As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your target. Often the first guy that shoots misses.
"James King Arness" was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-TV Gunsmoke movies in the 1990s. In Europe Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series How the West Was Won (TV series)/How the West Was Won. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves.
More James Arness on Wikipedia.They sort of made a point of that, which I thought was right.
We went right up to the top and stayed there for the first six years when Dennis was on. Those were our highest-rated years. Dennis and I became over the years fast friends and stayed friends through the last 50 years.
I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show.
It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally. He provided comic relief but was also a real person doing things that were very important to the show.
Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way — with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.
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