He was 38 years-old at the time of the visit and not the old man portrayed in the broadcast. Sadly, he would die in a traffic accident in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at the age of 47. After a stay of execution is denied by the governor, Jude shoots Kitty for revenge. Guest Cast: Val Dufour (as Jerry Shand), Marion Brasch (credited Marion Brash as Belle), Maurice Manson (as Andy Culley), Joseph V. Perry (credited Joe Perry as Witness) and Mason Curry (as Marty). Notes: First of four Gunsmoke appearances for Russell Johnson portraying Stanger in this episode. A midget, Arizona (Billy Curtis), rides into Dodge on a giant horse claiming he is a were-elephant who will turn into an elephant at midnight. When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other is expecting. He had a successful career on Broadway as a stage actor and was a relative newcomer to television when he passed away at the age of 75 on February 11, 1958. Guest Cast: Mariette Hartley (as Fiona Gideon), Katherine Helmond (as Ena Spratt), Richard Kelton (as Ab Craddock), Jon Locke (as Orvale), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Charles Wagenheim (as Halligan), and Melissa Gilbert (as Spratt's Child). The Dano brothers return home from prison to a dying mother and a bitter father. Guest Cast: Jack Lord (as Nat/Myles Brandel), Bruce Wendell (as Joe), Netta Packer (as 1st Lady), Jean Fenwick (as 2nd Lady) and Brick Sullivan (as Bartender). Outlaw Luke Dangerfield's (Morgan Woodward) dying wish is to see his daughter. Matt and Doc have a tense train ride as they take a prisoner, Johnny August (Todd Armstrong), back to Dodge. An arrogant photographer creates quite a stir in Dodge with his newfangled picture box, but his attempts to acquire sensational photographs are reprehensible which cause serious turmoil. After three years in prison, a brother returns home only to find out that his life has been turned upside down, which he blames on his younger sibling. Guest Cast: Vic Perrin (as Wilbur Hawkins), Robert Burton (as Sheriff), Robert Karnes (as Roberts) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam). Starr), Dick Rich (as Sam Butler), Mickey Simpson (as Stapp), Fintan Meyler (as Arie O'Dell), Joel Ashley (as Jake) and K.L. Matt jumps into the river and is dragged on to a raft by orphans Hannah Kincaid (Patti Cahoon) and Tuttle Kincaid (Clay O'Brien) who are runaways from a workhouse. It must have been a pleasure to act in the show. Alcoholic Judge Warfield (David Wayne) is forced by Matt to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloon-keeper that resulted in the lynching of innocent drifter, Jake Fielder (Ken Swofford). When Will Asper is eavesdropping at the lawyer's window you can see an electrical outlet on the wall, next to the tree. Three episodes written by him were aired after his death. Ed Jacobs on the 19511959 television series Dragnet and was the Venusian living undercover on Earth in The Twilight Zone, season 2 episode 28, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?". Notes: Ted Knight who played the lawyer Jay Rabb, was the vain and shallow newscaster Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which may be his greatest success, winning him two Emmy's in 1973 and 1976. A woman who used to be rich takes a job at the Long Branch while she and her niece are on their way to San Francisco. His productions comprise the television series Family (19761980), Charlie's Angels (19761981), The Love Boat (19771986), Hart to Hart (19791984), Dynasty (19811989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), Melrose Place (19921999), 7th Heaven (1996-2007) and Charmed (1998-2006). Guest Cast: John Larch (as Serpa), Lalo Rios (as Little Fox), Allan Lane (as Capt. Guest Cast: June Lockhart (as Beulah), Wayne Morris (as Nat), Ian MacDonald (as Mr. Troyman), Gail Kobe (as Polly Troyman) and Barry McGuire (as Henry Troyman). Stark), Percy Helton (as Mr. A journalist looking for a sensational story talks Matt into reopening a murder case, where the Marshal finds himself the prime suspect. Young Kyle Stoner is a fast gun involved with a pair of thieves who beat up Festus. A scoundrel, Pack Landers (Jack Elam), tries to con three nuns by using his own children as leverage. Matt is certain that the man he's taking to the gallows, whose been convicted of murder, is innocent. After Matt is shot by two robbers, she boards up the Long Branch and leaves Dodge for Ballard, Oklahoma, only to get caught up in that town's corruption. Festus finds himself in quite a quandary when Matt asks him to watch-over the jail and he learns that the three disorderly drunks being held are his cousins. First and only time Matt wears a black hat during an episode. She was Mrs. Bowen in this episode, her first of six Gunsmoke appearances. Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason were buddies in this 1963 comedy film, A haircut changed DeForest Kelley's whole career. Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Rose), Jack Elam (as Ben), Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Harley), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Leroy), Warren Oates (as Jep), Nora Marlowe (as Jennie), David Kent (as Peter), Cyril Delevanti (as Sy Tewksbury) and Wayne West (as Man). Notes: Joseph Kearns may be best remembered as George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace. [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. Dodge merchants are committing suicide but Matt suspects something more nefarious. Guest Cast: Eddie Applegate (as Al), Tim Considine (as Scott Coleman), Pamela Dunlap (as Ada Coleman), Dana Elcar (as Pennigrath), Roy Engel (as Tibbet), Gene Evans (as Billy), Eddie Firestone (as Hap), Ron Hayes (as Floyed Coleman), Clifton James (as Same Wickes), Richard D. Kelton (as Bud), Doreen Lang (as Mae), Ken Lynch (as Lucas), John Milford (as Clay Foreman), Anne Seymour (as Sara), Loretta Swit (as Donna), Richard Lapp (as Running Fox), X Brands (as Red Willow), and (as The Hunters) Ronald A. Viewers learn through dialogue in this episode that Doc Adams served in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry in the American Civil War. Where life imitates art, Gordon came by his toughness through his own early experiences. Here in this episode, he makes his third Gunsmoke appearance as "Bum", the belligerent bar patron challenging the lead guest star to a fight. Festus' nephew Eliab comes gunning for his right ear lobe. He guest stars in consecutive episodes and in this story, he plays Jack Rynning, his first of five Gunsmoke appearances. Guest Cast: Tyler McVey (as Sam Baxton), Vivi Janiss (as Sara Baxton), Theodore Marcuse (credited Ted Marcuse as Zach Ritter), Malcolm Atterbury (as Jed Bates) and Roy Engel (as Hoffer). The outlaw Talbot (Anthony Zerbe) plans to rob the bank in Dodge, but is sidetracked by his attraction to Katherine (Salome Jens) after he is forced to kill her husband Eli (Robert Totten). Guest Cast: Lyle Bettger (as Polk), Michael Higgins (as Cassidy), Allyson Ames (as Clara), Betsy Hale (as Letty), Sarah Selby (as Ma Smalley), Burt Douglas (as Bryan) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). The outlaws take Doc hostage after they rob the bank and set Dodge on fire. Phil appeared in one showing of Gunsmoke, S1E24 "The Pest Hole" that aired seven weeks after his death. Out of water and with no horse, he must rely on the Cherokee squaw Quanah (Arlene Martel), who has been cast out from the Comanche, if he is to survive in the badlands. Howard will forever be best remembered for portraying Floyd Lawson, Mayberry, North Carolina's loveable barber in the CBS 19601968 American situation comedy television series, The Andy Griffith Show. Guest Cast: Robert Pine (as Link), Don Stroud (as Pete Murphy), Leonard Stone (as Abel Glass), Ted Gehring (as Sheriff Bradley), Norman Bartold (as Sheriff), Larry Finley (as Barkeep), Lloyd Nelson (as Dr. Miller), Pete Kellett (as Drucker) and Karen Welch (as Agnes). A Georgia couple traveling by wagon share a camp outside of Dodge with a trapper and the next morning the husband begs Doc to come out and treat his ailing wife, but what he finds is far more distressing. Phillips had a recurring role as Sgt. Guest Cast: Richard Jaeckel (as O'Ryan), Michael Higgins (as Finnegan), Kent Smith (as Bealton), Earle Hodgins (as Judge), Ben Wright (as Harris), Garry Walberg (as Anson), John Mitchum (as Wills), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Bee Tompkins (as Girl). Notes: Florenz Ames started his profession in vaudeville as a song and dance man performing with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop, as "Ames and Winthrop." Guest Cast: Patricia Smith (as Abby), Jack Klugman (as Earl Ticks), John Anderson (as Ben Siple) and Abel Fernandez (as Indian), Notes: The fight scene near the end of this episode serves as the basis for an educational film produced by the American Cinema Editors, called Film Editing: Interpretation & Values, used by film students all around the world.[40][41]. The Indians accused of murdering a cattleman's wife stand trial. Matt's search for outlaw Ben Rodman (Jeremy Slate) is interrupted by a search for the boy Willie Hubbard's (Johnnie Whitaker) mother Sarah, which leads them to a group of saloon girls crossing the badlands in Maggie Blaisedell's (Ruth Roman) wagon. An orphaned girl, Bessie (Eileen McDonough), is turned away by her only relative, her aunt Rachel (Carol Vogel). A water-witcher offers hope to ranchers and farmers when Dodge is struck by a drought. After coming into money, Festus falls prey, first to his unscrupulous partner Titus (Shug Fisher), and then to Ma Fowler (Nora Marlowe) who is husband-hunting for her daughter Dora Lou (Gwynne Gilford). A farmer who doesn't trust doctors blames Doc for the death of his wife. A headstrong young drifter is determined to make things right when he's wrongly suspected of being the accomplice to horse thief. He played the titled lead role in the 19581959 NBC television series, Steve Canyon. Matt must find a home for Lettie's (Kay Lenz) unwanted baby girl, offering her to Maylee (Bonnie Bartlett) after killing her husband Eli Baines (Don Collier). Guest Cast: Dianne Foster (as Cornelia), Jason Evers (as Ben), Tom Reese (as Wellman), Brad Trumbull (as Ives), George Lambert (as Orem), Grace Lee Whitney (as Pearl), Joe Di Reda (credited Joe deReda as Blake), Billy Hughes (as Tommy), Harold Innocent (as teller), Harry Antrim (as Mr. Botkin), Gene Benton (as Green) and Joe Devlin (as Dan Binny). His latest book is Wyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone. A gang of outlaws kidnap Newly and Kitty based on their assumption that he's a doctor. An old ailing military General asks his best friend to locate his long-lost son, and what he finds is a likeable but illiterate and uncouth simpleton. Bronson was argumentatively the first major guest star on Gunsmoke, commanding $1 million per film and earning the title of world's No. Paul Wexler was an American character actor who appeared in more than 30 feature films and over 40 different television series. Guest Cast: Charles McGraw (as Calvin), June Dayton (as Emily), Gene Lyons (as Fletcher), Bill Erwin (as Ned) and Jan Clayton (as Clara Wright). Heraclio Cantrell and Father Hernando Cantrell. Guest Cast: Tom Reese (as Judd), Jan Shepard (as Marge), Ben Wright (as Father Tom), Butch Patrick (as Runt), George Keymas (as Gore), Ralph Moody (as Finley), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Frank Kreig (as Barkeep). In the radio version, the daughter's name was "Tara Hantree.". And yet, memories of one who rode a yellow horse still haunts Mrs. Shepherd's mind. Her sons end up kidnapping Miss Kitty in the hopes that Dillon will come chasing after her. Chester and an attractive Mexican woman escape from a band of Comancheros, but when they're recaptured, he believes that she betrayed him. An orphaned Indian boy latches onto an unemployed cattle drover and both suffer bigotry when they come to Dodge. Notes: First of two appearances for John Carradine whose role was the elder rancher Ephraim Hunt. Two rowdy drifters fight for the affections of the new Long Branch saloon girl and when she's found dead, Matt must determine which one's responsible. Notes: This is the actual pilot episode of the television series, Gunsmoke. Guest Cast: Mike Connors (credited Touch Connors as Bostick), Gene O'Donnell (as Haney), Cyril Delevanti (as Driver), Robert Hinkle (as Rider) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender). After years of searching, an ex-Confederate cavalryman has finally found the former Union officer he thinks was responsible for the death of his wife, during Sherman's March to the Sea. When the citizens of Dodge panic, Matt tries to restore order and squash rumors of a planned Pawnee attack. The beginning boot hill introduction is also different, revealing for the first time Marshal Dillon walking down the hill towards the fake backdrop of Dodge City in the background. Radio western drama, Gunsmoke. Guest Cast: Tom Reese (as Charlie Dent), Morgan Paull (as Brinker), William Campbell (as Striker), Harry Middlebrooks (as Dobie) and X Brands (as Chief). Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory. Guest Cast: Ned Glass (as Old Man), Robert Hogan (as Danny), Ed Peck (as Silva), Rayford Barnes (as Litton), Howard Wendell (as Judge), Al Schottelkotte (as Bailiff), Gilman Rankin (as Waiter), Bryan O'Byrne (as Clerk), Harry Bartell (as Sheriff), Arthur Peterson (credited Arthur Peterson Jr. as Doctor), Robert Gravage (as Hangman) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). He switches roles and plays the banker Botkin in episode 37. Notes: The Boot Hill introduction clearly shows grave markers with dates of 1882 and 1883, but this episode is set in 1876, the year of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Mitch Hansen (John Beck), with the help of saloon girl Zoe (Lynn Benesch), is determined to be there for his friend until the very end. They must both be ready to face off against Carl Ryker (John Russell) and his hired guns. An ex-prize fighter and a con artist conspire to persuade Kitty into selling the Long Branch. Chester becomes infatuated with a runaway girl from Ohio who exploits his position as Marshal's assistant to hide her secret. Two bushwhackers, Charlie Clavin (George Lindsey) and Hank McCall (Charles Kuenstle), shoot and rob a man, causing him to lose his memory. clue jr the case of the broken toy instructions,