Editing Gunsmoke (section)

===Cast===
{{Main|List of Gunsmoke cast members}}

* [[United States Marshals Service|U.S. Marshal]] [[Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)|Matt Dillon]] (1955–1975): [[James Arness]]
* Galen "Doc" Adams (1955–1975): [[Milburn Stone]]
* Kathleen "Kitty" Russell (1955–1974): [[Amanda Blake]]
* Chester B. Goode (1955–1964): [[Dennis Weaver]]
* Festus Haggen (1964–1975): [[Ken Curtis]]

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File:James Arness Matt Dillon Gunsmoke 1969.JPG|Matt Dillon, 1969
File:Gunsmoke supporting cast 1960.JPG|Chester, Doc, and Kitty, 1960
File:Amanda Blake Milburn Stone Gunsmoke 1958.jpg|Kitty and Doc, 1958
File:Amanda Blake Kitty Gunsmoke 1966.JPG|Miss Kitty Russell, 1966
File:Dennis Weaver Chester Gunsmoke 1960.JPG|Chester Goode
File:Ken Curtis Milburn Stone Gunsmoke 1974.JPG|Festus Haggen and Doc Adams, 1974
</gallery>
[[File:Gunsmoke cast 1963.JPG|thumb|right|1963 cast with Burt Reynolds]]
[[File:Ken Curtis James Arness Gunsmoke 1968.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ken Curtis]] as Festus and Arness as Dillon, 1968]]
[[File:Gunsmoke main cast 1967.JPG|right|thumb|Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), James Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty), and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968]]
[[File:Dennis Weaver Mariette Hartley Gunsmoke 1962.JPG|thumb|right|Dennis Weaver and [[Mariette Hartley]], 1962]]
Chester and Festus Haggen are Dillon's [[sidekick]]s, though others became acting deputies for {{frac|2|1|2}}- to {{frac|7|1|2}}-year stints: Quint Asper ([[Burt Reynolds]]) (1962–65), Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) (1965–67), and Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor) (1967–75), who served as both back-up deputy and doctor-in-training, having some studies in medicine through his uncle, which then continued under Doc Adams. Initially on the fringes of Dodge society, Festus Haggen was slowly phased in as a reliable sidekick and part-time deputy to Matt Dillon when Reynolds left in 1965. When Milburn Stone temporarily left for heart bypass surgery in 1971, [[Pat Hingle]] played Dr. John Chapman for several episodes.
* Sam Noonan (bartender; 1955–1959): Bert Rumsey
* Clem (bartender; 1959–1961): Clem Fuller
* Sam Noonan (bartender; 1961–1973): [[Glenn Strange]]
* Jim Buck (stagecoach driver; 1957–1962) and Floyd (bartender; 1974–75): [[Robert Brubaker]]
* Quint Asper (blacksmith; 1962–1965): [[Burt Reynolds]]
* Deputy Marshal Clayton Thaddeus "Thad" Greenwood (1965–1967): [[Roger Ewing]]
* Newly O'Brian (gunsmith/Deputy Marshal; 1967–1975): [[Buck Taylor]]
* Wilbur Jonas (storekeeper, 1955–1963): [[Dabbs Greer]]
* Howie Uzzell (hotel clerk, 1955–1975): [[Howard Culver]]
* Moss Grimmick (stableman; 1955–1963): [[George Selk]]
* Bill Pence (Long Branch owner/co-owner 1955?–56–?): [[Judson Pratt]]
* Bill Pence, (1958–1961): [[Barney Phillips]]
* Louie Pheeters (town drunk; 1961–1970): [[James Nusser]]
* Ma Smalley (boardinghouse owner; 1961–1972): [[Sarah Selby]]
* Hank Miller (stableman; 1963–1975): [[Hank Patterson]]
* Mr. Bodkin (banker; 1963–1970): [[Roy Roberts]]
* Barney Danches (telegraph agent; 1965–1974): [[Charles Seel]]
* Roy (townsperson; 1965–1969): [[Roy Barcroft]]
* Halligan (rancher; 1966–1975): [[Charles Wagenheim]]
* Mr. Lathrop (storekeeper; 1966–1975): [[Woodrow Chambliss|Woody Chambliss]]
* Nathan Burke (freight agent; 1966–1975): [[Ted Jordan]]
* Percy Crump (undertaker; 1966–1972): [[Kelton Garwood]] (also credited as Jonathan Harper)
* Ed O'Connor (rancher; 1968–1972): [[Tom Brown (actor)|Tom Brown]]
* Judge Brooker (1970–1975): [[Herb Vigran]]
* John Chapman (1971): [[Pat Hingle]]
* Miss Hannah (saloon owner; 1974–75): [[Fran Ryan]]