Dennis Weaver certainly wasn't done with cowboys after Gunsmoke, although this character is a significant departure from ...

'Gunsmoke' actor Dennis Weaver played Chester for a staggering 9 seasons before moving onto other projects, such as Steven Spielberg's 'Duel.' The character got his own Easter egg. After leaving ...

Easily one of the best Western shows of all time, "Gunsmoke" ran for a remarkable 20 seasons on CBS between 1955 to 1975. In addition to James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon, one of the show's most ...

Gunsmoke actor Dennis Weaver was one of the original members of the cast that stole the hearts of television audiences around the world. He played one of the show’s biggest fan favorites, but he ...

The Emmy-winning Western, based on the eponymous radio show, premiered on CBS on Sept. 10, 1955, and offered a gritty, grounded portrayal of frontier life. The series ran for 20 seasons and remains ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dennis Weaver, a rawboned actor whose Hollywood career was bookended by his real-life roles as a champion athlete and committed environmentalist, called ...

Dennis Weaver, who played diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic Western “Gunsmoke” and a canny New Mexico deputy solving New York City crime in “McCloud,” has died. The actor was 81. Weaver ...

Dennis Weaver, the diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western “Gunsmoke” and the canny New Mexico deputy solving New York City crime in “McCloud,” has died. The actor was 81. Weaver died ...

Dennis Weaver, the lanky actor with the gentle drawl who came to fame in the 1950s playing Marshal Matt Dillon’s limping deputy, Chester, on “Gunsmoke” and later starred as a contemporary western ...