# List of Gunsmoke cast members

This list contains notable cast members of the Gunsmoke radio and TV series, and TV movies. The listing includes regular cast members, guest stars, and recurring cast members.

## Radio cast
### Regulars

* William Conrad as Matt Dillon
* Parley Baer as Chester Wesley Proudfoot
* Howard McNear as Doc Adams
* Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell

### Recurring

While the radio series had relatively few recurring supporting characters, and those roles were often shared, the following actors played recurring roles with comparative consistency, in addition to a variety of one-time roles
* Harry Bartell played Mr. Hightower
* James Nusser played Moss Grimmick

### Guest stars

Many actors appeared regularly on Gunsmoke, in the majority of episodes, but in a variety of one-shot roles; others were only heard once or twice
* Edgar Barrier
* Jeanne Bates
* Dick Beals
* Frank Cady
* Virginia Christine
* Hans Conried
* Richard Deacon
* John Dehner
* Don Diamond
* Lawrence Dobkin
* Sam Edwards
* Paul Frees
* Virginia Gregg
* Jerry Hausner
* Joseph Kearns
* Jack Kruschen
* John McIntire
* Junius Matthews
* Ralph Moody
* Jeanette Nolan
* Vic Perrin
* Barney Phillips
* Peggy Rea
* John Stephenson
* James Westerfield

## TV cast
### Main cast

| Character | Actress / Actor | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Character | Actress / Actor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Matt Dillon | James Arness | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Kitty Russell | Amanda Blake | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | |
| Doc Galen Adams | Milburn Stone | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Chester Goode | Dennis Weaver | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sam Noonan | Glenn Strange | | | | | | | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | |
| Quint Asper | Burt Reynolds | | | | | | | | Main | Main | Main | | | | | | | | | | |
| Festus Haggen | Ken Curtis | | | | | | | | | | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Thaddeus Greenwood | Roger Ewing | | | | | | | | | | | Main | Main | | | | | | | | |
| Newly O'Brien | Buck Taylor | | | | | | | | | | | | | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |

### Recurring characters

| Character | Actress / Actor | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Character | Actress / Actor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Howie (hotel clerk) | Howard Culver | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Mr. Jonas | Dabbs Greer | Recurring | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Guest | | Guest | | | | | | | |
| Moss Grimmick (livery owner) | George Selk | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jim Buck (townsman) | Robert Brubaker | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rudy (townsman) | Rudy Sooter | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | | | | | |
| Louie Pheeters (town drunk) | James Nusser | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Guest | | | |
| Hank Miller (livery manager) | Hank Patterson | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | |
| Ma Smalley (boarding house owner) | Sarah Selby | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | | | | | Recurring | | | |
| Mr. Bodkin (bank manager) | Roy Roberts | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | Recurring | |
| Nathan Burke (freight office manager) | Ted Jordan | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | Recurring | | Recurring | | Recurring | |
| Mr. Lathrop | Woodrow Chambliss | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Barney (telegrapher) | Charles Seel | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Ed Halligan (townsman) | Charles Wagenheim | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Percy Crump (undertaker) | Kelton Garwood | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring | | |
| Ed O'Connor | Tom Brown | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | |
| Bull (bartender) | Victor Izay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Judge Brooker | Herb Vigran | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Dr. John Chapman | Pat Hingle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | | | |
| Floyd (bartender) | Robert Brubaker | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring | Recurring |
| Hannah | Fran Ryan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recurring |

### Guest stars

* John Abbott
* Stanley Adams
* Claude Akins
* Marc Alaimo
* Jack Albertson
* Mabel Albertson
* Mario Alcalde
* Norman Alden
* Fred Aldrich
* James Anderson
* John Anderson
* Richard Anderson
* Keith Andes
* Edward Andrews
* Michael Ansara
* Lou Antonio
* R. G. Armstrong
* Todd Armstrong
* Jean Arthur
* Ed Asner
* John Astin
* Malcolm Atterbury
* Barry Atwater
* Lew Ayres
* Jim Backus
* Raymond Bailey
* Joe Don Baker
* Ed Bakey
* Rayford Barnes
* Baynes Barron
* Norman Bartold
* Harry Basch
* Richard Basehart
* Ned Beatty
* Jim Beaver
* John Beck
* Noah Beery Jr.
* Ed Begley
* Ralph Bellamy
* Alma Beltran
* Susanne Benton
* Warren Berlinger
* James Best
* Ramon Bieri
* Theodore Bikel
* Billie Bird
* Dan Blocker
* Lloyd Bochner
* Sorrell Booke
* Nesdon Booth
* Bruce Boxleitner
* William Boyett
* Ray Boyle
* Stewart Bradley
* Scott Brady
* Eric Braeden
* Chet Brandenburg
* John Brandon
* Hank Brandt
* Peter Breck
* David Brian
* Beau Bridges
* Morgan Brittany
* Charles Bronson
* Joe Brooks
* Joshua Bryant
* Edgar Buchanan
* Joyce Bulifant
* Brooke Bundy
* Michael Burns
* Ellen Burstyn (aka Ellen McRae)
* Norman Burton
* Robert Burton
* Gary Busey
* Billy Green Bush
* Archie Butler
* Sebastian Cabot
* Frank Cady
* Howard Caine
* Anthony Call
* Joseph Campanella
* William Campbell
* J. D. Cannon
* Harry Carey Jr.
* Paul Carr
* David Carradine
* John Carradine
* Conlan Carter
* John Carter
* Anthony Caruso
* Albert Cavens
* Spencer Chan
* Virginia Christine
* Lee J. Cobb
* Fred Coby
* John Colicos
* Míriam Colón
* Christopher Connelly
* Chuck Connors
* Mike Connors
* Tim Considine
* Elisha Cook Jr.
* Bill Coontz
* Charles Cooper
* Glenn Corbett
* Gretchen Corbett
* Jeff Corey
* Robert Cornthwaite
* Aneta Corsaut
* Dennis Cross
* Robert Culp
* James Daly
* Royal Dano
* Kim Darby
* Henry Darrow
* Bette Davis
* Jim Davis
* Richard Deacon
* Gloria DeHaven
* John Dehner
* Bruce Dern
* Joe De Santis
* William Devane
* Alan Dexter
* George DiCenzo
* Angie Dickinson
* Charles Dierkop
* Lawrence Dobkin
* James Doohan
* Burt Douglas
* Jerry Douglas
* Richard Dreyfuss
* Don Dubbins
* Andrew Duggan
* John Dullaghan
* Liam Dunn
* Robert Easton
* Buddy Ebsen
* Barbara Eden
* Jack Elam
* Dana Elcar
* Robert Ellenstein
* Sam Elliott
* Jena Engstrom
* Bill Erwin
* Gene Evans
* Jason Evers
* Diana Ewing
* Frank "Fidi" Fayad
* Pamelyn Ferdin
* John Fiedler
* Duke Fishman
* Paul Fix
* Jay C. Flippen
* Nina Foch
* Constance Ford
* Harrison Ford
* Michael Forest
* Steve Forrest
* Jodie Foster
* Robert Foulk
* Anne Francis
* Bert Freed
* Joan Freeman
* Victor French
* Alan Fudge
* Beverly Garland
* Leif Garrett
* Will Geer
* Melissa Gilbert
* Gwynne Gilford
* Sam Gilman
* Ray Girardin
* Ned Glass
* Mark Goddard
* Thomas Gomez
* Harold Gould
* Dabbs Greer
* Julie Gregg
* James Gregory
* James Griffith
* Sam Groom
* Raymond Guth
* Herman Hack
* Joan Hackett
* Kevin Hagen
* Sid Haig
* Alan Hale Jr.
* Murray Hamilton
* Chick Hannan
* Jerry Hardin
* Mariette Hartley
* Edmund Hashim
* Johnny Haymer
* Eileen Heckart
* Katherine Helmond
* Tom Hennesy
* Chuck Hicks
* Joe Higgins
* Marianna Hill
* Robert Hinkle
* Robert Hogan
* Earl Holliman
* Rex Holman
* Dennis Hopper
* William Hopper
* Clint Howard
* Rance Howard
* Ron Howard
* Clyde Howdy
* Clegg Hoyt
* John Hoyt
* David Huddleston
* Marsha Hunt
* Kim Hunter
* Josephine Hutchinson
* Betty Hutton
* Craig Huxley
* Diana Hyland
* Steve Ihnat
* John Ireland
* Sherry Jackson
* Richard Jaeckel
* Anthony James
* Brion James
* Clifton James
* Salome Jens
* Roy Jenson
* James Jeter
* Ben Johnson
* Russell Johnson
* I. Stanford Jolley
* Henry Jones
* L. Q. Jones
* Mickey Jones
* Katherine Justice
* Robert Karnes
* DeForest Kelley
* Jack Kelly
* Adam Kennedy
* George Kennedy
* Richard Kiley
* Wright King
* Jess Kirkpatrick
* Werner Klemperer
* Jack Klugman
* Ted Knight
* Yaphet Kotto
* Martin Kove
* Kay E. Kuter
* Diane Ladd
* Ethan Laidlaw
* Jack Lambert
* Martin Landau
* Sue Ane Langdon
* Robert Lansing
* Peyton Langston
* John Larch
* John Lasell
* Louise Latham
* Cloris Leachman
* Michael Learned
* Anna Lee
* Lance LeGault
* Mark Lenard
* Kay Lenz
* Geoffrey Lewis
* George Lindsey
* Joanne Linville
* Jonathan Lippe
* June Lockhart
* Gary Lockwood
* Robert Loggia
* Jack Lord
* Jon Lormer
* Tom Lowell
* William Lucking
* Karl Lukas
* Keye Luke
* BarBara Luna
* Herbert Lytton
* Tom McFadden
* Darren McGavin
* Barton MacLane
* Howard McNear
* Gerald McRaney
* Arthur Malet
* Lee Majors
* Kenneth Mars
* Lynne Marta
* Arlene Martel
* Ross Martin
* Strother Martin
* Charles Maxwell
* Rose Marie
* Scott Marlowe
* Ken Mayer
* Mercedes McCambridge
* Gloria McGehee
* John McLiam
* Joseph Mell
* Troy Melton
* Judi Meredith
* Robert Middleton
* Vera Miles
* Denny Miller
* Donna Mills
* Frank Mills
* Cameron Mitchell
* Ricardo Montalbán
* Ron Moody
* Harry Morgan
* Read Morgan
* Diana Muldaur
* Richard Mulligan
* Burt Mustin
* Anna Navarro
* Gene Nelson
* Lois Nettleton
* Leslie Nielsen
* Leonard Nimoy
* Jimmy Noel
* Jeanette Nolan
* Nick Nolte
* France Nuyen
* J. Pat O'Malley
* Simon Oakland
* Warren Oates
* Richard O'Brien
* Carroll O'Connor
* Tim O'Connor
* Arvo Ojala
* Ken Olandt
* Gerald S. O'Laughlin
* Susan Oliver
* James Olson
* John Orchard
* Gregg Palmer
* Tex Palmer
* Woodrow Parfrey
* Michael Pate
* Hank Patterson
* John Payne
* Leo Penn
* Vic Perrin
* Nehemiah Persoff
* Brock Peters
* George O. Petrie
* Robert Phillips
* Slim Pickens
* Robert Pine
* Ed Platt
* Suzanne Pleshette
* Joe Ploski
* Michael J. Pollard
* Judson Pratt
* Andrew Prine
* Denver Pyle
* John Quade
* Ford Rainey
* Chips Rafferty
* Dack Rambo
* Gilman Rankin
* Tom Reese
* Richard Reeves
* John Reilly
* Carl Reindel
* Stafford Repp
* Alejandro Rey
* Madlyn Rhue
* Paul Richards
* Peter Mark Richman
* Pernell Roberts
* Elizabeth Rogers
* Wayne Rogers
* Gilbert Roland
* Ruth Roman
* Andy Romano
* Katharine Ross
* Al Ruscio
* Bing Russell
* Kurt Russell
* Fran Ryan
* Alfred Ryder
* Willard Sage
* Albert Salmi
* Steve Sandor
* Dick Sargent
* John Saxon
* William Schallert
* John Schuck
* Alex Sharp
* Karen Sharpe
* William Shatner
* Jacqueline Scott
* W. Morgan Sheppard
* Gregory Sierra
* Tom Simcox
* Joseph Sirola
* Tom Skerritt
* Hal Smith
* Milan Smith
* William Smith
* Quentin Sondergaard
* David Soul
* Olan Soule
* Aaron Spelling
* Harry Dean Stanton
* Craig Stevens
* Warren Stevens
* Charlotte Stewart (aka Charlotte Considine)
* Paul Stewart
* Guy Stockwell
* Leonard Stone
* Milburn Stone
* Fred Stromsoe
* Don Stroud
* Liam Sullivan
* Hope Summers
* Neil Summers
* Frank Sutton
* Karl Swenson
* Loretta Swit
* Gloria Talbott
* William Talman
* Russ Tamblyn
* Vic Tayback
* Dub Taylor
* Guy Teague
* Roy Thinnes
* Brad Trumbull
* Forrest Tucker
* Cicely Tyson
* Robert Urich
* Joan Van Ark
* Lee Van Cleef
* Joyce Van Patten
* Vince Van Patten
* Robert Vaughn
* John Vernon
* Jan-Michael Vincent
* Jon Voight
* Jess Walton
* Lesley Ann Warren
* Ruth Warrick
* David Wayne
* Fritz Weaver
* Richard Webb
* Judi West
* Stuart Whitman
* James Whitmore
* Johnny Whitaker
* Grace Lee Whitney
* Peter Whitney
* Collin Wilcox
* Guinn Williams
* Noble Willingham
* Chill Wills
* William Windom
* Jason Wingreen
* Michael Witney
* Morgan Woodward
* Meg Wyllie
* Dana Wynter
* Anthony Zerbe