While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurses him back to health. 9.2/10. Rate. Top-rated. Sat, Mar 28, 1964. S9.E26. Caleb. Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one.Daddy-O: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.My Father's Guitar: Directed by Robert Totten. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. A talented guitarist impresses all who hear him on an instrument that is more precious to him than a man's life. French was a frequent visitor on the Gunsmoke set, especially in Season 20 where he directed five episodes and guest starred in two. French's career began in his twenties. His father was a stuntman, and French played several small and uncredited parts when he first started acting. Over time, his popularity grew. "Gunsmoke" Father's Love (TV Episode 1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.Robert Brubaker as townsman Jim Buck (1957–1961), as bartender Floyd (1974–1975) [3] Kelton Garwood (aka Jonathan Harper) as undertaker Percy Crump (1966–1972) Dabbs Greer as merchant Mr. Jonas (1956–1968) Pat Hingle as Dr. John Chapman (1971) Victor Izay as bartender Bull (1970–1974)The Fires of Ignorance: Directed by Victor French. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor. An inflexible father believes that his son is needed more on the farm than attending school.Daddy-O: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.The Guitar: Directed by Harry Horner. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Aaron Spelling. Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, they become set on trying to hang him.Vengeance!: Part I: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Bob Johnson is a super fast gunman looking for revenge against the men who paralyzed his foster father and killed his foster brother, when they were attempting to steal a calf.Kathleen Nolan. William Dennis Weaver [1] (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon 's trusty partner Chester Goode ...I watched Gunsmoke as a child with my father & family. I now am watching Gunsmoke everyday by myself. James Arness was a superb actor & a wonderful kind & loving person. He will always be loved and remembered by myself and many other fans of Marshall Dillon. Thanks for continuing to give me pleasure watching Gunsmoke. Rest in Peace Mr. Arness.Sat, Mar 28, 1964. S9.E26. Caleb. Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one. Caleb moves into town to seek some meaning in his life, and soon finds himself--a man who doesn't wear a gun--challenged to a duel. 9.0 /10. Rate. Browse episodes. Top-rated 20 seasons 21 years."Gunsmoke" The Guitar (TV Episode 1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.Mr. Dobie, the hotel owner, wants Matt to quiet Big Dan Daggit's wife, Rose, an indian. She the daughter of Yellow Horse the Arapaho chief who raided Dodge. Matt apologizes for disturbing the Daggit's. Dobie incites the menfolk. Dan and Rose walk down the street. A guy says for an indian she's a looker. Matt warns Dobie and his mob. A guy gives Rose a bad time. Dan steps in. Doc's gone out to ...Another first for this episode is the Gunsmoke appearance by the well-known character actor Dub Taylor. He would go on to appear in a total of seven episodes of Gunsmoke. Dub was the father of Buck Taylor, who would become a regular cast member as Newly O'Brien in the later seasons of the show. William Bramley fills the Jed Woodard role.Farina (as Wallace Earl) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Duke Fishman. ... Townsman (uncredited) Chester Hayes. ... Townsman (uncredited) Tex Lambert. Jul 25, 2017 · [email protected]. Updated July 25, 2017 9:22 AM. James Arness, right, who starred as Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke,” had a daughter who would later get screen time in the 1990 made-for-TV movie ... September 29, 1962 • 45m. Half breed Quint kills the two white men that shot his Pa. Pa tells Quint to take his Ma, Topsanah, back to the Comanches, then he dies. Quint hates white men and want to join the Comanche. Three years later the Comanches are on the warpath. Matt warns three buffalo hunters.A theme more suited to Payton Place than Gunsmoke. After watching even the title of the episode was freaky. The story begins in a saloon in Wichita called the Golden Horn where a new girl named Cora Prells has just been hired as the new saloon girl.Buck Taylor is an American actor, painter, and rancher. He is mainly known for his character, Newly O’Brien, from the 1967 American drama TV series Gunsmoke. In the show, he plays a gunsmith of Dodge City, who later becomes a deputy marshal. Moreover, he received a Trustee Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for this role.The Witness: Directed by Philip Leacock. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. When Ira Pickett is accused of murdering a man in a gunfight, his father Osgood comes to Dodge City to get rid of the witnesses by one means or another.Daddy-O: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.He passed away in 2018 from a heart attack. From the main Gunsmoke cast still alive, Buck Taylor who played ‘Newly’ is still with us. He spent much of his early career taking minor roles in films and television shows. He had an affinity with the Western genre and began taking on roles in Western films and TV shows.The Wyatt Family was featured on the American reality TV show American Guns. Rich Wyatt ran a gun store called Gunsmoke Guns (owned by Victor Rodriguez) which was the main setting for the American Guns show. He operated the store with his family: Renee his wife, his stepdaughter Paige Wyatt, and his stepson Kurt Wyatt , along with the many ...The Cole brothers, William and Amos, have lived much of their lives in the shadow of their father's death twelve years earlier. Their father, Frank Cole, was an outlaw with a $15,000 "dead or alive" bounty on his head. Harriet: Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge from the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.The Dealer: Directed by Harry Harris. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Johnny Cole kills a crooked card dealer in self defense, and then falls in love with the dealer's beautiful daughter, but she resists his advances and wants to seriously hurt him instead.Jenny Lee Arness Father. James was an American actor probably most famous for playing the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in the CBS television series Gunsmoke for two decades. In 1943, with the war being fought in Europe and the Pacific, he was initiated into the military.Anthony Caruso. Actor: The Asphalt Jungle. For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers. My Father's Guitar: Directed by Robert Totten. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. A talented guitarist impresses all who hear him on an instrument that is more precious to him than a man's life. Notes: Harold J. Stone portrays the detestable gunman Joe Delk in this his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor with over 200 acting credits usually playing the strong, unsympathetic type or the inflexible father/[email protected]. Updated July 25, 2017 9:22 AM. James Arness, right, who starred as Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke,” had a daughter who would later get screen time in the 1990 made-for-TV movie ...The Hanging: Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Dodge City is the site where notorious outlaw Billy Boles is set to hang.Anthony Caruso. Actor: The Asphalt Jungle. For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers.Vengeance!: Part I: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Bob Johnson is a super fast gunman looking for revenge against the men who paralyzed his foster father and killed his foster brother, when they were attempting to steal a calf.Summary: Cora Prells's first job as a saloon girl is short lived. At the Golden Horn Saloon in Wichita,she refuses to drink with Jesse Price and others and quits. Cora's working at Mr. Ross' general store. Jesse asks her for a drink, she refuses. Joe Simms tries to manhandle Kitty. Quint intervenes. Joe wings Quint. Sam knocks the gun out of…With Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef you know this is a classic western. The episode begins in Hay City with two young brothers, Joey and Bernie Jeffords, watching Jim Barrett (Jack Elam) play pool in a small saloon. Jim Barrett is a gunslinger with a bad reputation that is just trying to stay out of trouble. Joey Jeffords thinks that he is faster ... CBS | Air Date: April 23, 1966. Starring: Tom Waters, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, Roger Ewing, Buck Taylor, James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Glenn Strange. Summary: Joey and Bernie Jeffords are in the Hays City Trail's End Saloon watching. Jim Barrett, a famous gunfighter, shoot pool. Yankton must have a notorious reputation, because Howie, the hotel clerk, is quite intimidated by the man. Chester Goode notices Yankton and Kitty behaving in a friendly manner toward one another. When Matt Dillon sees Yankton on the Dodge City street, he introduces himself. Yankton is friendly, but Marshal Dillon is clearly suspicious.Sep 11, 2020 · 1 of 2. An updated edition of the book “Gunsmoke: An American Institution” is available in the series’ 65th anniversary year. Former “Gunsmoke” actor Buck Taylor continues to make public ... "Gunsmoke" Father's Love (TV Episode 1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.Buck Taylor is an American actor, painter, and rancher. He is mainly known for his character, Newly O’Brien, from the 1967 American drama TV series Gunsmoke. In the show, he plays a gunsmith of Dodge City, who later becomes a deputy marshal. Moreover, he received a Trustee Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for this role."Gunsmoke" Father's Love (TV Episode 1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, ...Back before we had Hollywood icon Kurt Russell, we had his father, Bing Russell. Bing had a lengthy career in entertainment and paved the way for his son Kurt to follow in his footsteps. Though ...His parents were businessman Rolf Cirkler Aurness and journalist Ruth Duesler. His father's ancestry was Norwegian; his mother's was German. [2] The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father, Peter Aursnes, emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness. [3] Arness and his family were Methodists. [4]Episode Info. A boy's intense love for the guitar that used to belong to his father leads to murder. Genres: Drama, Western. Network: CBS. Air Date: Feb 12, 1966. Directed By: Robert Totten.The Wiving: Directed by Victor French. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor. Three saloon girls are kidnapped in Dodge by three men who want to marry them, and oddly enough, the women do start to fall in love. Sins of the Father: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. A white man and his Indian wife, passing through Dodge, become targets of violence after it is learned that the wife's father led deadly raids against white settlers.A theme more suited to Payton Place than Gunsmoke. After watching even the title of the episode was freaky. The story begins in a saloon in Wichita called the Golden Horn where a new girl named Cora Prells has just been hired as the new saloon girl. Gunsmoke S2. E36 All episodes Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro All topics Daddy-O Episode aired Jun 1, 1957 TV-PG 30m IMDb RATING 7.7 /10 178 YOUR RATING Rate Western Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him. Director Andrew V. McLaglen Writers John Meston The Hunger: Directed by Harry Harris. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Elen Willard. Matt and Doc come to the rescue of a farm wife and daughter who essentially are kept as prisoners by the farmer and his son. CBS | Air Date: April 23, 1966. Starring: Tom Waters, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, Roger Ewing, Buck Taylor, James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Glenn Strange. Summary: Joey and Bernie Jeffords are in the Hays City Trail's End Saloon watching. Jim Barrett, a famous gunfighter, shoot pool.Episode Info. A boy's intense love for the guitar that used to belong to his father leads to murder. Genres: Drama, Western. Network: CBS. Air Date: Feb 12, 1966. Directed By: Robert Totten. Summary: Cora Prells's first job as a saloon girl is short lived. At the Golden Horn Saloon in Wichita,she refuses to drink with Jesse Price and others and quits. Cora's working at Mr. Ross' general store. Jesse asks her for a drink, she refuses. Joe Simms tries to manhandle Kitty. Quint intervenes. Joe wings Quint. Sam knocks the gun out of…Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Gunsmoke : Father Love (1964) - Harry Harris on AllMovie - A bride discovers that the man trying to force… Jul 19, 2014 · As it turns out, acting and baseball is in his blood. Kurt’s father, Neil Oliver “Bing” Russell, was an actor who began his career in the early 50s. When he was younger, he was the unofficial mascot of the New York Yankees in the 30s and 40s when joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, and Lou Gehrig were on the team. The sons of a Basque sheep herder who's part of a community near Dodge are faced with a manhood ritual. A Basque boy must defeat his father in a fist fight. The older son had beaten a schoolyard rival to death in a fight while a boy in the old country, and wants nothing to do with the ritual. The younger son has no such qualms, and wins the ...Gunsmoke. Top-rated. Sat, Mar 3, 1962. S7.E22. The Gallows. While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurses him back to health. 9.2/10. Rate. Top-rated.One family of a group of Basque sheep farmers is the concerning figures in this plot. Alego has two sons- Manolo played by Robert Urich and Joachim played by Mark Shera. A ritual in the family is that to be considered an adult the son must beat the father in a fight. The older brother refuses to fight because of a death that happened years ago ...Matt Dillon runs into ex-con, Perce McCall, who saves his life in a shootout. Matt is thankful for his help and tries to intervene when Perce falls for Ida Poe, one of Miss Kitty’s girls, who is actually another man’s girlfriend. Old Yellow Boots. Drifter Frank Cassidy befriends Beulah Parker and announces his intentions of marrying her.Blood Money: Directed by Robert Totten. With Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness. The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand.The Guitar: Directed by Harry Horner. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Aaron Spelling. Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, they become set on trying to hang him.Father's Love: Directed by Harry Harris. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds. A saloon girl spurns a man's advances in Wichita and moves to Dodge, where she becomes a respectable married woman, only to be confronted with her past when she discovers that her rancher husband is the nephew of the man she refused.Kitty Russell buys half of Bill Pence's interest in the Long Branch Saloon. Shortly after the transaction is complete, Kitty receives a telegram from her father, who abandoned Kitty and her mother when Kitty was young. The father is coming from New Orleans to visit Kitty in Dodge City. After Wayne Russell arrives, he begins trying to convince ...Gunsmoke. Top-rated. Sat, Mar 3, 1962. S7.E22. The Gallows. While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurses him back to health. 9.2/10. Rate. Top-rated. Nov 22, 2017 · In the early hours of December 12, 1976, Cassidy dropped a lit cigarette on the couch he was sleeping on, and the couch caught fire. The flames spread quickly and burned down the apartment and the building, which was discovered at 6:15 a.m. in the morning. A burnt corpse was discovered in Cassidy’s apartment, and dental records proved without ... Dec 4, 2022 · Before Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen in 'Gunsmoke,' he was living in a real-life jail working for his sheriff father. Skip to main content. ... Curtis first joined Gunsmoke as Festus in season 8 ... Jun 12, 2022 · He appeared on all of the iconic classics — Rawhide, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, The Virginian, ... Kurt played the titular character and Bing played his onscreen father, Vernon Presley. [email protected]. Updated July 25, 2017 9:22 AM. James Arness, right, who starred as Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke,” had a daughter who would later get screen time in the 1990 made-for-TV movie ...Kathleen Nolan. William Dennis Weaver [1] (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon 's trusty partner Chester Goode ...The sons of a Basque sheep herder who's part of a community near Dodge are faced with a manhood ritual. A Basque boy must defeat his father in a fist fight. The older son had beaten a schoolyard rival to death in a fight while a boy in the old country, and wants nothing to do with the ritual. The younger son has no such qualms, and wins the ... John Drew Barrymore (born John Blyth Barrymore Jr.; June 4, 1932 – November 29, 2004) was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew ... Before Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen in 'Gunsmoke,' he was living in a real-life jail working for his sheriff father. Skip to main content. ... Curtis first joined Gunsmoke as Festus in season 8 ...Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Gunsmoke : Father Love (1964) - Harry Harris on AllMovie - A bride discovers that the man trying to force… Farina (as Wallace Earl) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Duke Fishman. ... Townsman (uncredited) Chester Hayes. ... Townsman (uncredited) Tex Lambert. 1 of 2. An updated edition of the book “Gunsmoke: An American Institution” is available in the series’ 65th anniversary year. Former “Gunsmoke” actor Buck Taylor continues to make public ...Jul 19, 2014 · As it turns out, acting and baseball is in his blood. Kurt’s father, Neil Oliver “Bing” Russell, was an actor who began his career in the early 50s. When he was younger, he was the unofficial mascot of the New York Yankees in the 30s and 40s when joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, and Lou Gehrig were on the team. Mar 9, 2023 · Robert Blake, Unpredictable Actor and Hollywood Pariah, Has Died at 89. The star of TV’s Baretta was charged with, and eventually acquitted, of the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. By Donald ... September 29, 1962 • 45m. Half breed Quint kills the two white men that shot his Pa. Pa tells Quint to take his Ma, Topsanah, back to the Comanches, then he dies. Quint hates white men and want to join the Comanche. Three years later the Comanches are on the warpath. Matt warns three buffalo hunters.The Guitar: Directed by Harry Horner. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Aaron Spelling. Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, they become set on trying to hang him.1955 -2022. 20 Seasons. CBS. Drama, Action & Adventure. TVG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and ...Sins of the Father: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. A white man and his Indian wife, passing through Dodge, become targets of violence after it is learned that the wife's father led deadly raids against white settlers."Daddy-O" was the 36th episode of Season 2 of Gunsmoke, also the 75th overall episode of the series. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, the episode, written by John Meston, was originally broadcast on CBS-TV on June 1, 1957. 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 ...Sat, Mar 28, 1964. S9.E26. Caleb. Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one. Caleb moves into town to seek some meaning in his life, and soon finds himself--a man who doesn't wear a gun--challenged to a duel. 9.0 /10. Rate. Browse episodes. Top-rated 20 seasons 21 years. Anthony Caruso. Actor: The Asphalt Jungle. For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers.Gunsmoke S2. E36 All episodes Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro All topics Daddy-O Episode aired Jun 1, 1957 TV-PG 30m IMDb RATING 7.7 /10 178 YOUR RATING Rate Western Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him. Director Andrew V. McLaglen Writers John Meston Robert Blake, Unpredictable Actor and Hollywood Pariah, Has Died at 89. The star of TV’s Baretta was charged with, and eventually acquitted, of the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. By Donald ...
The Guitar: Directed by Harry Horner. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Aaron Spelling. Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, they become set on trying to hang him.. Soul
An Indian girl defies the laws of her people to save her father.Another first for this episode is the Gunsmoke appearance by the well-known character actor Dub Taylor. He would go on to appear in a total of seven episodes of Gunsmoke. Dub was the father of Buck Taylor, who would become a regular cast member as Newly O'Brien in the later seasons of the show. William Bramley fills the Jed Woodard role. Jun 3, 2011 · I watched Gunsmoke as a child with my father & family. I now am watching Gunsmoke everyday by myself. James Arness was a superb actor & a wonderful kind & loving person. He will always be loved and remembered by myself and many other fans of Marshall Dillon. Thanks for continuing to give me pleasure watching Gunsmoke. Rest in Peace Mr. Arness. Daddy-O: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him."Gunsmoke" Shadler (TV Episode 1973) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Father Walsh: Bill Erwin ... Mr. Jonas (as ...Blood Money: Directed by Robert Totten. With Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness. The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand.Gunsmoke. While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurses him back to health. A rancher's spoiled son believes even after he is convicted of murder that his father's wealth and influence will save him from the hangman.Gunsmoke on Pluto TV | 0 Seasons | Classics | Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for bring law and respectability to the Dodge City in this western action-drama. In black-and-white. The Squaw: Directed by Gerald Mayer. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. A young man is very unwelcoming to the young Indian bride his father brings home. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Gunsmoke : Father Love (1964) - Harry Harris on AllMovie - A bride discovers that the man trying to force…Notes: Harold J. Stone portrays the detestable gunman Joe Delk in this his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor with over 200 acting credits usually playing the strong, unsympathetic type or the inflexible father/husband.Jun 12, 2022 · He appeared on all of the iconic classics — Rawhide, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, The Virginian, ... Kurt played the titular character and Bing played his onscreen father, Vernon Presley. In the film, Learned returns as Mike, who reveals to Marshal Dillon that he is the father of their daughter, Beth (played by Amy Stock-Poynton) and asks him for help in saving her from a band on Apaches.His parents were businessman Rolf Cirkler Aurness and journalist Ruth Duesler. His father's ancestry was Norwegian; his mother's was German. [2] The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father, Peter Aursnes, emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness. [3] Arness and his family were Methodists. [4] French was a frequent visitor on the Gunsmoke set, especially in Season 20 where he directed five episodes and guest starred in two. French's career began in his twenties. His father was a stuntman, and French played several small and uncredited parts when he first started acting. Over time, his popularity grew.French was a frequent visitor on the Gunsmoke set, especially in Season 20 where he directed five episodes and guest starred in two. French's career began in his twenties. His father was a stuntman, and French played several small and uncredited parts when he first started acting. Over time, his popularity grew..