Gunsmoke is one of the best-known and longest ... all of them starring Arness as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon. In the process, it had a lasting impact on popular culture and many viewers’ ideas ...

The live and online auction will take place on Nov. 15. Matt Dillon’s ‘Gunsmoke’ hat is in the Smithsonian Gunsmoke is the longest-running U.S. primetime drama by episode count ...

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 “Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache.” Harold Filan AP ...

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. The actor died in his ...

‘Gunsmoke’: Matt Dillon’s Hat Is in the Smithsonian Among the other big-ticket items available to bid on is a brown leather saddle that Arness used throughout the series, as well as in the ...