idiotic!!!
I really like the black-and-white half hour shows.
I watch this show everyday. My mom is about sick of me 😂
As a Dutch, born in '63, I've seen 1.... on Dutch tv, of these US of A series. Flipper, Lassie, Bonanza, Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, alias Smith and Jones........
I agree...I too still watch the show...that was good t.v. in the day
John Wayne, was originally supposed to play Matt Dillion, but wasn’t interested and chose to pitch James Arnes, to play the role as Marshal Dillion.