Gunsmoke, was TV’s longest running prime time, live action
dramatic series for decades.The television series ran for 20
seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes.

Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020)

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who
started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career
won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William
Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill and Arthur
Miller, has died. According to the actor’s representatives,
Dennehy died Wednesday night of natural causes in New
Haven, Connecticut. He was 81.

KATN first signed on the air in April 1961.

From left: Ralph F. Frazer (KATN 1010 AM owner/manager),
Melburn Stone (“Doc”), and Ken Curtis (Festus) from the
CBS-TV series Gunsmoke paid a visit to the Boise, Idaho
country music station in 1965.

Hickman Hill,(left) grandson of veteran Western actor Tom Mix,
makes his acting debut in a segment of Gunsmoke with star
James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon).

Original CBS TV series aired from
September 10, 1955 – March 31, 1075.

James Arness (born James King Aurness)
(May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011)

Original Release: November 7, 1948 – September 29, 1958

Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt
(February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006)

1956 – Red Buttons made his debut
as a television actor in "Studio One"
on CBS television.
    
    
    

Original Release on ABC: September 23, 1969 – July 29, 1976

1969 – The TV movie "Marcus Welby", starring Robert Young,
(above) was seen on ABC-TV. It was later turned into a series.

Original Release on CBS: September 14, 1971 – March 3, 1976

1971 – "Cannon", starring William Conrad, premiered on
CBS-TV as a movie. It became a series later in the year.

William Conrad
(September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994)