Doc's Reward: Directed by Richard Whorf. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Doc, on his way to an accident at a local farmhouse, is confronted by a stranger barring his way. When he feels forced to shoot him, he tells Matt to arrest him for it before the marshal's reputation comes into question by everyone in town.
The Cast: Directed by Jesse Hibbs. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. When Doc arrives too late to save his patient, her husband, a good friend of Matt's, blames Doc for her death.
Doc Judge: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. While Matt is out of town an ex-convict comes hunting Doc believing, despite the doctor's protests, that he is the judge who sentenced the man to a long stretch in prison.
· Milburn Stone Aka "Doc" Didn't Leave 'Gunsmoke' by Choice. If you were a fan of the popular western show Gunsmoke from 1955 until 1975, then it's likely you remember the beloved character Doc Adams, who was played by actor Milburn Stone (and Howard McNear on the radio).
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Ben Cooper, who portrayed the bandit Turkey Ralston in the Joan Crawford drama Johnny Guitar, just one of his many appearances in Westerns on television and the big screen, has died. He was 86. Cooper died Monday after a long illness in Memphis, Tennessee, his nephew, Pete Searls, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Morey AmsterdamHe is excellent as the mysterious Joe Phy character and showing the range of characteristics -- the tough façade hiding the more vulnerable man underneath. Morey Amsterdam makes his only Gunsmoke guest appearance as the character Cicero Grimes.
Mathew McCueMathew McCue: Townsman, Joe, Waiter, Barfly, Joe the Waiter, Joe, The Waiter, Man Outside Saloon, Party Guest, Towsman, Trial Spectator.
Paul RichardsSynopsis. Marshal Joe Phy (Paul Richards) uses his reputation as a gunman to maintain order (Morey Amsterdam appears).
Doc, on his way to an accident at a local farmhouse, is confronted by a stranger barring his way. When he feels forced to shoot him, he tells Matt to arrest him for it before the marshal's reputation comes into question by everyone in town. — DrDOS
Although the cast list has "Nat" Brandel as one of the brothers portrayed by Jack Lord, the character identifies himself as "Nate".
When Doc arrives too late to save his patient, her husband, a good friend of Matt's, blames Doc for her death.
The episode centers around a man that is a fixture on the prairie named Shell Tucker. Seems Shell is a person with head-strong ways that tends on keeping to the ways his father taught him. While he is out tending to cattle, Shell's wife becomes very ill after she swallows a nail and now is running high fever.
While Matt is out of town an ex-convict comes hunting Doc believing, despite the doctor's protests, that he is the judge who sentenced the man to a long stretch in prison.
First of a small number of episodes in which George Selk's character is listed in the end credits as "Moss", rather than his full name, Moss Grimmick.
If you were a fan of the popular western show Gunsmoke from 1955 until 1975, then it's likely you remember the beloved character Doc Adams, who was played by actor Milburn Stone (and Howard McNear on the radio).
Is there currently a 'Gunsmoke' reboot? Even though we live in a world of reboots of our favorite shows, at this point, there has not been a Gunsmoke revival and there also hasn't been any talk of one publicly. There was a movie made in 1987, but since Milburn had already passed, he was not featured in the film.
There was a movie made in 1987, but since Milburn had already passed, he was not featured in the film. If the show does end up coming back to the small screen one day, we just hope they can find someone as good as Milburn Stone to play Doc Adams! Advertisement.
Doc Adams didn't leave Gunsmoke by choice despite the stereotypes that actors leave shows over drama behind the scenes. For the whole 20 years the series was on the air from 1955 until 1975, he appeared in an impressive 605 of 635 episodes, according to IMBD . However, in 1971, he was forced to temporarily leave the show for just a handful ...
James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, 1956. Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty), and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968. Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, ...
In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams ( Milburn Stone ), the town's physician; Kitty Russell ( Amanda Blake ), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode ( Dennis Weaver ), Dillon's assistant.
Thad Greenwood ( Roger Ewing) trails the four tough guys who caused his father ( Paul Fix) to suffer a fatal heart attack. Guest stars include Jack Elam and Allen Jaffe.
A treacherous gang of outlaws take over Dodge. Guest stars include John Drew Barrymore, Michael Vandever, Morgan Woodward, Al Lettieri, Allen Jaffe, and Johnny Seven.
A dying man claims that a friend of Matt's is a bank robber.
Bank robbers ( Pat Conway and Bruce Gordon )) take Kitty hostage ( Charles Tannen appears, and William Keene appears as banker Botkin). A pair of landgrabbers kill a homesteader's ( Vaughn Taylor) mule and hogs to get his ranch ( Joe Maross and Jimmy Noel appear).
Kitty's father ( John Dehner) arrives in Dodge to try and take her back to New Orleans ( Cyril Delevanti appears, and Judson Pratt appears as Long Branch owner Bill Pence). This episode notes Miss Kitty's purchase of half-ownership in the Long Branch Saloon. 76. 37.
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
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
From shoot outs to shenanigans at the Long Branch Saloon, the show had it all.
With 635 episodes Gunsmoke seemed hard to beat, but The Simpsons have now surpassed it. 14. There was no series finale. The show had no idea that the network was going to cancel the show, so they weren't able to make any preparations for ending the beloved show. It ended its 20 seasons with a regular episode.
16. Matt Dillon had one onscreen kiss throughout the tv series. Dillon got his one silver screen kiss in the episode "Matt's Love Story" with Michael Learned , who portrayed Olivia Walton on The Waltons. 17.
He died of a brain tumor in the third to last episode of the series in the role of Harve Daley.
Unfortunately, William Conrad, who had voiced the character on the radio show, didn't get the part because they felt he wasn't attractive enough (ouch). After 26 actors tested, Wayne recommended his friend James Arness who won the role. He even introduced the series in the first episode.
Milburn Stone was almost there with him in his role as Doc but suffered a heart attack that led him to miss six episodes.
There were multiple famous guest stars. Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Scotty from Star Trek all appeared on the show. You also get to see Peter, Jan, and Cindy from The Brady Bunch. 2. James Arness is the only actor to appear in every episode.