What Ever Happened to the Cast of“ Gunsmoke”? ... (1948 to 1960), with whom he had two children, and later to Thordis Brandt (1965 to 1972). Arness passed away on June 3, 2011, at the age of 88.

James Arness, who presided over the frontier town of Dodge City as television’s most enduring western hero, the laconic, fair-minded and incorruptible Marshal Matt Dillon of the two-decade-long ...

Six decades after the show started, there will be a reunion of six “Gunsmoke” actors in Dodge City, including Burt Reynolds. The actors are being brought in for Wild West Fest on Sept. 25-27.