James Arness

A notable exception was a brief turn as a big city policeman in the short-lived 1981 series, McClain's Law.
. Since Gunsmoke ended, Arness has continued to perform primarily in western-themed movies and television series, including How the West Was Won, and five made-for-television Gunsmoke reunion movies between 1987 and 1994. He was in, amongst other radio credits, "Shadow Man" on Radio Luxembourg in 1955, "Destination - Fire!" on BBC (Early 1960s), General Sternwood in a BBC version of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" (1977), "Pay Any Price" (BBC 1982), "The Mystery of the Blue Train" (BBC 1985/1986), as Henry Hickslaughter in Elizabeth Troop's Sony Award winning adaptation of Graham Greene's short story "Cheap In August" (1993). In fact, Wayne recommended Arness for the role of Matt Dillon. His movie credits include: Another Shore (1948), The Square Ring (1953), The Amorous Prawn (1962), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He was a close personal friend of John Wayne's and co-starred in a film with him called Big Jim McClain. He was in Franco Zeffirelli's tv mini-series of "Jesus of Nazareth" and the American tv series of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles".

James Arness served in the United States Army during World War II and was severely wounded at the Battle of Anzio. He appeared in British television shows such as Dial 999, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, The Gathering Storm, The New Avengers, and Minder. Though primarily identified with Westerns, he also is remembered for appearing in two science fiction films, The Thing from Another World and Them!. The series was made available to overseas broadcasters by the BBC Transcription Service. He is the brother of Peter Graves. Other stories followed and were presented by BBC radio over the years from 1947 to 1961. James Arness (originally Aurness) (born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, a role he played for 20 years, to this day the longest any actor has played the same role on the same show in prime time. The series debuted on BBC radio with the story "Lady in a Fog" in October 1947.

Robert Beatty played Philip Odell, a fictional Irish detective created by Lester Powell. Robert Beatty (born 19 October 1909, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and died 3 March 1992, London, England, UK) was a Canadian actor who worked in radio, film and television for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom.