List of Gunsmoke (TV series) episodes

United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness)[33] is critically wounded while attempting to arrest a cocky gunslinger who runs uncontrolled in Dodge while he recovers but is completely amazed when the Marshal challenges him again.

Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Dan Grat), Robert Anderson (as Jim Hill), Malcolm Atterbury (as Bird) and Howard Culver (as hotel clerk)

Notes: The premiere episode was introduced by John Wayne.[34] He also recommended his friend, James Arness for the role of Matt Dillon.

Matt is duty-bound to protect a despised gunman from being hanged by a group of normally law-abiding ranchers for a crime he didn't commit.

Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Cope Borden), James Westerfield (as Rance Bradley) and Marvin Bryan (as Jason Bradley)

Notes: John Dehner's first of 12 appearances, who also performed in approximately half of the 480 radio episodes of Gunsmoke. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor, often cast as the eccentric villain or questionable authority figure. The versatile actor's career spanned six decades, and not counting his radio performances, had amassed nearly 300 acting credits. Dehner's longest recurring role was his character, Cyril Bennett on the 1968–1973 CBS American sitcom, The Doris Day Show.

Doc is sworn to secrecy by three kidnappers who killed a rancher's son.

Guest Cast: Robert Middleton (as Jake Worth), Claude Akins (as Harry), Dick Paxton (as Rudy), Thom Carney (as Jack), Ray Boyle (as Jeff Worth) and Will J. White (as Ed Worth)

Notes: Claude Akins plays Harry, his first of ten appearances. He was an American character actor best known for his role as Sheriff Lobo in the 1979–1981 NBC action comedy television series, B. J. and the Bear and its spin-off, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.

Matt attempts to save a rancher's life by amputating his gangrenous leg.

Guest Cast: Joe De Santis (as Mr. Hawtree), Gloria Talbott (as Holly Hawtree) and Wright King (as Ben Walling)

Notes: "Home Surgery" was presented as a radio broadcast before it aired on television. In the radio version, the daughter's name was "Tara Hantree."

Gloria Talbott who played Holly Hawtree, became the first guest star to appear in both of the 1955 season's new adult westerns. She played Abby Crandall in the second episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, (Mr. Earp Meets a Lady) which aired on September 13, 1955, three weeks before this episode.

First of eight appearances for Wright King portraying Ben Walling, who in three years will play Jason Nichols on the 1958–1961 CBS American western television series, Wanted Dead or Alive.

Townspeople and outlaws want to know where an old prospector has hidden his gold.

Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Obie Tater), Kathy Adams (as Ella Mills), Jon Shepodd (as Mitch) and Pat Conway (as Quade)

Notes: First of thirteen guest appearances by Royal Dano, who played the lead character Obie Tater. He was an American actor whose career traversed fifty years which included nearly 200 acting credits. Dano had an uncanny resemblance to Abraham Lincoln and even provided his voice in Walt Disney's Audio-Animatronic Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at the 1964 World's Fair which was brought to Disneyland in 1965. One of his most memorable roles was "The Tattered Man" in the 1951 film, The Red Badge of Courage.

First of four appearances by Pat Conway who played Quade. He may be best remembered as Sheriff Clay Hollister in the 1957–1960 western television series, Tombstone Territory.

Nobody believes a young boy's tales of nighttime robberies and assaults, including Matt and the boy's mother.

Guest Cast: Robert Foulk (as Edward Hinton), Amzie Strickland (as Lennie Hinton), Peter Votrian (as Timmy Wyatt), Anne Warren (as White Fawn), Lance Warren (as Maggie Wyatt), Jeanne Bates (as Mrs. Wyatt) and Lou Vernon (as Cal Ross)

Notes: Robert Foulk portrayed Edward Hinton in this episode and may be best remembered for his role as Sheriff H. Miller in the 1958–1962 CBS television series Lassie.

Amzie Strickland was a versatile character actress who began on radio and made some 650 television appearances. This was her first of four roles on Gunsmoke playing Lennie Hinton.

Anne and Lance Warren (who played White Fawn and Maggie) are the daughters of Director/Producer/Writer Charles Marquis Warren.

A rancher asks Matt to evict a couple from a home on part of his land, but the couple insists they purchased it legally and they're refusing to leave.

Guest Cast: John Larch (as Clay Young), Ainslie Pryor (as Josh Nolan), Jeanne Bates (as Mrs. Nolan) and Edward Platt (credited Ed Platt as Mr. Burgess)

Notes: First of seven appearances for John Larch, who played Clay Young. He was an American radio, film and television actor with over 170 acting credits. John had a recurring role on the short-lived 1963–1964 ABC American crime/legal drama series, Arrest and Trial, where he played the role of Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller. The show had a familiar premise to the present Law and Order franchise, except it focused on the criminal's defense.

A bounty hunter is denied his reward after Matt convinces a wanted gunslinger to give up his gun for a better life.

Guest Cast: Adam Kennedy (as Andy Travis), James Griffith (as Joe Kite), Herbert Lytton (as Jake Crowell), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Jon Locke (credited Joe Locke as Beecher) and Chris Alcaide (as Barnes)

Notes: Herbert Lytton portrayed Jake Crowell, his first of seven appearances. He was known for playing Admiral Reynolds in the 1962–1966 ABC American sitcom television series McHale's Navy.

George Selk makes his first credited appearance as Moss Grimmick, the owner of the livery stables.

First and only time Matt wears a black hat during an episode. He's seen wearing a black hat in nine of the first season's Boot Hill introductions.

Marshal Dillon must stop a buffalo hunter from breaking a treaty by trespassing into Indian territory on a hunt for hides.

Guest Cast: Peter Whitney (as Jase Murdock), Richard Gilden (as Golden Calf), Lou Vernon (as Cal Ross) and Robert Keene (as Dude)

A Chinese immigrant faces dishonor when two brothers cut off his pigtail.

Guest Cast: Keye Luke (as Chen), Sebastian Cabot (as Bailey), Robert Gist (as Rabb Briggs) and Devlin McCarthy (as Howard)

Notes: Keye Luke who played Chen, was a Chinese-born American film and television actor. He is best known for playing many roles which include; Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 The Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films.

Sebastian Cabot, who portrayed Bailey, may be best remembered as the manservant, Mister (Giles) French in the 1966-1971 [CBS] television sitcom Family Affair.

This is the first of 11 episodes which Sam Peckinpah wrote for Gunsmoke.

A Confederate Civil War General who's an incorrigible liar claims the new town banker is plotting to make off with the depositors' money.

Guest Cast: Raymond Bailey (as General Parsley Smith), James O'Rear (as Drew Holt), John Alderson (as Nash) and Wilfred Knapp (as Mr. Botkin)

Notes: The first of two appearances for Raymond Bailey playing the titled character, General Parsley Smith. He may be best known for his role portraying Milburn Drysdale in the 1962–1971 CBS television sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies.

John Alderson's first of three appearances. He was Sergeant Bullock in the little known 1957–1958 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles.

Viewers learn through dialogue in this episode that Doc Adams served in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry in the American Civil War.

Chester is appalled when his "uncivilized" country-bumpkin brother comes to Dodge for a Christmas visit.

Guest Cast: Robert Easton (as Magnus Goode), James Anderson (as Lucifer Jones), Than Wyenn (as Dealer), Tim Graham (as Cowboy) and Dorothy Schuyler (as Olive)

Notes: Robert Easton also played Magnus in the radio broadcast of this episode. He was a prolific actor with numerous film and television roles. His mastery of the English dialect and unique range earn him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices".

A young conniving rancher's wife orchestrates a clever plan to murder her older husband by seducing a recently hired drifter.

Guest Cast: John Carradine (as Ephraim Hunt), Lola Albright (as Lucy Hunt), James Drury (as Booth Rider) and Virginia Chapman (credited Virginia Arness as Gypsy) (credit only)

Notes: First of two appearances for John Carradine whose role was the elder rancher Ephraim Hunt. The prolific actor holds 351 film and television credits. He was the patriarch of the Carradine family which included four sons and four grandchildren who were also actors.

Lola Albright plays Lucy Hunt and was an American singer and actress. She may be best known for her starring role, the sultry singer Edie Hart in the American detective television series Peter Gunn which aired on NBC 1958–1960 and on ABC 1960–1961.

James Drury makes his first of four appearances. He portrays Booth Rider in this episode and is best known for playing the lead and titled character in 1962–1971 NBC western television series, The Virginian.

First television screenplay written by Les Crutchfield. He's credited with writing 138 radio and television Gunsmoke stories and scripts, second only to the number written by the series co-creator, John Meston. Crutchfield created the character Festus Haggen. Sadly, he would pass away from cancer in 1966 at 50 years old. Three episodes written by him were aired after his death.

Virginia Chapman was the wife of James Arness. She is credited as Gypsy in this episode but is not seen. She will again play Gypsy in episode 28 "The Killer" but will not receive credit.

Professor Bone and his traveling medicine show come to Dodge pedaling an elixir with potentially deadly side effects.

Guest Cast: John Abbott (as Professor Lute Bone), Jester Hairston (as Wellington), Gloria Castillo (as Mrs. Ringle), Don Gardner (as Mr. Ringle), Strother Martin (as Mr. Stooler) and Sally Corner (as Mrs. Stooler)

Notes: Jester Hairston was a composer, songwriter and actor. He was the first black performer to appear in Gunsmoke. Hairston was regarded as a leading expert on Negro Black spirituals and choral music.

A wanted man wrongly accused of murder in a nearby town escapes to Dodge which necessitates Matt and Chester to investigate his claims of corruption.

Guest Cast: Vic Perrin (credited Victor Perrin as Hank), Mort Mills (as Brake), Marjorie Owens (as Woman), Herbert Lytton (as Hunter), Cyril Delevanti (as Turnkey) and Charles H. Gray (credited Charles Gray as Sheriff)

Notes: Vic Perrin who played Hank Springer was an American radio, voice, film and television actor. Interestingly, he was the "Control Voice" in the 1963–1965 science fiction television series The Outer Limits and narrator of the action adventure television show, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955–1958). Perrin also did extensive work in animation, providing voices in numerous cartoons including but not limited to Jonny Quest (1964–1965), Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970), Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980) and Spider-Man (1981–1982).

Mort Mills was an American film and television actor with over 150 credits. He often played the town lawman or local bad guy in many popular westerns including a recurring co-starring role as Marshal Frank Tallman in the 1957–1959 western Television series, Man Without a Gun. This episode, his first of six appearances he played August Brake and would later play another bushwhacking deputy who comes to Dodge chasing a fugitive in season 4, Gunsmoke episode 31, "Murder Warrant."

Cyril Delevanti was an English character actor with a long career in American films and television. Here, with his very familiar face played Turnkey, his first of eight appearances.

A vengeful rancher's wife puts a $1,000 bounty on Matt's head after he shoots down her husband.

Guest Cast: Helen Wallace (as Mrs. Stoner), Paul Newlan (as Mr. Stoner), Val Dufour (credited Val DuFour as Day Barrett), Jean Inness (as Mrs. Reeves) and John G. Lee (as Young Farmer)

Notes: Paul Newlan plays Jeremy Stoner in this episode. His best-known role was Captain Grey in the 1957–1960 NBC American crime drama television series M Squad.

Val Dufour portrayed Day Barrett. He had many roles in daytime soap operas, First Love (1954–1955), The Edge of Night (1966), Another World (1967–1972) and Search for Tomorrow (1975–1977) for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1977.

Jean Inness was Nurse Beatrice Fain in the 1961–1966 NBC American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare. She plays Mrs. Reeves in this episode.

Matt devises a plan to capture a charismatic outlaw who has a reputation for only robbing the rich.

Guest Cast: William Hopper (as John Henry Jordan), Barry Atwater (as Mr. Bowen), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Bowen), James McCallion (as Vince Butler), Wilfred Knapp (as Mr. Botkin) and S. John Launer (as Judge)

Notes: William Hopper who portrayed John Henry Jordan was the only son of actor DeWolf Hopper and legendary Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper. He may be best known as private detective Paul Drake in the 1957–1966 CBS television series Perry Mason.

First of five appearances for American character actor Barry Atwater who portrayed Mr. Bowen in this episode. Barry had a couple of appealing television roles, Star Trek fans will remember him as Surak, Dr. Spock's father in S3E22, The Savage Curtain (1969). Also, he played Janos Skorzeny, the vampire terrorizing Las Vegas in the 1972 ABC made-for-TV movie, The Night Stalker.

Nora Marlowe was boardinghouse owner Flossie Brimmer from 1973 to 1977 in 27 episodes on the American historical drama television series The Waltons. She was Mrs. Bowen in this episode, her first of six Gunsmoke appearances.

S. John Launer who played "The Judge", and like the above-mentioned William Hopper, had a recurring role as a criminal court judge on Perry Mason.

The title of this episode is not based on the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. The only similarities are they both robbed from the rich. Here the protagonist kept and spend the money he stole and was not the "good guy".

Matt saves the life of a white boy raised by Indians, who was shot trying to fulfill his coup, by retrieving horses stolen from his Arapaho tribe.

Guest Cast: Jeff Silver (as Yorky), Howard Petrie (as Brant), Dennis Cross (as Tom), Malcolm Atterbury (as Seldon) and Mary Gregory (as Mrs. Seldon)

Notes: The Yorky character is assumed to be about 14 years old. The actor Jeff Silver was a week shy of 19 years old when this episode aired.

Viewers find out in this episode how Matt Dillon possibly acquires his horse "Buck".

Matt's friend and mentor, an aging ex-lawman arrives in Dodge, but he's followed by a man who wants revenge for the killing of his brother two years before.

A Long Branch saloon girl witnesses a killing in self-defense involving a man from her past, but she refuses to testify which jeopardizes his innocence.

Guest Cast: Val Dufour (as Jerry Shand), Marion Brasch (credited Marion Brash as Belle), Maurice Manson (as Andy Culley), Joseph V. Perry (credited Joe Perry as Witness) and Mason Curry (as Marty)

Matt attempts to help a quarrelsome young man turn his life around, after a group of ranch hands try to hang him for cattle rustling.

Guest Cast: Brett Halsey (as Elser), Ken L. Smith (as Pence), Russell Thorson (credited Russ Thorson as Bowers), Michael Granger (as Hander) and James Nusser (uncredited)

Notes: James Nusser makes his first Gunsmoke appearance in an uncredited role as "Wilkins", the wounded clerk. He will make seven guest appearances (five credited) before being cast as the town drunk "Louie Pheeters" in season seven.

An unpleasant and rather ugly elderly rancher up and decides that he is going to marry Kitty.

Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Nip Cullers), John Patrick (as Jonas), Mary Adams (as Nettie), Evelyn Scott (as Olive), Dorothy Schuyler (as Kate) and Charlene Brooks (as Blossum)

Notes: John Dehner's second of twelve appearances, this one in heavy makeup which makes him appear 20 plus years older than his actual age of 40 at the time. He also played the same character in the radio version.

This is the first appearance of Wilbur Jonas, the shopkeeper character, played by John Patrick. His role will be short-lived as Dabbs Greer will settle into the part in future episodes.

An elderly Army scout married to an Indian woman is suspected of intentionally leading his troop into a Comanche ambush and now becomes the target of the townspeople's anger.

Guest Cast: Eduard Franz (as Amos Cartwright), DeForest Kelley (credited DeForrest Kelley as Will Bailey), William Vaughn (as Twitchell), Tommy Hart (as Clay) and Pat Hogan (as Buffalo Tongue)

Doc investigates the beginning of a typhoid epidemic that hits Dodge and panics the townspeople.

Guest Cast: Howard McNear (as Mr. Bradley), Patrick O'Moore (as Mr. Matthews), Norbert Schiller (as Franz Beltzer), Evelyn Scott (as Olive), Phil Rich (as Townsman), Gordon Mills (as Burkleman), Lisa Golm (as Mrs. Saur) and Howard Culver (as Mr. Hannah)

Notes: Howard McNear was the original voice of Doc Adams on the radio version of "Gunsmoke". He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor who played Mr. Bradley in this episode. Howard will forever be best remembered for portraying Floyd Lawson, Mayberry, North Carolina's loveable barber in the CBS 1960–1968 American situation comedy television series, The Andy Griffith Show.

This was actor Phil Rich's final role, passing away at the age of 57 on February 22, 1956. This episode aired on April 14, 1956, seven weeks after his death. His brother, Dick Rich was also an actor who had seven Gunsmoke appearances.

A belligerent and imposing female bully uses her situation as a woman to push around the men of Dodge.

Guest Cast: Dee J. Thompson (as Lena Wave), Joel Ashley (as Nate), Terry Becker (as Emmett), Howard Culver (as Hotel Clerk) and Heinie Brock (as Drummer)

A friend from Matt's past, a gunfighter for hire, comes to Dodge with a job offer and unbeknownst to both of them, that job is to kill the Marshal.

Guest Cast: Leo Gordon (as Hack Prine), George D. Wallace (credited George Wallace as Dolph Timble), Hal Baylor (as Lee Timble) and Wally Cassell (as Oley)

Notes: This is the actual pilot episode of the television series, Gunsmoke. Watching the program, you will notice that the sets are totally different. The jailhouse has no door on the back wall replaced by the gun rack which usually sits on the side wall, Matt's desk is a high rolltop positioned against the wall as opposed to the flat desk more situated out into the room, the pot-belly stove and bulletin board with the wanted posters is missing, the safe is where the stove was, and the front door is not the same. The Long Branch saloon has the following changes: a longer bar with a high shelve on the wall above it, the huge brass adornment that sits center stage is missing, unfamiliar taxidermy and wall decor, and the most notable change is a bartender that we have never seen in past or future episodes.

The beginning boot hill introduction is also different, revealing for the first time Marshal Dillon walking down the hill towards the fake backdrop of Dodge City in the background.

Matt uses a six-shooter with a much shorter barrel in this episode, not the eight-inch barrel we normally see throughout the series.

Leo Gordon who portrayed Hack Prine, was an American character actor and writer. He was often cast as the heavy playing brutish bad guys in more than 40 years in film and television. Where life imitates art, Gordon came by his toughness through his own early experiences. Growing up during the Great Depression, a two-year stint in the Army ending with an undesirable discharge and a five-year sentence in San Quentin State Prison for armed robbery when he was shot by arresting officers for pulling a gun.[36]

George D. Wallace playing Dolph Timble, was an American stage and screen actor with over 230 credits. He may be best remembered as Commando Cody in the 1952 Republic Pictures serial, Radar Men from the Moon.

A dishonest gambler and coward in his own right, uses a mentally challenged man as a puppet in a plot against Matt.

Guest Cast: Strother Martin (as Cooter), Vinton Hayworth (as Sissle), Brett King (as Pate) and Robert Vaughn (as Kid)

Notes: First episode where Kitty is seen wearing her new beauty mark on her right cheek. In real life, Amanda Blake did have a light reddish mole in the same spot which was covered with makeup in all previous episodes.

Second of eleven appearances for Strother Martin, cast in the title role as Cooter. He was so in love with the story and his character that he ordered a print for personal viewing. Martin would go on to play in many more features with Sam Peckinpah as writer and/or director.

Vinton Hayworth who played Ben Sissle, was the uncle of Hollywood's most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s, Rita Hayworth. He was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who appeared in over 90 films and numerous television credits. His final role was General Winfield Schaeffer in the 1965–1970 NBC fantasy sitcom television series, I Dream of Jeannie. He died of a heart attack on May 21, 1970, five days before the last episode aired.

Robert Vaughn portrayed "the kid", was an American stage, film and television actor. Perhaps best known for his roles as Napoleon Solo in the NBC 1964–1968 spy fiction television series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Lee in the 1960 film, The Magnificent Seven.

Matt comes up with a risky plan to stop the killing spree of a psychopathic murderer, who only provokes gunfights with individuals he knows have no chance in defending themselves against him.

Guest Cast: Charles Bronson (as Crego), David Chapman (as Jesse), James Nusser (as Man), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Virginia Chapman (as Gypsy uncredited)

Notes: Charles Bronson was an American actor, who was often cast as a police officer, gunfighter or vigilante. Here he portrayed the maniacal killer, Crego. Bronson was argumentatively the first major guest star on Gunsmoke, commanding $1 million per film and earning the title of world's No. 1 box office attraction at the height of his fame in the early 1970s.[37]

James Nusser makes his first of 74 credited appearances on Gunsmoke in this episode. He also had seven uncredited roles in the series. It will still be five more years before he is cast as the town drunk, "Louie Pheeters".

Dabbs Greer assumes the character of shopkeeper "Wilbur Jonas", making his first of 40 appearances in the role. He also had two credits in other parts.

Doc becomes enraged when he sees a man from his past and swears to Chester that he's going to kill him.

Guest Cast: Chris Alcaide (as Clem Maddow), Ainslie Pryor (as George Maddow), Harry Bartell (as Ben Bartlett) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender)

Notes: Harry Bartell was an American radio, film and television actor. He was a cast member in the radio version of Gunsmoke performing over the entire broadcast run from April 26, 1952, to June 18, 1961. This was his first of ten appearances on the television edition.

Bert Rumsey earns his first credit after 15 uncredited appearances. He would play the part of "Sam" or "Bartender" a total of 75 times in the first five seasons from 1955–1959 with only nine being credited.

A preacher disgusted by all the violence surrounding him has lost faith and is tormented by a bully, who despises his timid nature.

Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Seth Tandy), Chuck Connors (as Sam Keeler), Paul Dubov (as Humbert), Jim Hyland (as Stage Driver) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Notes: In his second of thirteen appearances, Royal Dano plays the title character, "The Preacher". He also played the lead role earlier in the season in the fifth episode, "Obie Tater" (1955).

Chuck Connors was an American actor, best known for his role as "Lucas McCain" in the 1958–1963 ABC western television series, The Rifleman. Here he portrayed the savage pugilist, "Sam Keeler".

A Texas trail herder swears to avenge his brother's death, who Matt shot and killed in self-defense.

Guest Cast: Mort Mills (as Howard Bulow), Maurice Manson (as Riesling), Lawrence Dobkin (as Jacklin), James Nolan (as Zack), Bill White Jr. (as Ned) and Herbert Lytton (as Stranger)

Matt may finally have the crucial evidence he needs to arrest an infamous horse thief, who makes a big mistake when he steals a young man's horse for himself.

Guest Cast: Robert Middleton (as Dutch George), Tom Pittman (as Jimmy McQueen), Richard Warren (as Hack) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

When the citizens of Dodge panic, Matt tries to restore order and squash rumors of a planned Pawnee attack.

Guest Cast: Robert Ellenstein (as Tewksbury), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Anne Barton (as Quiet One), Wilfred Knapp (as Botkin), Tyler McVey (as Father), Bruce Holland (as Boy), Jack Holland (as Danvers) and Roy Engel (credited Roy Engle as Citizen)

When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other is expecting.

Guest Cast: Mary Carver (as Ann), Joel Ashley (as Linus), Russell Thorson (credited Russ Thorson as Brady), William Hamel (as Customer) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam)

Two cowboys buy drinks and show a diminutive ex-soldier a good time, but when the fun ends they plan to hang him for fighting on the Union's side of the war.

Guest Cast: Aaron Spelling (Weed Pindle), Jacques Aubuchon (as Short), Charles H. Gray (credited Charles Gray as Tyler), Duane Grey (credited Duane Thorsen as Delmer), Bill Hale (as Tom) and Joseph Mell (as Pence)

Notes: Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. His productions comprise the television series Family (1976–1980), Charlie's Angels (1976–1981), The Love Boat (1977–1986), Hart to Hart (1979–1984), Dynasty (1981–1989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), 7th Heaven (1996-2007) and Charmed (1998-2006).

First of six appearances for Joseph Mell in the role of Bill Pence, owner of the Long Branch saloon. The character Bill Pence was first introduced as a ranch hand foreman in episode 21, "Helping Hand".

Matt realizes that an old girlfriend is working on the opposite side of the law and is planning on robbing the bank with her new boyfriend.

Guest Cast: Jorja Curtright (as Cara), Douglas Odney (as Tolliver), Charles Webster (as Sheriff Benson), Wilfred Knapp (as Mr. Botkin) and Howard Culver (as Mr. Uzzel)

Notes: Kitty's beauty mark is missing when Matt awakens her in the morning, but later when she's all dressed up and makeup applied, it's there. This suggests that it was never permanent, just merely Kitty's own fashion statement which first appeared in "Cooter", episode 27.

A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband.

Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Neal Amber), Ainslie Pryor (as Peak Fletcher), Gloria McGehee (credited Gloria McGhee as Mrs. Amber), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Bing Russell (as Simon Fletcher)

Notes: Sadly, three of the guest actors in this episode would pass away at relatively young ages. Ainslie Pryor at 37 on May 27, 1958, from cancer, Gloria McGehee at 42 on May 4, 1964, from a heart attack and Paul Richards at 50 on December 10, 1974, also from cancer.

A distraught middle-aged woman projects her motherly instincts on Matt's new prisoner, after she learns of her own son's outlaw past and violent death.

Guest Cast: Ron Hagerthy (as Blackie), Helen Kleeb (as Mrs. Randolph), William Hopper (as Tasker), Than Wyenn (as Darcy), Joe Scudero (as Munro) and Boyd Stockman (as Stage Driver)

Notes: Helen Kleeb portrays Mrs. Randolph in this her first of four appearances on Gunsmoke. She may be best remembered for her role as Miss Mamie Baldwin in the 1972–1981 CBS historical drama television series, The Waltons.

While on their way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester come to the aid of a homesteader family who're attacked by a small band of marauding Kiowa Indians.

Guest Cast: Lew Brown (as Sam Fraser), Helen Wallace (as Ma Fraser), Bill White Jr. (as Tad Fraser), Dorothy Schuyler (as Alice Fraser) and Dan Blocker (as Lieutenant)

Notes: Lew Brown plays the character Sam Fraser in this episode, his first of an astounding 21 guest-appearances on Gunsmoke. He was an American film and television actor with over 125 acting credits. His longest recurring role was Shawn Brady on the daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives in 1984–1985.

Dan Blocker's first appearance as the Lieutenant, in three years he will begin his iconic role of Hoss Cartwright in the 1959–1973 NBC American western television series Bonanza.

Doc is called out to a farm for a medical emergency under false pretenses and becomes involved in an altercation.

Guest Cast: Robert H. Harris (as Ben Pitcher), Dorothy Adams (as Mrs. Pitcher) and Tommy Kirk (as Jerry Pitcher)

Notes: Tommy Kirk was an American actor best known for his performances in Walt Disney Studios films such as, Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, Babes in Toyland, Son of Flubber, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones and The Monkey's Uncle.

First episode directed by Andrew V. McLaglen who would end up with 96 Gunsmoke credits, most of any director.

Matt and Chester track a killer that they know by name only to the small town of Elkader, where the people out of fear refuse to cooperate.

Guest Cast: Gage Clarke (as Hinkle), Alfred Linder (as Clerk), Dennis Cross (as Bartender), Malcolm Atterbury (as Liveryman) and Paul Lambert (as Lou Shippen)

Notes: Gage Clarke makes his first of twelve appearances in a role other than Dodge House clerk, Jim Dobie or bank manager, Mr. Botkin.

An overconfident Army deserter callously breaks the law and strongly believes there will be no repercussions, but soon his fate will be sealed.

Guest Cast: Brian G. Hutton (as Joe Trimble), Richard Keith (as Major Banker) and Herbert Lytton (as Judge)

Notes: The Boot Hill introduction clearly shows grave markers with dates of 1882 and 1883, but this episode is set in 1876, the year of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Matt refuses Dodge City merchant's request to hire more deputies to protect their interests during a round-up which lead to threats and danger for the Marshal.

Guest Cast: Jacques Aubuchon (as Torp), Michael Hinn (as Zel), Barney Phillips (as Summers), John Dierkes (as Rydell), Mason Curry (as Jake) and John Patrick (as Dad)

Notes: American actor Michael Hinn who plays Zel was a familiar face on many 1950s and 1960s television westerns including but not limited to this his first of ten Gunsmoke appearances, nine roles on the 1959–1960 CBS program Johnny Ringo and eleven acting credits from 1959 to 1969 on the syndicated series Death Valley Days. Michael also had a recurring role as the Scout, Luke Cummings on the 1957–1958 American Western, Boots and Saddles.

Barney Phillips portrays Ed Summers, his first of eight Gunsmoke appearances before being cast as Bill Pence, owner of the Long Branch saloon. He was an American film, television and radio actor. Phillips had a recurring role as Sgt. Ed Jacobs on the 1951–1959 television series Dragnet and was the Venusian living undercover on Earth in The Twilight Zone, season 2 episode 28, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?".

Matt shoots and kills an arrogant gunfighter pursuing a reputation and now the gunman's inexperienced teen-aged brother comes to Dodge seeking revenge.

Guest Cast: Jack Diamond (as Peyt), Fredd Wayne (as Sam Kertcher), Clegg Hoyt (as Jack Rynning), Sidney Clute (credited Sid Clute as Spencer) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender)

Notes: Clegg Hoyt was an American film and television character actor appearing in many Westerns, dramas and sitcoms during his 11-year career. He guest stars in consecutive episodes and in this story, he plays Jack Rynning, his first of five Gunsmoke appearances.

A twelve-year-old white boy must make a life decision, stay with the woman who claims he's her son or return to the Cheyenne Indians that raised him.

Townspeople tongues wag when they find out that Matt has vouched for his friend, a known gambler and gunman, to set-up shop in the Long Branch.

Guest Cast: Andrew Duggan (as Nick Search), Simon Oakland (as Enoch Mills), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Mr. Teeters) and Joseph Mell (as Bill Pence)

Notes: Andrew Duggan plays Nick Search, his first of three appearances. He was an American film and television character actor with over 185 screen credits. Duggan guest starred in numerous Westerns and finally captured the lead role of Murdoch Lancer in the 1968–1970 CBS series, Lancer.

Doc suspects the wife of knifing her husband after he treats his badly infected leg and urges Matt to investigate when the man brandishes a gun.

Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman (as Flory Tibbs), Philip Bourneuf (as George Basset) and Robert Strong (as Clerk)

A troublesome man suspected of murder proclaims his innocence but needs Doc, who's out of town to establish his alibi.

Guest Cast: Mike Connors (credited Touch Connors as Bostick), Gene O'Donnell (as Haney), Cyril Delevanti (as Driver), Robert Hinkle (as Rider) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender)

Notes: Mike Connors who plays Bostick was an American actor best remembered for his role of private detective Joe Mannix in the 1967–1975 CBS television series Mannix.

Bert Rumsey is credited as 'Bartender' but for the first time in an episode Chester references him by his last name, 'Sam Noonan'.

One of the few episodes where Kitty is seen without her beauty mark.

Matt risks his own life when an outlaw takes Doc hostage and threatens to kill him if he does not help his wounded partner.

Guest Cast: Frank de Kova (as Tobeel), Amzie Strickland (as Mrs. Brant), Claude Akins (as Jed Butler) and Ray Bennett (as Hank)

Notes: Frank de Kova who portrays Tobeel in his first of five Gunsmoke appearances was an American character actor who convincingly played Native Americans in many films and television series, even though his actual ethnicity was Italian. He may be best remembered for playing Chief Wild Eagle in the 1965–1967 Western comedy, F Troop.

Dodge settlers are leaving after a rash of Pawnee Indian raids and when Matt investigates, he concludes it's something more shocking.

Guest Cast: Herbert Rudley (as Capt. Starr), Dick Rich (as Sam Butler), Mickey Simpson (as Stapp), Fintan Meyler (as Arie O'Dell), Joel Ashley (as Jake) and K.L. Smith (as Cran)

Notes: Dick Rich portrayed Sam Butler, his first of seven appearances. He and his older brothers Larry, Bernie and Phil came from a family that were very active in theatre. Phil appeared in one showing of Gunsmoke, S1E24 "The Pest Hole" that aired seven weeks after his death. Dick was the most prolific of the brothers with over 200 film credits.

A man from Matt's past seeks revenge for the hanging of his partner and has hired a gunman to kill him, but the shooter makes a grave mistake.

Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Bill Lee), Howard Culver (as Mr. Uzzell), Stanley Adams (as Bartender), Paul Newlan (as Danch), Ross Ford (as Dane Shaw), Clayton Post (as Citizen), Jack Kruschen (as Jed) and H. M. Wynant (as Barker)

A love triangle ends in unimaginable violence when two men court the same girl.

Guest Cast: Constance Ford (as Pearl Bender), Denver Pyle (as Willie Calhoun), Michael Emmet (as Webb Thorne), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Frank Teeters), Bert Rumsey (as Bartender), Big John Hamilton (credited John Hamilton as Big John) and Johnny McGough (as Jimmie)

Notes: Constance Ford plays Pearl Bender in her first of two Gunsmoke appearances. She was an American actress and model who may be best remembered for her role as Ada Lucas Hobson in the long-running daytime soap opera Another World, which she played from 1967 to 1992. Ford left the series in 1992 due to her declining health from cancer and when she passed away, the persona Ada died with her. Another World would pay tribute to both actress and character alike.

Denver Pyle was an American film and television actor and director. He often played surly and demanding father figures or authority roles. In this episode, his first of fourteen Gunsmoke appearances, he portrayed the scorned farmer, Willie Calhoun. Pyle was well known for numerous TV roles including Brisco Darling Jr. in The Andy Griffith Show, Buck Webb in the first three seasons (1968–1970) of the CBS American sitcom, The Doris Day Show and Uncle Jesse Duke in the 1979–1985 CBS action-comedy television series The Dukes of Hazzard. Longtime viewers may know that Denver Pyle was one of the first actors considered for the role of Marshall Dillon but the part would eventually go to James Arness.

A recent outbreak of cholera is used as a weapon of revenge when a rancher terrorizes homesteaders off their land.

Guest Cast: Peg Hillias (as Jenny), Paul Fix (as McCready), Bartlett Robinson (as Gabriel), Stuart Whitman (as Bart), Gordon Gebert (as Billy) and John Smith (as David)

Notes: Peg Hillias who plays Jenny Gabriel was an American stage, film and television actress. She may be best remembered for her role as Eunice Hubbell in the 1951 film, A Streetcar Named Desire. Sadly, she would pass relatively early in her career from undisclosed causes at the age of 45 on March 18, 1960.

First of five appearances for veteran performer Paul Fix who portrays the vile rancher, McCready. He was an American stage, film and television character actor and screenwriter who was best known for his work in Westerns. Fix had over 300 film and television credits over a seven-decade career and appeared in 26 movies with his friend, celebrated legend John Wayne. In a profession so vast Paul was best known for his role of Micah Torrance in the 1958–1963 ABC Western television series, The Rifleman. Interestingly, he was the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Chief Medical Officer on the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in the 1966–1969 science-fiction television series, Star Trek and was replaced by DeForest Kelley, who played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy.

Stuart Whitman was an American film and television actor who had a lengthy career playing rugged leading men and in this episode he portrays McCready's gunman, Bart. He started in the profession with uncredited roles in cult classics, When Worlds Collide (1951) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and may be best known for his performances in The Comancheros (1961), The Longest Day (1962) and Night of the Lepus (1972). Whitman would end up owning 190 lifetime film and television credits.

Matt and Chester rescue an old buffalo hunter who was abandoned and left for dead in the freezing cold temperatures on the prairie.

Guest Cast: Edgar Stehli (as Ira Pucket), Grant Withers (as Jed Larner), Richard Deacon (as Botkin), Rocky Shahan (as Jim) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender)

Notes: Richard Deacon plays the banker Botkin in this episode. He was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in two situational comedies as Fred Rutherford in the 1957–1963 program, Leave it to Beaver and Mel Cooley in the 1961–1966 [CBS] series, The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Matt arrests an abusive rancher who killed two squatters on his land, and after he's jailed his guilt comes into question when a third nester is murdered.

Guest Cast: Tyler McVey (as Sam Baxton), Vivi Janiss (as Sara Baxton), Theodore Marcuse (credited Ted Marcuse as Zach Ritter), Malcolm Atterbury (as Jed Bates) and Roy Engel (as Hoffer)

Notes: Theodore Marcuse was an American character actor who portrayed mostly villains in many 1950s and 1960s television series. He plays the homesteader Zach Ritter in this segment. Twilight Zone fans will recognize him from his role as Citizen Gregori in the famous To Serve Man installment, considered one of the best episodes of the series which aired on March 2, 1962, on CBS. Marcuse served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a lieutenant on the famed submarine USS Tirante and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation for heroism. Sadly, he would die in a traffic accident in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at the age of 47.

A large imposing mountain man and his Arapahoe Indian wife, whose father led raids on the local settlers face untold prejudice at the hands of Dodge townsfolk, but it's her strength and resilience that overcome the intolerance.

Guest Cast: Angie Dickinson (Rose Daggitt), Peter Whitney (as Big Dan Daggitt), Gage Clarke (as Dobie) and Paul Wexler (as Rodin)

Notes: Angie Dickinson is an American film and television actress who may be best remembered for her starring role as Sergeant Pepper Anderson in the 1974–1978 NBC police procedural television series, Police Woman for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama. Dickinson made more than 50 movies and her first credited appearance came in Gun the Man Down (1956) with fellow Gunsmoke alum James Arness. She was a frequent guest in numerous TV Westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s and in this episode she's almost unrecognizable wearing dark makeup playing the character Rose Daggitt.

Paul Wexler was an American character actor who appeared in more than 30 feature films and over 40 different television series. He specialized in macabre or off-beat roles and here he portrays the slow-witted Rodin, one of Rose's attackers.

A Kiowa Indian guide delivers his revenge by stalking the merciless outlaw that humiliated and dishonored him.

A vicious gunfighter brazenly kills an over-matched rancher, now the rancher's grief-stricken brother formulates a life-threatening plan to force Matt to settle the score.

Matt is given the unpleasant task of serving a warrant on an ex-member of Billy the Kid's gang in the small town of Tascosa, Texas but problems arise when three men living completely normal lives fit the limited description supplied to him.

Guest Cast: Carl Betz (as Nate Timble), Marianne Stewart (as Mrs. Timble), Joe De Santis (credited Joe de Santis as Gunter), Tige Andrews (as Mike Postil), Ward Wood (as Parker) and John Dierkes (as Ace)

Notes: Dialogue within the episode mentions Pat Garrett was pursuing Billy the Kid which may help to date the series from 1880-1881.

Matt guns down three bank robbers in a fierce gunfight, and when the surviving member of the gang calls him a "butcher" it sends him into an emotional tailspin.

Guest Cast: Russell Johnson (as Stanger), Lawrence Dobkin (as Brand), Gloria Marshall (as Linda), Harvey Grant (as Billy) and David Saber (as Tom)

Notes: First of four Gunsmoke appearances for Russell Johnson portraying Stanger in this episode. He had several roles in Westerns early in his career but is best remembered for playing the well-known part of Roy Hinkley (The Professor) in the 1964–1967 CBS television series sitcom, Gilligan's Island. Johnson enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces and was commissioned a second lieutenant, flying 44 combat missions in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a B-25 Mitchell navigator/bombardier. His B-25 was shot down during a low-level bombing and strafing run against Japanese military targets in the Philippine Islands on March 4, 1945. Russell broke both ankles in the crash and received the Purple Heart for his injuries.

A young woman comes to Dodge in search of her fiancé who has become the town drunk after failing to prosper on his homestead.

Guest Cast: Joseph Sargent (as Shomer), Susan Morrow (as Ann) and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (credited Gwinn Williams as Groat)

Kitty warns Matt that the new girl in town is nothing but trouble, and her intuition proves correct when the flirtatious young lady manipulates her ardent admirers into facing off against each other in gunfights.

Guest Cast: Karen Sharpe (as Rena Decker), John Alderson (as Ab Laster), Walter Reed (as Joe Garrett), John Mitchum (as Joe), Ken Mayer (as Hank) and George Archambeault (as Agent)

A kind and charismatic stranger dying of heart failure stops in Dodge on his way to see the Arizona desert, but his demeanor changes drastically when a man from his past steps into the Long Branch.

Guest Cast: Harry Bartell (as Cain Vestal), Mark Roberts (as Adams), Paul Dubov (as Pritchard), Dan Riss (as Mike), Howard Ledig (as Pete) and Gorday Clifton (as Cowboy)

Matt's superior, a government official from Washington comes to Dodge to observe the Marshal's job performance and doesn't like what he sees.

A cruel and verbally abusive farmer abandons his wife and heads to Dodge with his friend for one last fling, to drink his life savings away, but it's his determined spouse that will have the last word.

Guest Cast: Florenz Ames (as John Peavy), Frank de Kova (as Mulligan Rives), Anne O'Neal (as Sabina Peavy) and Susan Morrow (as Melanie)

Notes: Florenz Ames started his profession in vaudeville as a song and dance man performing with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop, as "Ames and Winthrop." He had a successful career on Broadway as a stage actor and was a relative newcomer to television when he passed away at the age of 75 on February 11, 1958.

The townspeople of Dodge suspect Chester of committing murder after he's knocked unconscious, and the belligerent drunkard he was escorting to jail is found shot to death lying next to him.

Guest Cast: Peggie Castle (credited Peggy Castle as Nita Tucker), Murray Hamilton (as Jake Buley), Gage Clarke (as Jim Dobie), Tom Greenway (as Ned Pickard), Tim Graham (as Jonas) and Charles J. Conrad (credited Charles Conrad as Man)

Notes: Peggie Castle who portrays Nita Tucker was an American film and television actress. She may be best remembered for her co-starring role as saloon owner Lily Merrill in the 1959–1962 ABC Western television series Lawman.

An arrogant photographer creates quite a stir in Dodge with his newfangled picture box, but his attempts to acquire sensational photographs are reprehensible which cause serious turmoil.

Guest Cast: Sebastian Cabot (as Professor Jacoby), Dean Fredericks (credited Norman Frederic as Gart), Ned Glass (as Grubby), Charles Horvath (as Left Hand), Howard Culver (as Citizen) and Dorothy Schuyler (as Kate)

Notes: Dean Fredericks who portrays Gart is an American film and television actor. He played the titled lead role in the 1958–1959 NBC television series, Steve Canyon. Fredericks served as a private in the U.S. Army during World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart medal.

A miserable and cowardly homesteader mistakes a passer-by for a wanted outlaw and shoots him in the back to claim the $1,000 reward, but when he's told that he shot the wrong man he feverishly coerces his abused wife to verify his alibi.

Guest Cast: Don Keefer (as Sam Rickers), Catherine McLeod (credited Catherine McCleod as Letty Rickers) and Robert Griffin (as Catlin)

Notes: First of ten appearances for Don Keefer. He was an American stage, film and television actor whose career spanned more than 50 years. Viewers of The Twilight Zone may recognize him as the drunk man who turns into a jack-in-the-box in the November 3, 1961 episode, "It's a Good Life" (S3E8) starring Billy Mumy.

A pompous well-to-do gentleman from Philadelphia comes to Dodge in search of his runaway fiancé whose family dismissed for being a ship captain's daughter.

Guest Cast: Gloria McGehee (as Laura), Michael Pate (as Locke), Judson Pratt (as Bill Pence) and Gerald Milton (as Doolin)

Notes: Michael Pate plays the affluent Philip Locke in his first of four Gunsmoke appearances. He was an Australian actor, writer and director who was perhaps best known for portraying Native American Indians in numerous films and television series.

An odd whiskey salesman has valuable information for Matt, that he overheard a conversation between two men putting a $300 bounty on his head.

Guest Cast: Vic Perrin (as Wilbur Hawkins), Robert Burton (as Sheriff), Robert Karnes (as Roberts) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam)

Notes: Vic Perrin plays the whiskey drummer, Wilbur Hawkins. Perrin was an American radio, film and television actor who is best remembered for his extensive voice-over career, providing the voices for numerous characters on countless animated television series. Vic did off-camera work on TV commercials and narrated dozens of science and educational short films. He also was a regular guest and wrote or co-wrote five scripts for the radio version of Gunsmoke.

First of eleven appearances for Robert Karnes who portrays Roberts. He was an American stage, film and television actor possibly best known for his co-starring role of Max Fields in the 1959–1961 NBC crime drama television series, The Lawless Years.

An overbearing brother badgers and mistreats his sister, dominating her life and regarding her only as hired help which creates animosity when a new stranger in town shows her interest.

Guest Cast: Andrew Duggan (as Fos Capper), Peggy Webber (as Flora Stancil), Robert F. Simon (as Ben Stancil), Susan Morrow (as Melanie), James Nusser (as Bum) and Charles King (as Passerby, uncredited)

Notes: Robert F. Simon plays the controlling brother Ben Stancil in this episode, his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. Simon was an American theater, film and television actor with over 200 acting credits. He may be best remembered for his recurring roles as Frank Stephens (Darrin's Father) on Bewitched (1964–1971), as Uncle Everett McPherson on Nancy (1970–1971), as Captain Rudy Olsen on The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1976), as General Maynard M. Mitchell on M*A*S*H (1973) and as J. Jonah Jameson on The Amazing Spider-Man (1978–1979).

James Nusser is known for his recurring role as "Louie Pheeters" starting in season seven. Here in this episode, he makes his third Gunsmoke appearance as "Bum", the belligerent bar patron challenging the lead guest star to a fight.

A crooked card dealer resorts to desperate measures to recover his gambling losses.

Guest Cast: Phillip Pine (as Vint), Rebecca Welles (as Nan), Stafford Repp (as Brewer), Tom Palmer (as Jack Salter) and Jane Ray (as Vickie)

A loathsome gunslinger shoots and kills two of Dodge's beloved brothers and Matt's immediate emotional backlash sends the gunman reeling into despair.

Guest Cast: Harold J. Stone (as Joe Delk), Steven Terrell (as Billy Baxter), Robert C. Ross (as Lew Baxter), Harry Woods (credited Harry Wood as Snyder), Sheila Noonan (as Mrs. Baxter) and Hal Baylor (as Mike)

Notes: Harold J. Stone portrays the detestable gunman Joe Delk in this his first if 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. He guest-starred in numerous television series from the 1950s through the 1980s and was a regular cast member in three short-lived programs which included the roles of John Kennedy in the 1959–1960 syndicated drama, Grand Jury, Hamilton Greeley in the 1969–1970 NBC comedy, My World and Welcome to It and Sam Steinberg in the 1972–1973 CBS sitcom, Bridget Loves Bernie.

Harry Woods was an American movie and television actor who started his profession in the early days of the film industry playing the perennial villain. With his large frame and steely looks, the role of the bad guy came easy. Woods introduction to the small screen came late in life when he guest starred in 14 television series with one small recurring role as Dr. Cunningham in the 1958–1960 western, Tombstone Territory. In this Gunsmoke episode, his first of two, he appears as Snyder. He retired from performing with over 250 acting credits in a career that was perhaps overlooked by Hollywood historians.

An old codger brings his simpleton nephew to town and decides that he would be a good fit for Matt's assistant but when Chester gets ambushed, the big galoot can't be found, making him a questionable suspect.

Guest Cast: Earle Hodgins (as Uncle Oliver) and Paul Wexler (as Viney)

Kitty is elated at first to finally meet her father, who abandoned her when she was born, but she grows increasingly cautious over his overbearing intentions.

Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Wayne Russell), Judson Pratt (as Bill Pence) and Cyril Delevanti (as messenger)

A retired Army officer who has been approved for the job of marshal by the War Department, approaches Matt with an unusual request, "Quit, I want to be Marshal".

Guest Cast: Herbert Rudley (as Emmett Egan), Alex Sharp (as Jeff Willoughby), Kelly Thordsen (as Wilson Willoughby), Walt Barnes (as O'Dell), Kirby Smith (as Sam Botkin), Clancy Cooper (as Bozeman), June Carter Cash (credited June Carter as Clarise), Ned Glass (as Mr. Phipps) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Notes: June Carter Cash was an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. She was a member of the Carter family and married music legend, Johnny Cash in 1968. This episode was her first credited acting role.

A newcomer in town craves respect and uses a pawn to pump-up his fake reputation as a gunman.

Guest Cast: Denver Pyle (as Hank Shinn), Strother Martin (as Ed Davey), John Doucette (as Al Janes), Fred Graham (as cowboy), Howard Culver (as hotel clerk) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam)

An injured card dealer spurned by Matt wants revenge and starts spreading rumors that the Marshal is courting his old friend's wife.

Matt believes a hired gunman with a steel-nerved reputation has lost his confidence when he begins to act tense and anxious, which makes him even more dangerous.

Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Nate Springer), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Mr. Teeters), Howard Culver (as Jim Uzzell), Preston Hanson (as Jess) and Brick Sullivan (as Bartender)

Chester recognizes a man that just rode into town as someone he knew back in Missouri and tells Matt that he's really here to kill him.

When an ungrateful curmudgeon learns that the cowboy who saved his life is wanted, he kills him for the reward and faces the backlash of Dodge's citizens.

Guest Cast: Vinton Hayworth (as Harry Speener), James Dobson (as Joe Harpe), Lawrence Green (as Smith), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Robert Nash (as Grant) and Allan Nixon (as Adams)

Notes: The credits misidentify the two characters as Harry Spencer and Joe Sharpe.

Kitty's old boyfriend, Cole Yankton comes to town to rob the bank.

An impoverished and desperate prairie family lure Matt and Chester out of town with a tale of murder.

Guest Cast: Robert F. Simon (as Pa Grilk), Tom Pittman (as Budge Grilk), Jeanette Nolan (as Ma Grilk) and Morgan Woodward (as Calhoun)

Notes: Jeanette Nolan plays Ma Grilk in her first of eight Gunsmoke appearances. Nolan was an American radio, film and television actress with over 200 acting credits in a career that spanned seven decades. She may be best remembered as Holly Grainger on the 1962–1971 NBC Western, The Virginian. Jeanette starred in her own show, a lesser-known western spin-off of Gunsmoke called Dirty Sally which was broadcast on CBS in 1974.

A young man comes to town seeking his father's unknown killer so he can avenge his death.

Guest Cast: Edward Binns (as Bill Strapp), George Brenlin (as Jesse Pruett), James Maloney (as Karl), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Notes: The credits misidentify Edward Binns' character Bill Stapp as Bill Strapp.

A beautiful young lady fresh from the east comes to Dodge to get married but falls prey to frontier violence.

Guest Cast: Fay Spain (as Mavis McCloud), Max Showalter (credited Casey Adams as Barney Wales), Robert Cornthwaite (as Lou Staley), Kelly Thordsen (as Link), Howard Culver (as Hotel Clerk) and Dan Sheridan (as Stage Driver)

An innocent drifter saved from lynching at the hands of two unrelenting ranchers is fixed on revenge.

Inspired by the play Romeo and Juliet, the children of feuding family patriarchs fall in love.

Matt hunts down two drifters who dragged Chester behind their horses and left him for dead.

Guest Cast: Buddy Baer (as Stobo), Woodrow Chambliss (as Shiloh), Tom Greenway (as Treavitt), Paul Birch (as Boss) and Gary Vinson (as Jim)

An irritating townsman is suspicious of a rancher when his second wife vanishes just like his first.

Matt and Chester keep close watch at a stage stop for a ruthless killer who is murdering stagecoach passengers in cold blood.

Guest Cast: Barry Atwater (as Jesse Daggett), Pernell Roberts (as Nat Pilcher), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), John Parrish (as Elderly Rancher), Jolene Brand (as Young Bride) and George Cisar (as Whiskey Drummer)

A conscientious woman's plan to adopt a baby are jeopardized when Matt discovers her shiftless husband is involved in cattle rustling.

Doc kills a stubborn man who blocks his way and then shoots his horse, and when the man's brother finds out, he comes to Dodge hell-bent on revenge.

Guest Cast: Jack Lord (as Nat/Myles Brandel), Bruce Wendell (as Joe), Netta Packer (as 1st Lady), Jean Fenwick (as 2nd Lady) and Brick Sullivan (as Bartender)

Kitty is abandoned on the open prairie by an Eastern suitor.

Guest Cast: Warren Stevens (as Rackmil), Gage Clarke (as Dobie), Brett King (as Pete), Stephen Ellsworth (as Pence) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Matt gets caught in the middle of an Ozark-mountain family feud when the two remaining survivors come to Dodge City.

When Matt and Chester track a killer to the small town of Elkader, they come upon a fraudulent U.S. Marshal who interferes with their investigation.

Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Joe Phy), Morey Amsterdam (as Cicero Grimes), William Kendis (as Carey Post), Jack Reitzen (as Bartender) and Ken Becker (as Cowboy)

Matt and Chester ride out to a buffalo hunter's camp to investigate the death of a man Doc found earlier.

Guest Cast: Patricia Smith (as Abby), Jack Klugman (as Earl Ticks), John Anderson (as Ben Siple) and Abel Fernandez (as Indian)

Notes: The fight scene near the end of this episode serves as the basis for an educational film produced by the American Cinema Editors, called Film Editing: Interpretation & Values, used by film students all around the world.[40][41]

Kitty is taken hostage during a bank robbery by the Gunther brothers, and they warn Matt that if he follows, they will kill her.

Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Jed Gunther), Pat Conway (as Billy Gunther), John Compton (as Blain), William Keene (as Mr. Botkin) and Charles Tannen (as Cashier)

Two cowboys employ unscrupulous methods to steal land from an elderly man, and when he retaliates Matt arrests him, but his fear of the tight confinement of jail creates a moral dilemma.

A strong-willed woman frees her son from Matt's custody, but the Marshal is determined to bring him to justice.

Two writers from New York come to Dodge looking for fascinating western stories and when they don't find anything worth reporting, they create their own, one of which unwittingly causes an Indian uprising.

Guest Cast: Werner Klemperer (as Clifton Bunker), Jack Weston (as Samuel Sprig), Theodore Newton (as Major), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Eddie Little Sky (credited Eddie Little as Chief Little Hawk), K.L. Smith (as Karl) and David Whorf (as Jack)

Notes: Werner Klemperer was a German American stage, film and television actor whose best known for playing the role of Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the 1965–1971 CBS television sitcom, Hogan's Heros. He won consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1968 and 1969.

A rancher's younger wife conspires with two men to kidnap her elderly husband and stake him out in the open prairie in an elaborate plan to steal his ranch.

Matt seeks shelter from a blizzard in a cabin and encounters two psychopathic criminals who murdered the owner and enslaved and abused his daughter.

Guest Cast: Claude Akins (as Hack), Patricia Barry (as Belle) and Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Alvy)

Matt investigates who shot a newlywed man just moments after his wedding.

Guest Cast: June Lockhart (as Beulah), Wayne Morris (as Nat), Ian MacDonald (as Mr. Troyman), Gail Kobe (as Polly Troyman) and Barry McGuire (as Henry Troyman)

Matt sets out to clear a buffalo skinner, who was accused by his boss of murdering one of his hunting companions.

Guest Cast: Strother Martin (as Dooley), Ken Lynch (as Colpitt), James Maloney (as Faber), Ben Wright (as Mr. Ross), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick) and James Nusser (as Nelson)

A man suspected of horse theft is hanged, but within minutes the perpetrators find out that he was innocent.

Guest Cast: Virginia Gregg (as Mrs. Tilman), Bartlett Robinson (as Jake Kaiser), Weston Gavin (credited James Kevin as Clabe Tilman), Michael Hinn (as Frank Tilman), Kevin Hagen (as Bill Jennings), Herbert Lytton (credited Herbert C. Lytton as Ton Benson) and Craig Duncan (as Jim Duval)

For reasons only known to him, the town drunk attacks the new Faro dealer who just arrived in Dodge.

Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Tom Cassidy), Peggy McCay (as Flora), Ross Martin (as Dan Clell), Barney Phillips (as Bill Pence) and Roxane Berard (as Dorey)

Notes: Barney Phillips assumes the role of Bill Pence, owner of the Long Branch.

The town bully is humiliated in a traveling show and seeks retribution.

Guest Cast: June Dayton (as Mrs. Stafford), Val Benedict (as Cloud Marsh), Cyril Delevanti (as Old Man), Dean Harens (as Earl Stafford) and Jess Kirkpatrick (as Mr. Teeters)

A Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men is responsible for murder.

Guest Cast: Allan Lane (as Kin Talley), Clarke Gordon (credited Clark Gordon as Gil Choate), Ned Glass (as Sam Peeples), Stafford Repp (as Mr. Hightower) and John Mitchum (as Bob)

A bitter old woman comes to Dodge to die and tells Matt, "You're going to kill me".

Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Amy) and Lou Krugman (as Emmett Gold)

Dodge merchants are committing suicide but Matt suspects something more nefarious.

Matt attempts to save a young girl from making some bad decisions but her boyfriend causes trouble for all of them.

Guest Cast: Ed Kemmer (credited Edward Kemmer as Lou Paxon), Myrna Fahey (as Linda Bell), Aaron Saxon (as Joe Bassett), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck) and Joel Smith (as Cowboy)

Matt investigates three con artists who defraud the bank, but they flee taking Doc hostage.

Guest Cast: Raymond Bailey (as Shaneways), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Mr. Papp), Alan Dexter (as Hook), Gordon Mills (as Varden) and Perry Ivins (as Mr. Hogg)

Notes: Doc tells Matt in this episode that he was a doctor on the Tennessee Belle, a Mississippi riverboat.

Raymond Bailey was an American stage, film and television actor who was best known for his role as the wealthy banker, Milburn Drysdale on the 1962–1971 CBS sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies.

Matt is suspicious of the intentions of a gentleman gambler, especially after he proposes to a recently widowed woman.

Matt jails a wanted murderer, and his partner trying to avoid punishment attempts to break him out before the Marshal learns that he's also involved.

An Army major threatens to put Dodge under martial law after soldiers transporting the Fort's payroll are killed in a robbery.

An outlaw masquerading as a passenger has plans to hold up a stagecoach full of riders including Matt and his prisoner.

Guest Cast: Simon Oakland (as Jim Nation), Peter Mamakos (as Art Carp), Clem Bevans (as Fly), James Gavin (as Wells), Forrest Stanley (as Griffin), Jan Arvan (as Station Man), Jimmy Cross (as Hank) and Al Hopson (as Bill)

A charming and debonair gambler comes to Dodge and puts himself smack in the middle of a torrid relationship.

Matt is being framed for killing a man.

Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Tom Samples), Robert J. Wilke (as Hickock), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Huggins), Adam Howe (as McCall), Martin Balk (as Reeves), Allen Kramer (as Ed), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Townsman), Jack Lester (as Townsman), Dick Rich (as Cowboy) and Johnny Western (as Townsman)

Notes: Robert J. Wilke plays the role of Wild Bill Hickok, but the producers misspell the name as "Hickock" in the credits.

This episode helps to date the series. Wild Bill Hickok was Marshall of Abilene, Kansas from April to December of 1871.

Matt doubts the veracity of a Long Branch saloon girl who claims she saw a trail hand kill a man.

Matt investigates an Indian raid that wiped out a family.

An unscrupulous Eastern businessman is purchasing all the local freight lines.

Matt is reluctant in evicting a man and his expectant wife from their ranch.

Matt and Chester out riding the range come upon a rather suspicious and unfriendly man who hustles two beautiful thoroughbreds away in a big hurry.

Guest Cast: Ron Randell (as Portis), Walt Barnes (as Burke), Dan Blocker (as Keller) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Masked gunmen hold up a stagecoach carrying Matt and Chester, and later back in Dodge, the Marshal recognizes one of the robber's voices.

Without more evidence, Matt is reluctant to arrest his friend who had an ongoing feud with a man found shot in the back.

A wagon master leading immigrants to property outside of Dodge believes there will be trouble, and has an unorthodox request of Matt, assign him a deputy's badge.

A rancher traumatized by a lynching in his past takes the law into his own hands, which leads to disastrous results.

Guest Cast: George Macready (as Charlie Drain), Bing Russell (as Ed Shelby), Charles H. Gray (credited Charles Gray as Bob Gringle), O.Z. Whitehead (as Hank Blenis), Chuck Hayward (as Jake), Michael Hinn (as Gil Mather), Robert Montgomery Jr. (as Billy Drico), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick) and Don Lloyd (as Barfly)

Notes: Bing Russell was an American film and television actor with over 175 acting credits in a 40-year career. Bonanza fans will remember him as Deputy Clem Foster (1963–1964) and (1966–1972). Bing is the father of American actor Kurt Russell.

Two gamblers attempt to bribe Matt, and when he tells them to get out of Dodge, they hire a gunman to intimidate him.

Guest Cast: Philip Abbott (as Ben Corder), Pat Conway (as Toque Morlan), James Westerfield (as Harry Duggan), Gregg Palmer (as Jim) and Charles Devin (as Pete)

A homesteader believes Indians are harassing him at night, and after Matt tells him to get a rifle, he mistakenly shoots and kills a cowhand.

A farmer who doesn't trust doctors blames Doc for the death of his wife.

A girl engaged to be married refuses to testify against the stagecoach robber who kidnapped her.

An old frontier plainsman is wrongfully accused of murdering a man who shot his dog.

Guest Cast: Andy Clyde (as Poney Thompson), Warren Oates (as Jed Hakes) and Charles Maxwell (as Walt Moorman)

Matt and Chester are caught in the middle of a bitter and bloody feud between two mountain families.

Guest Cast: William Schallert (as Alben Peavy), Anne Barton (as Liza Peavy), Hope Summers (as Ellen Cade) and Albert Linville (as Jack Cade)

The widow of an aging cattleman is in love with one of the men who's suspected of killing her husband.

Chester's uncle comes to Dodge and based on letters from Chester believes him to be the Marshal.

Guest Cast: Dabbs Greer (as Uncle Wesley), Charles Fredericks (as Pargo), Earl Parker (as Ben), Howard Culver (as Howard) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

An elderly sheepherder who opposes violence refuses to tell Matt the identity of the two cattlemen who are tormenting him.

A recently released convict breaks his parole when he comes to Dodge to kill Matt.

Guest Cast: Jacqueline Scott (credited Jacquline Scott as Abbie), Kevin Hagen (as Coney), Hampton Fancher (as Gunman) and Cactus Mack (as Stage Driver)

Matt helps a trail boss fend off Jayhawkers by escorting his cattle herd to Dodge.

Guest Cast: Jack Elam (as Dolph Quince), Ken Curtis (as Phil Jacks), Lane Bradford (as Jay), Chuck Hayward (as Studer), Earl Parker (as Snyder), Cliff Ketchum (as Cowboy) and Bradley Payne (credited Brad Payne as Cook)

Notes: Jayhawkers were militant gangs who often clashed with pro-slavery factions. Today, a Jayhawker is a nickname for anybody born in Kansas. This is the first appearance of Ken Curtis before his Festus Haggen role. He co-starred with Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode in this episode and would replace him in season 10.

The brother of a family friend visits Kitty and is displeased to find her running a saloon, and when trouble ensues, she objects to his efforts to save her honor.

Guest Cast: Barry McGuire (as Billy), Addison Powell (as Tal), Richard Rust (as Weeb), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), Tom Greenway (as Joe Hines), Ben Wright (as Drummer) and Howard Culver (as Howard)

Matt investigates the murder of an older saloon girl, where the prime suspect is a young cowboy who fled the scene.

Guest Cast: Allen Case (as Billy Daunt), Olive Blakeney (as Ma Torvet), Roy Barcroft (as Luke), Patricia Huston (as Woman), Linda Watkins (as Kate) and Charles P. Thompson (credited Charles Thompson as Clabe)

Doc is resentful and feels sorry for himself when a new town doctor comes to town and makes off with his patients.

Guest Cast: Wendell Holmes (as Betchel), Bartlett Robinson (as Jake Wirth), Jack Younger (as Cullen), Fiona Hale (as Mrs. Crumley), Jack Grinnage (as Andy Wirth) and Bert Rumsey (as Sam)

A former saloon girl's upcoming marriage is put in jeopardy by her old boyfriend when he frames the bridegroom for murder.

Guest Cast: Grant Williams (as Joe Plummer), Norma Crane (as Tilda), Denver Pyle (as Mike Blocker), Russell Johnson (as Harry Weeb) and Guy Wilkerson (as Pete Wilkins)

Matt and Chester's friend is mistaken for the Marshal and shot in the back by a coward.

Guest Cast: Barry Atwater (as Ed Eby), House Peters Jr. (as Nat Swan), James Beck (credited Jim Beck as Jack Massey), William Phipps (as Lou), Barney Phillips (as Pence), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), John Close (as Pete) and Sheldon Allman (as Bill)

Matt investigates a series of crimes linked to one man, but Chester bungles the outcome.

Guest Cast: Bert Freed (as Al Clovis), Fay Roope (as Botkin), Joe Flynn (as Onie Becker), Steve Raines (as 1st Cowboy) and Edward Faulkner (credited Ed Faulkner as 2nd Cowboy)

Notes: Joe Flynn who portrayed Onie Becker was an American character actor best known for his role of Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s television comedy McHale's Navy.

Matt suspects the new saloon girl of being associated with a crooked gambler.

Guest Cast: Mark Miller (as Frank Paris), Whitney Blake (as Dolly Varden), Roy Engel (as Jed Garvey), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Walter Burke (as Bystander), Allan Lurie (Singer), Stephen Roberts (as Hank), George Douglas (as Man), Guy Teague (as Norman) and Robert Swan (as John)

Matt and Chester rescue a white woman and her half-Indian daughter held captive for ten years.

Guest Cast: Peggy Stewart (as Mrs. Philips), Robert Karnes (as Jep Hunter), Robert Rockwell (as Mr. Philips), Charles Fredericks (as Jack Band), Phil Harvey (as Henry), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Dobie), Raymond Guth (as Lou), Michael Gibson (credited Mike Gibson as Bert) and Wendy Stuart (as Fawn)

Notes: Robert Rockwell was an American stage, radio, film and television actor with over 350 TV credits in a career spanning more than 50 years. He starred in his own series as Sam Logan in the 1959–1960 ABC western, The Man from Blackhawk.

Joseph Kearns was an American radio, film and television actor who may be best remembered as the grouchy neighbor George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace. He plays Dobie in this episode (29) and again in episode 31. He switches roles and plays the banker Botkin in episode 37.

Matt tracks down a "white renegade" who's selling guns to a small band of Indians that have jumped the reservation.

Guest Cast: Michael Pate (as Wild Hog), Barney Phillips (as Ord Spicer), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Hank Patterson (as Jake)

Matt defends a local boy, wanted for murder in a nearby town run by a corrupt sheriff.

Guest Cast: Ed Nelson (as Lee Prentice), Onslow Stevens (as Ben Goddard), Mort Mills (as Jake Harbin), Fay Roope (as Botkin), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Dobie) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick)

Matt is suspicious of a saloon girl who comes between two brothers that have inherited their father's ranch.

Guest Cast: Lucy Marlow (as Bella Grant), James Drury (as Jerry Cass), Ken Curtis (as Brisco) and Fay Roope (as Botkin)

Notes: James Drury played the lead in the 1962–1971 NBC Western television series, The Virginian. The first 90-minute Western television series.

Matt pursues a demented buffalo hunter who savagely killed his own men.

Guest Cast: Harold J. Stone (as Gatluf), Garry Walberg (as Tobe), Lou Krugman (as Tom Mercer), William Meigs (as Agent), Sam Buffington (as Cook), Tom Holland (as Alvin), Brett King (as Duff) and Scott Stevens (as Pate)

Matt helps a young gunman who is trying to go straight.

Guest Cast: Darryl Hickman (as Andy Hill), Robert Brubaker (Jim Buck), Charles Maxwell (as Kerrick) and Dick Rich (as Tough)

Notes: Darryl Hickman is the older brother of Dwayne Hickman who played the lead in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

A well-known gunfighter comes to Dodge and wants to add to his reputation by killing Matt.

A rancher is suspected of murder after an unscrupulous lawyer tries to con him out of his land.

Guest Cast: J. Pat O'Malley (as Print Asper), Lew Brown (as Will Asper), Ted Knight (as Jay Rabb) and Robert Ivers (as Johnny Asper)

Notes: Ted Knight who played the lawyer Jay Rabb, was the vain and shallow newscaster Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which may be his greatest success, winning him two Emmy's in 1973 and 1976.

When Will Asper is eavesdropping at the lawyer's window you can see an electrical outlet on the wall, next to the tree.

The ranch has been used in several past episodes; the giveaway is the large tree next to the corral.

Dodge City's merchants are unhappy when Matt clamps down on a Texas trail boss and his men.

Guest Cast: John Larch (as Rance), Strother Martin (as Dillard), Pitt Herbert (as Green), William Bryant (as 1st Cowboy), Joel Ashley (as 2nd Cowboy), Scott Peters (as Pete), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Botkin), Joseph Breen (as Mike), Robert DeCost (as Carl), Dan Sheridan (as Dobie), John Mitchum (as Joe), Lee J. Winters (credited Lee Winters as Bob) and Victor Lundin (credited Vic Lundin as Hank)

Notes: Joseph Kearns may be best remembered as George Wilson on the CBS television series Dennis the Menace. In this episode, his last of four appearances on Gunsmoke he plays Botkin, the town's banker, replacing Fay Roope.

Dan Sheridan plays Dobie, his last of three appearances. He will go on to play bartender Jake Summers in Lawman and pass away four years later of cancer in 1963 at the age of 46.

Matt is injured and makes an ethical decision when an Indian he saved in the past now comes to his rescue.

Guest Cast: Gene Nelson (as Hob Cannon), Michael Pate (as Blue Horse), William Murphy (credited Bill Murphy as Lt. Eldridge) and Monte Hale (as Sgt.)

Notes: Blue Horse was an Oglala Lakota chief. He signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, along with his brothers Chief American Horse the Elder and Chief Red Cloud.

While the Cavalry searches for a small band of Cheyenne, Matt and Chester focus on the gunrunners that supplied the renegades with rifles.

Guest Cast: Walter Brooke (as Capt. Nichols), Tom Brown (as Major), Ralph Moody (as Long Robe), Chuck Roberson (as Sgt. Keller), Eddie Little Sky (as Warrior), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (credited Edward Robinson, Jr. as Brown), Dennis Cross (as Jim) and Kim Winona (credited Connie Buck as Daughter)

Notes: Eddie Little Sky who played the warrior, was a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. He was one of the first Native American actors to play Native American roles, appearing in 36 films and over 60 television shows.

Edward G. Robinson Jr. who played Brown, was the son of Edward G. Robinson, best remembered for his tough-guy and gangster roles.

Kim Winona who played the daughter, was an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux people.

A love story ends tragically when a rancher attempts to drive squatting gypsies off his land.

Guest Cast: John Carradine (as Kader), Suzanne Lloyd (as Nayomi), Frank de Kova (as Leader) and Darryl Hickman (as Danny)

Kitty is injured when her horse throws her, and Matt must seek assistance from a poor prairie family whose son has distorted plans of his own.

Matt devises a plan to catch a con man who's selling stolen horses to unaware townfolk.

A young man comes to Dodge claiming to be the long-lost son of a lonely widow, but Matt recognizes him from an old wanted poster and suspects a ruse.

Divine intervention intercedes when a timid homesteader and his wife are bullied off their land and refuse Matt's help.

Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Pezzy), Alice Backes (as Cora), Harry Swoger (as Burke) and Alan Reed Jr. (as Harlow)

A drama-seeking woman manipulates her husband into a fight with their neighbor.

Guest Cast: John Anderson (as Delliver), Florence MacMichael (as Kate) and George Mitchell (as Jeff)

A religious zealot passes judgment and delves out his own brand of justice, and now Chester has drawn his ire.

Guest Cast: Peter Whitney (as Ira), Richard Rust (as Dal), John Crawford (as Hod) and Lew Brown (as Jim Bride)

Matt escorts three cowboys back to Dodge with hopes that a wounded Pawnee Indian girl can identify the one that shot her.

After three years in prison, a brother returns home only to find out that his life has been turned upside down, which he blames on his younger sibling.

An ex-gunman whose life spiraled down into a bottle still has one redeemable attribute, a 12-year-old orphan that he cares deeply for.

Something's amiss when an old farmer exhibiting odd behavior tells Matt and Chester that his wife left him.

A father who greatly believes in family honor takes the law into his own hands when his daughter is harassed and molested by two cowboys.

Matt searches for a man who faked his own death after his coffin is found full of rocks.

An attention-seeking man claims he was an eyewitness to murder and then proceeds to finger an innocent cowboy.

Dodge townspeople are highly agitated when a notorious gunfighter comes to town, and no one knows who he's after.

Guest Cast: Paul Langton (as Killion), Madlyn Rhue (as Rusty), Gregg Stewart (as Tex), Clem Fuller (as Clem) and Harold Goodwin (as Clerk)

Matt tries to keep the peace between two old bickering curmudgeons who share a homestead.

After years of searching, an ex-Confederate cavalryman has finally found the former Union officer he thinks was responsible for the death of his wife, during Sherman's March to the Sea.

Two unscrupulous boxing promoters set up a deadly match for a washed-up local prize fighter in a winner take all contest.

An abusive and self-righteous rancher becomes the target of a hired gunman.

An unemployed and impoverished stage actor resorts to petty crime when his world collides with a jailed murderer.

Matt, Chester and Doc try to unravel a mystery involving the missing Lady Gay Saloon owner and the brash, larger-than-life female proprietress whose taken over the establishment.

Guest Cast: Nina Varela (as Mamie), Walter Burke (as Herman), Michael Greene (credited Mike Green as Cowboy), Richard Reeves (as Drunk), Ric Roman (as Manuel) and Bob Hopkins (as Pete)

Chester protects Doc from an escaped convict who mistakes him for the Wyoming Territory judge that sentenced him to seven years.

Two trail bosses driving their herds to Dodge threaten to kill each other over the use of a local farmer's special swimming cow.

Kitty prevents a distraught and frenzied man from killing his son-in-law, who he blames for the death of his daughter.

Matt tracks down a desperate family who robbed a train and killed the baggage clerk in retaliation for the railroad inadvertently burning down their farm.

A convicted murderer's sibling concocts a unique plan to avenge his brother's hanging, by unofficially acting as town deputy with hopes of provoking Matt into a gunfight.

Matt and Chester ride out to arrest a shrewd farmer for robbing the general store, but the silver-tongued fellow completely pulls the wool over their eyes.

A dying old prospector has everyone curious when he wills Kitty all of his worldly possessions, much to the dismay of his niece and her husband.

A pretty Southern belle uses her beauty and native wit to charm the pants off all the single men of Dodge.

Chester takes care of a severely injured Doc when they're bushwhacked by a pair of outlaws out on the open prairie.

A despicable and abusive husband keeps beating his wife and she just hopes and believes that he'll change, until he doesn't.

Matt suspects Kitty's new saloon girl is a hired killer and when she shoots a man set to testify against a known gambler, he must connect the dots.

After five years, a jealous gunman carrying a personal grudge has finally found the man who married the girl he once courted.

Matt has his hands full investigating two separate crimes, a Kiowa Indian boy found nearly beaten to death and cattle rustling at a nearby ranch.

A local girl returns to Dodge asking for a fresh start, after riding off with a notorious gunman three years ago.

Crude hillbilly twin brothers come west to Dodge to kill Indians, and along the way their callous nature leaves a trail of violence.

Guest Cast: Morris Ankrum (as Merle), Ralph Moody (as Harvey), Buck Young (as Bud Grant), Jean Howell (as Lavinia), John O'Malley (as Man), Charles McArthur (as Taylor), Richard Chamberlain (as Pete), Paul Hahn (as Les), Hank Patterson (as Carl) and Clem Fuller (as Clem)

Matt's old girlfriend asks him to find her abusive husband, who she claims beat her and ran off with all her money, but Kitty suspects she has ulterior motives.

Matt acquires information that puts him on the trail of an Army corporal and his civilian partner who stole a Fort Dodge payroll.

A stagecoach special agent comes to Dodge searching for one-half of a hold-up team and falls in love with the wife of the other half, who he shot and killed.

Matt shoots and kills the outlaw who wounded his old friend on the road to Dodge, but the assailant's dying words will alter the Marshal's friendship.

An immigrant blacksmith faces the backlash from a disgruntled rancher when he refuses to sell his land.

Despite his claims of innocence, Matt arrests a family patriarch and escorts him to Dodge, but his sons give chase and methodically cut off the Marshal's escape.

A young man suspects his recently arrived uncle of murder when his father dies in a freak accident.

Matt and Chester transport a prisoner to Wichita by stagecoach and are forced to take a stand at the stage's stopover when they're set upon by bandits.

Matt relives Tascosa's Sheriff of duty after a complaint of corruption, and in return he sends his henchmen to intercept the Marshal while making a veiled threat, "there's a lot of prairie between here and Dodge".

A Mexican rancher, Matt's friend from his Texas border days, arrives in Dodge hunting the ill-tempered gunman that dishonored his family and the Marshal warns him to not take the law into his own hands.

Guest Cast: Bing Russell (as Tabor), Anne Whitfield (as Trudy), Lawrence Dobkin (as Esteban Garcia), Barney Phillips (as Bill Pence), Ben Wright (as Calmers) and Roy Engel (as Grimes)

A crude buffalo hunter and his bullied lackey come to Dodge to sell their hides and encounter ridicule and discrimination.

Matt is ambushed and held hostage by two bank robbers who desperately need a horse, but it's his badge that proves pivotal.

A naive Civil War drummer boy is harassed and badgered by a couple of Dodge City locals and then jailed when one of the tormentors turns up dead.

A brash ranch hand quits his job over disagreements with his boss and appropriates the horse he caught and broke, but the rancher claims ownership of the steed and accuses him of theft.

Neighboring ranchers spar over cattle grazing rights which escalates into an all-out war where one elderly rancher must confront three lawless brothers alone.

Guest cast: John Hoyt (as Jeff), Leo Gordon (as Hutch), Rex Holman (as Pete), Mark Allen (as Grant) and Guy Stockwell (as Lee)

A bold and daring man brings his dearly departed best friend into Dodge for a proper burial and the madcap wake that comes with it.

A drifter becomes extremely popular when he pays off his debt by cooking at Delmonico's, but an altercation with a customer leads to murder.

A married farmer is attracted to a widowed temptress who steadily lures him in, but his strong-willed wife ends up teaching both a lesson.

Matt investigates a robbery and murder at Jonas' general store and what results is an unexpected family tragedy.

Matt is suspicious of an opportunistic sheriff and his deputy who caught a stagecoach robber with a saddlebag full of money.

Matt becomes quite ill suffering from fever and exhaustion when a cold-blooded killer comes to town and in his daze, he confronts the outlaw totally unaware that Chester has cleaned and unloaded his gun.

A Georgia couple traveling by wagon share a camp outside of Dodge with a trapper and the next morning the husband begs Doc to come out and treat his ailing wife, but what he finds is far more distressing.

A misunderstanding over a stolen sack of potatoes leads to a deadly feud between two homestead families.

Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Rose), Jack Elam (as Ben), Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Harley), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Leroy), Warren Oates (as Jep), Nora Marlowe (as Jennie), David Kent (as Peter), Cyril Delevanti (as Sy Tewksbury) and Wayne West (as Man)

Matt saves a runaway teenage girl from her abusive father, but she creates further difficulties for the Marshal.

Kitty is caught in the crossfire during a bar room brawl and Matt trails the shooter out on the open range, but little does he know, a mysterious rider is tracking him.

Chester fights for his life when he's held captive by an irrational off-balanced horse thief and his abused common-law wife.

Matt inadvertently gives away a young woman's daring cat-and-mouse plan of revenge against the two men that murdered her father.

Chester is shot and wounded which coincides with the arrival of a strange old man, who thoroughly enjoys stirring up a little mischief.

A young married couple come to Dodge to settle down, but the bride's past quickly catches up to both of them.

Guest Cast: James Drury (as Tom), Jan Shepard (as Tilda), George Keymas (as Ivers), Ron Hayes (as Varden) and Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck)

A belligerent man who made unwanted advancements on Kitty is found beaten to death and an eyewitness comes forward claiming Matt did it.

Guest Cast: John McLiam (as Jud), George Kennedy (as Swarner), Chris Alcaide (as Mike), Sandy Kenyon (as Ak), Rayford Barnes (as Harry), Barney Phillips (as Pence), Steve Warren (as Cowboy), James Nusser (as Dick) and Mathew McCue (as Joe)

Matt and Chester come upon a burnt homestead and are surprised by a ten-year-old girl emerging from the brush who attaches herself to the Marshal.

Guest Cast: Susan Gordon (as Charity), Wright King (as Hi Stevens), Bill McLean (as Rafe), Loyal T. Lucas (credited Doc Lucas as Albie) and Ann Morrison (as Mrs. Henry)

Matt and Chester track down a murderer and horse thief into Indian territory.

A wounded female buffalo skinner seeking medical attention flaunts all her womanly charms when she becomes enamored with Doc.

The town's diminutive loudmouth bully has a beef with a newly arrived couple and recognizes the husband who's hiding his checkered past.

Matt captures a gunrunner trading rifles with the Pawnees and in turn is captured himself.

Guest Cast: John Larch (as Serpa), Lalo Rios (as Little Fox), Allan Lane (as Capt. Graves), Dawn Little Sky (as Squaw), Steve Warren (as Sergeant), Frank Sentry (as Crooked Knife) and Fred McDougall (as Tracker)

A freight line owner has an accident with a down-and-out young couple and offers the husband a job, but it's his wife that he's more interested in.

A Sheriff from Miami, Texas comes to Dodge looking for a bank robber and murderer, but Matt soon learns that he's not what he seems.

Chester becomes infatuated with a runaway girl from Ohio who exploits his position as Marshal's assistant to hide her secret.

Matt's friend, a retired U.S. Marshal from Oklahoma territory is shot in the back and his murder may go unsolved, but when a $500 information reward is offered, greed and betrayal take over.

A rancher's daughter alibi's her boyfriend, who's suspected of killing her father's right-hand man leaving Matt to solve the mystery.

Guest Cast: Diana Millay (as Melinda), Burt Douglas (as Tom), Walter Sande (as Miles), Charles H. Gray (credited Charles Gray as Tayloe), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Rand Brooks (as Rand), George Selk (as Moss) and Glenn Strange (as Man)

A Colorado Sheriff is insistent in arresting the wounded man Matt and Chester found out on the open prairie, but without an arrest warrant, the Marshal suspects that he's being untruthful.

A gunslinger saves Matt's life and becomes well-liked in Dodge, but the love of a woman leads him down the wrong trail.

Guest Cast: Norma Crane (as Ida), Ed Nelson (as Perce), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Seeber), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), John Mitchum (as Norm), Chuck Hayward (as Kemp), Baynes Barron (as Vicks) and Alex Sharp (as Nickols)

Matt suspects one man for two different murders, an old prospector and well-to-do rancher, his only clue is an unusual boot imprint.

Dodge's rumor mill is running full overdrive when Kitty whisks a young boy off the stagecoach and hustles him out into the country, but much to Kitty's dismay, the gossip finds the wrong ears.

Bad blood runs through a family's veins and a brute of a man promises his dying wife that he will raise their two sons "hard and strict".