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The Guest Stars on

Gunsmoke

Roles NOT played on Gunsmoke: Many famous actors played a number of guest roles on Gunsmoke. Below are listed a number of such people. Choose, in each case, the role that they did not play on Gunsmoke:

Actor/ Actress	Famous from...	Role
1. Pernell Roberts	**Trapper John MD and Adam in Bonanza**	a. drummer. b.reformed gunfighter. c. unreformed gunfighter.
2. Dan Blocker	Hoss on Bonanza	a. horse thief. b.calvary officer. c.psychopathic killer.
3. Alan Hale	the Skipper on Gilligen's Island	a. horse racer. b.bare knuckle boxing champ. c.eastern banker. d. buffalo hunter.
4. Charles Bronson	many movies, including *the Death Wish* series**	a. psychopathic killer. b.all around swell guy. c. trail boss.
5. Ed Asner	Lou Grant in the *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*	a. range detective. b.drunken soldier. c. newsman.
6. Buddy Ebsen	Barnaby Jones and Jed on *The Beverly Hillbillies*	a. farmer b.hillbilly c. loving grandfather
7. Howard McNear	Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show and Doc on radio's Gunsmoke	a. assayer b.barber c storekeeper
8. Edgar Buchanan	Uncle Joe in Petticoat Junction	a. prospector b.town drunk c. bank robber
9. John Voight	star of Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train and Mission Impossible	a. wolfer b. emigrant c. town drunk
10. Daniel J. Travanti	Captain Frank Furrillo on Hill Street Blues	a. sheriff b.bank robber c. storekeeper

Answers: 1a, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6b, 7b, 8a, 9a, 10c

2. More Roles Not Played on Gunsmoke.

Many famous actors played a number of guest roles on Gunsmoke. Below are listed a number of such people. Choose, in each case, the role that they did not play on Gunsmoke:

Actor/ Actress	Famous from...	Role
1. Leonard Nimoy	Mr. Spock on Star Trek	a. outlaw b. gambler c. emigrant d. cowboy hand
2. Forrest Tucker	Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop	a. soldier b. writer c. cattle baron
3. Jack Albertson	*the man on Chico and the Man*	a. con man b. pool hustler c. cowboy
4. William Shallert	the father on The Patty Duke Show and the teacher on *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis*	a. hillbilly b. banker c. trooper
5. Micheal Learned	*Ma in The Waltons* and the lead in The Nurse**	a. mother of six kids b. Matt Dillon's lover c. saloon girl
6. Richard Anderson	Boss of The Six Million Dollar Man	a. raider b. inventor c. Indian
7. Slim Pickens	Blazzing Saddles and the guy who rode the bomb in Dr. Strangelove	a. hill outlaw b. bank robber c. bounty hunter
8. Wayne Rogers	Trapper John in M.A.S.H.	a. a framed cowboy b. a cowboy with questionable honesty c. a cowboy without a horse
9. Strother Martin	The "What we have here is a failure to communicate" warden in Cool Hand Luke	a. prospector b. buffalo hunter c. prizefighter
10. Harrison Ford	Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Fugitive	a. raider b. hired hand c. railroad fireman
11. Gregory Sierra	*Barney Miller*	a. writer b. Indian c. white slave trader

Answers: 1c, 2b, 3c, 4c, 5a, 6b, 7b, 8c, 9c, 10c, 11a

Three Way Match: In the left hand column below are listed 20 famous actors and actresses. Match their role on Gunsmoke and the television series for which they're famous. An answer can be used more than once. All of the answers are used at least once.

Actor/Actress	Role	Other TV Show
1. Jack Lord	A. lover	a. All in the Family
2. Morey Amsterdam	B. farmer	b. Wagon Train
3. Jack Klugman	C. doctor	c. Quincy
4. Werner Klemperer	D. gunfighter	d. The Rifleman
5. Robert Vaughn	E. storekeeper	e. Gomer Pyle USMC
6. Harry Morgan	F. town drunk	f. The Man From UNCLE
7. Chuck Conners	G. vengeful parent	g. Hill Street Blues
8. Paul Fix	H. photographer	h. Mission Impossible
9. Carrol O'Conner	I. gang leader	i. Lassie
10. Frank Sutton	J. hidecutter	j. Hawaii-Five-O
11. Dick York	K. a gutsy bum	k. M.A.S.H.
12. Michael Conrad	L. saloon girl	l. The Nightstalker
13. Darrin McGavin	M. rainmaker	m. Bewitched
14. Martin Landau	N. evil twins	n. The Dick Van Dyke Show
15. Edgar Buchanan	O. boxing bully	o. Little House on the Prarie
16. June Lockart	P. Festus' relative	p. Hogan's Heroes
17. Karen Grassle	Q. sidekick of a psychopath	q. Petticoat Junction
18. David Canary	R. writer	r. All My Children
19. John Astin	S. bad man drifter	s. The Addams Family
20. Micheal Burns

Answers: 1Nj, 2Fn, 3Qc, 4Rp, 5Af, 6Bk, 7Od, 8Cd, 9Ba, 10Se, 11Am, 12Sg, 13Dl, 14Ih, 15Fq, 16Fi, 17Lo, 18Kr, 19Ps, 20Jb)

More Three Way Match: In the left hand column below are listed 20 famous actors and actresses. Match their role on Gunsmoke and the television series or movie for which they're famous. An answer can be used more than once. All of the answers are used at least once.

Actor/Actress	Role	Other TV Show/Movie
1. Sebastian Cabot	A. gunfighter	a. McHale's Navy
2. Bette Davis	B. barfly	b. Walking Tall
3. Leslie Nielson	C. whiskey drummer	c. Perry Mason
4. Ed Begley	D. outlaw	d. Wild Bill Hickock
5. Michael J. Pollard	E.outlaw's daughter	e. Star Trek
6. Joe Flynn	F.farmer	f. True Grit
7. William Talman	G.a half breed son of a squaw	g. I Spy
8. Andy Devine	H.outlaw	h. Happy Days
9. Joe Don Baker	I.hill daughter	i. Andy Griffith Show
10. William Shatner	J.gunfighter	j. The Blue Knight
11. Kim Darby	K.outlaw's brother	k. Taxi Driver
12. George Lindsay	L.horseraiser	l. Hill St.Blues
13. Robert Culp	M.ex-Marshal's daughter	m. Gilligen's Island
14. George Kennedy	N.preacher	n. McCloud
15. Ron Howard	O.photographer	o. Airwolf
16. Jodie Foster	P.avenging wife	p. Family Affair
17. J.D. Cannon	Q.rainmaker	q. The Petrified Forest
18. Keil Martin	R.confused man	r. Police Squad
19 Jan Michael Vincent	S.miner	s. Twelve Angry Men
20. Jim Backus		t. Bonnie and Clyde
21. Joan Van Arc		u. Dallas

Answers: 1Op, 2Pq, 3Dr, 4Qs, 5Rt, 6Ca, 7Jc, 8Bd-retired feed \ grain store owner , 9Fb, 10De, 11Ef, 12Di, 13Dg, 14Sj, 15Gh, 16Ik, 17An, 18Ll, 19Ko, 20Nm, 21Mu

Still Even More Three Way Match:

In the left hand column below are listed 20 famous actors and actresses. Match their role on Gunsmoke and the television series or movie for which they're famous. An answer can be used more than once. All of the answers are used at least once.

Actor/Actress	Role	Other TV Show/Movie
1. Kurt Russel	A. bronco buster	a. The High Chaparral
2.Gary Bucey	B. drunk	b. Little House on the Prairie
3.Cammeron Mitchell	C. little boy	c. Superman: The Movie
4.Charlotte Stewart	D. farmer's kid	d. Lethal Weapon
5.Ned Beatty	E. school marm	e. Fantasy Island
6. .Johnnie Whitaker	F. hider	f. Family Affair
7.James Whitmore	G. young sheriff	g. Phyllis
8.Nick Nolte	H. immigrant	h. Close Encounters
9.Charles Haid	I. narration	i. Cannon
10.Lisa Geretsen	J. bank robber	j. Alice
11.Richard Dreyfuss	K. outlaw	k. The Rockford Files
12.William Conrad	L. pregnant woman	l. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
13.Stuart Morgan	M. ranches daughter	m. The Bob Newhart Show
14.Vic Tayback	N. woman on a train	n. Dennis the Menace
15.Herbert Anderson	O. man about to die	o. Escape From New York
16.Cicely Tyson	P. trapper	p. Give 'em Hell Harry
17.Loretta Swit		q. Hill Street Blues
18.Suzanne Pleshett		r. M.A.S.H.
19.Ricardo Montalban		s. The Waltons
20.Will Geer

Answers: 1Do, 2Ad, 3 a, 4Eb, 5Fc, 6Df, 7Kp, 8 , 9Kq, 10Mg, 11Hh, 12Ii, 14Kj, 15On, 16Ll, 17Nr, 18Mm, 19ForKe, 20P

(T/F) Gunsmoke is indirectly responsible for the Muppet character, Miss Piggy.

True. According to The CBS Video Library, Loretta Swit's appearance on the Gunsmoke episode The Pack Rat 'virtually launched her career' and thus her role as hotlips on M*A*S*H. This character, according to the man behind the pig, Frank Oz, was the motivation for Miss Piggy's character.

(T/F) So many major stars appeared on episodes of Gunsmoke that, in the index of The Complete Directory of Prime Time TV Stars by Tim Brooks, Gunsmoke has more citations than any other prime time drama.

False ... it's second to Dallas

Bette Davis guest starred as a vengeful wife on a memorable episode of Gunsmoke. Which of the Gunsmoke regulars shot her at the end of the show?

Kitty

Ricardo Montalban played Khan in the Star Trek movie The Wrath of Khan. The Khan character had initially appeared on a television episode of Star Trek. Montalban also created a memorable character on Gunsmoke. If the role is ever recreated in a made-for-television Gunsmoke movie, an appropriate title might be ``The Wrath of

Ricardo".
Chato"
Quantrill".

Answer: ... Chato

The following are a list of characters on the series Hill Street Blues. Which of the actors playing them did not appear on Gunsmoke?

Captain Furillo
John LaRue
Renko
Lt. Goldbume
Sargent

Answer: .. Joe Spano (Lt. Goldblume) did not appear.

The following are a list of characters on the series Bonanza. Which of the actors playing them did not appear on Gunsmoke?

Hoss
Little Joe
Adam

Answer: ... Micheal Landon (little Joe) did not appear.

Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts.

Almost Regulars: Some actors have performed numerous roles on Gunsmoke. The following have appeared on five or more episodes. Match them with the television series for which they are better known:

Actor/Actress	Other TV Show
1. Victor French	(a) The Dukes of Hazard
2. Jack Elam	(b) Dallas
3. Morgan Woodward	(c) Sherif Lobo
4. Denver Pyle	(d) Easy Street
5. Jim Davis	(e) Little House on the Prairie
6. Claude Akins	(f) M.A.S.H.
7. Royal Dano	(g) How the West Was Won
8. Harry Morgan

Answer: 1e-over 20 episodes- he also directed; 2d-24 episodes; 3b-as Punk Anderson; 4a- as Uncle Jesse Duke; 5b - as Jock Ewing; 6c; 7g; 8f)

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