One of television's best-kept secrets (that nobody went out of their way to keep secret) is the fact that Peter Graves and James Arness, two of the most iconic leading men of their era, were real-life ...

Gunsmoke couldn't have been the best Western TV show of all time without its lead actor. But he only got the part thanks to ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.

Peter Graves and James Arness, respectively stars of iconic TV shows 'Mission Impossible' and 'Gunsmoke,' were actually brothers.

James Arness' U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon didn't always succeed, but 'Gunsmoke' always kept him a hero in various ways that kept audiences coming back for more.

James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon | CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images ‘Gunsmoke’ was a huge hit James Arness would have been 96 years old today. Who watched him as Marshall Matt Dillion in ...

In 1955, when CBS first offered James Arness the part of Marshal Matt Dillon in a new television Western called Gunsmoke, he declined. His career as a movie actor was just taking off, with well ...

Part of Mike Summer's 'Gunsmoke' collection is on display at Diamond Jim's Pawn Shop. The collection includes a gun and badge which once belonged to James Arness.

"Gunsmoke" collector Mike Summers reaches inside a display case for a Colt .45 that James Arness wielded while playing Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running TV series.