Gunsmoke: Half-hour era

Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law.
This page is for the first era or the first 6 seasons, the black and white / half-hour era because the series has 3 eras.
==Cast==
Green = Starring
Yellow = Featured
Character 	Cast Member 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season 	Season
Character 	Cast Member 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20
Matt Dillon 	James Arness 	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring
Kitty Russell 	Amanda Blake 	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	
Milburn Stone 	Doc Adams 	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring
Chester Goode 	Dennis Weaver	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring	Starring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sam Noonan 	Glenn Strange	 	 	 	 	 	 	Starring	Starring	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	 	
Quint Asper 	Burt Reynolds	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Starring	Starring 	Starring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Festus Haggen 	Ken Curtis 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring	Guest starred in Season 8, Episode 13Starring
Thad Greenwood	Roger Ewing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring
Newly O'Brien 	Buck Taylor 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring 	Starring
==Episodes==
Season	Season	Episodes	Originally aired 	Originally aired
Season	Season	Episodes	First aired 	Last aired
 	1 	39 	September 10, 1955	August 25, 1956
 	2 	39 	September 8, 1956 	June 29, 1957
 	3 	39 	September 14, 1957	June 7, 1958
 	4 	39 	September 13, 1958	June 13, 1959
 	5 	39 	September 5, 1959 	June 11, 1960
 	6 	38 	September 3, 1960 	June 17, 1961
==Season 1 (1955-56)==
# 	Title 	Airdate
1 	Matt Gets It 	September 10, 1955
2 	Hot Spell 	September 17, 1955
3 	Word of Honor 	October 1, 1955
4 	Home Surgery 	October 8, 1955
5 	Obie Tater 	October 15, 1955
6 	Night Incident 	October 29, 1955
7 	Smoking Out the Nolans 	November 5, 1955
8 	Kite's Reward 	November 12, 1955
9 	The Hunter 	November 26, 1955
10	The Queue 	December 3, 1955
11	General Parsley Smith 	December 10, 1955
12	Magnus 	December 24, 1955
13	Reed Survives 	December 31, 1955
14	Professor Lute Bone 	January 7, 1956
15	No Handcuffs 	January 21, 1956
16	Reward for Matt 	January 28, 1956
17	Robin Hood 	February 4, 1956
18	Yorky 	February 18, 1956
19	20-20 	February 25, 1956
20	Reunion '78 	March 3, 1956
21	Helping Hand 	March 17, 1956
22	Tap Day for Kitty 	March 24, 1956
23	Indian Scout 	March 31, 1956
24	The Pest Hole 	April 14, 1956
25	The Big Broad 	April 28, 1956
26	Hack Prine 	May 12, 1956
27	Cooter 	May 19, 1956
28	The Killer 	May 26, 1956
29	Doc's Revenge 	June 9, 1956
30	The Preacher 	June 16, 1956
31	How to Die for Nothing 	June 23, 1956
32	Dutch George 	June 30, 1956
33	Prairie Happy 	July 7, 1956
34	Chester's Mail Order Bride	July 14, 1956
35	The Guitar 	July 21, 1956
36	Cara 	July 28, 1956
37	Mr. and Mrs. Amber 	August 4, 1956
38	Unmarked Grave 	August 18, 1956
39	Alarm at Pleasant Valley 	August 25, 1956
==Season 2 (1956-57)==
# 	# 	Title 	Airdate
40	1 	Cow Doctor 	September 8, 1956
41	2 	Brush at Elkader 	September 15, 1956
42	3 	Custer 	September 22, 1956
43	4 	The Round Up 	September 29, 1956
44	5 	Young Man with a Gun 	October 20, 1956
45	6 	Indian White 	October 27, 1956
46	7 	How to Cure a Friend 	November 10, 1956
47	8 	Legal Revenge 	November 17, 1956
48	9 	The Mistake 	November 24, 1956
49	10	Greater Love 	December 1, 1956
50	11	No Indians 	December 8, 1956
51	12	Spring Term 	December 15, 1956
52	13	Poor Pearl 	December 22, 1956
53	14	Cholera 	December 29, 1956
54	15	Pucket's New Year 	January 5, 1957
55	16	The Cover Up 	January 12, 1957
56	17	Sins of the Father 	January 19, 1957
57	18	Kick Me 	January 26, 1957
58	19	Executioner 	February 2, 1957
59	20	Gone Straight 	February 9, 1957
60	21	Bloody Hands 	February 16, 1957
61	22	Skid Row 	February 23, 1957
62	23	Sweet and Sour 	March 2, 1957
63	24	Cain 	March 9, 1957
64	25	Bureaucat 	March 16, 1957
65	26	Last Fling 	March 23, 1957
66	27	Chester's Murder 	March 30, 1957
67	28	The Photographer 	April 6, 1957
68	29	Wrong Man 	April 13, 1957
69	30	Big Girl Lost 	April 20, 1957
70	31	What the Whiskey Drummer Heard	April 27, 1957
71	32	Cheap Labor 	May 4, 1957
72	33	Moon 	May 11, 1957
73	34	Who Lives by the Sword 	May 18, 1957
74	35	Uncle Oliver 	May 25, 1957
75	36	Daddy-O 	June 1, 1957
76	37	The Man Who Would Be Marshal 	June 15, 1957
77	38	Liar from Blackhawk 	June 22, 1957
78	39	Jealousy 	June 29, 1957
==Season 3 (1957-58)==
# 	# 	Title 	Airdate
79 	1 	Crack-Up 	September 14, 1957
80 	2 	Gun for Chester 	September 21, 1957
81 	3 	Blood Money 	September 28, 1957
82 	4 	Kitty's Outlaw 	October 5, 1957
83 	5 	Potato Road 	October 12, 1957
84 	6 	Jesse 	October 19, 1957
85 	7 	Mavis McCloud 	October 26, 1957
86 	8 	Born to Hang 	November 2, 1957
87 	9 	Romeo 	November 9, 1957
88 	10	Never Pester Chester	November 16, 1957
89 	11	Fingered 	November 23, 1957
90 	12	How to Kill a Woman 	November 30, 1957
91 	13	Cows and Cribs 	December 7, 1957
92 	14	Doc's Reward 	December 14, 1957
93 	15	Kitty Lost 	December 21, 1957
94 	16	Twelfth Night 	December 28, 1957
95 	17	Joe Phy 	January 4, 1958
96 	18	Buffalo Man 	January 11, 1958
97 	19	Kitty Caught 	January 18, 1958
98 	20	Claustrophobia 	January 25, 1958
99 	21	Ma Tennis 	February 1, 1958
100	22	Sunday Supplement 	February 8, 1958
101	23	Wild West 	February 15, 1958
102	24	The Cabin 	February 22, 1958
103	25	Dirt 	March 1, 1958
104	26	Dooley Surrenders 	March 8, 1958
105	27	Joke's on Us 	March 15, 1958
106	28	Bottleman 	March 22, 1958
107	29	Laughing Gas 	March 29, 1958
108	30	Texas Cowboys 	April 5, 1958
109	31	Amy's Good Deed 	April 12, 1958
110	32	Hanging Man 	April 19, 1958
111	33	Innocent Broad 	April 26, 1958
112	34	The Big Con 	May 3, 1958
113	35	Widow's Mite 	May 10, 1958
114	36	Chester's Hanging 	May 17, 1958
115	37	Carmen 	May 24, 1958
116	38	Overland Express 	May 31, 1958
117	39	The Gentleman 	June 7, 1958
==Season 4 (1958-59)==
# 	# 	Title 	Airdate
118	1 	Matt for Murder 	September 13, 1958
119	2 	The Patsy 	September 20, 1958
120	3 	Gunsmuggler 	September 27, 1958
121	4 	Monopoly 	October 4, 1958
122	5 	Letter of the Law 	October 11, 1958
123	6 	Thoroughbreds 	October 18, 1958
124	7 	Stage Hold-Up 	October 25, 1958
125	8 	Lost Rifle 	November 1, 1958
126	9 	Land Deal 	November 8, 1958
127	10	Lynching Man 	November 15, 1958
128	11	How to Kill a Friend 	November 22, 1958
129	12	Grass 	November 29, 1958
130	13	The Cast 	December 6, 1958
131	14	Robber Bridegroom 	December 13, 1958
132	15	Snakebite 	December 20, 1958
133	16	Gypsum Hills Feud 	December 27, 1958
134	17	Young Love 	January 3, 1959
135	18	Marshal Proudfoot 	January 10, 1959
136	19	Passive Resistance 	January 17, 1959
137	20	Love of a Good Woman 	January 24, 1959
138	21	Jayhawkers 	January 31, 1959
139	22	Kitty's Rebellion 	February 7, 1959
140	23	Sky 	February 14, 1959
141	24	Doc Quits 	February 21, 1959
142	25	The Bear 	February 28, 1959
143	26	The Coward 	March 7, 1959
144	27	The F.U. 	March 14, 1959
145	28	Wind 	March 21, 1959
146	29	Fawn 	April 4, 1959
147	30	Renegade White 	April 11, 1959
148	31	Murder Warrant 	April 18, 1959
149	32	Change of Heart 	April 25, 1959
150	33	Buffalo Hunter 	May 2, 1959
151	34	The Choice 	May 9, 1959
152	35	There Never Was a Horse	May 16, 1959
153	36	Print Asper 	May 23, 1959
154	37	The Constable 	May 30, 1959
155	38	Blue Horse 	June 6, 1959
156	39	Cheyennes 	June 13, 1959
==Season 5 (1959-60)==
# 	# 	Title 	Airdate
157	1 	Target 	September 5, 1959
158	2 	Kitty's Injury 	September 19, 1959
159	3 	Horse Deal 	September 26, 1959
160	4 	Johnny Red 	October 3, 1959
161	5 	Tail to the Wind 	October 10, 1959
162	6 	Annie Oakley 	October 17, 1959
163	7 	Kangaroo 	October 24, 1959
164	8 	Saludos 	October 31, 1959
165	9 	Brother Whelp 	November 7, 1959
166	10	The Boots 	November 14, 1959
167	11	Odd Man Out 	November 21, 1959
168	12	Miguel's Daughter 	November 28, 1959
169	13	Box o' Rocks 	December 5, 1959
170	14	False Witness 	December 12, 1959
171	15	Tag, You're It 	December 19, 1959
172	16	Thick 'n' Thin 	December 26, 1959
173	17	Groat's Grudge 	January 2, 1960
174	18	Big Tom 	January 9, 1960
175	19	Till Death Do Us 	January 16, 1960
176	20	The Tragedian 	January 23, 1960
177	21	Hinka Do 	January 30, 1960
178	22	Doc Judge 	February 6, 1960
179	23	Moo Moo Road 	February 13, 1960
180	24	Kitty's Killing 	February 20, 1960
181	25	Jailbait Janet 	February 27, 1960
182	26	Unwanted Deputy 	March 5, 1960
183	27	Where'd They Go 	March 12, 1960
184	28	Crowbait Bob 	March 26, 1960
185	29	Colleen So Green 	April 2, 1960
186	30	The Ex-Urbanites 	April 9, 1960
187	31	I Thee Wed 	April 16, 1960
188	32	The Lady Killer 	April 23, 1960
189	33	Gentleman's Disagreement	April 30, 1960
190	34	Speak Me Fair 	May 7, 1960
191	35	Belle's Back 	May 14, 1960
192	36	The Bobsy Twins 	May 21, 1960
193	37	Old Flame 	May 28, 1960
194	38	The Deserter 	June 4, 1960
195	39	Cherry Red 	June 11, 1960
==Season 6 (1960-61)==
# 	# 	Title 	Airdate
196	1 	Friend's Pay Off 	September 3, 1960
197	2 	The Blacksmith 	September 17, 1960
198	3 	Small Water 	September 24, 1960
199	4 	Say Uncle 	October 1, 1960
200	5 	Shooting Stopover 	October 8, 1960
201	6 	The Peace Officer 	October 15, 1960
202	7 	Don Matteo 	October 22, 1960
203	8 	The Worm 	October 29, 1960
204	9 	The Badge 	November 12, 1960
205	10	Distant Drummer 	November 19, 1960
206	11	Ben Tolliver's Stud	November 26, 1960
207	12	No Chip 	December 3, 1960
208	13	The Wake 	December 10, 1960
209	14	The Cook 	December 17, 1960
210	15	Old Fool 	December 24, 1960
211	16	Brother Love 	December 31, 1960
212	17	Bad Sheriff 	January 7, 1961
213	18	Unloaded Gun 	January 14, 1961
214	19	Tall Trapper 	January 21, 1961
215	20	Love Thy Neighbor 	January 28, 1961
216	21	Bad Seed 	February 4, 1961
217	22	Kitty Shot 	February 11, 1961
218	23	About Chester 	February 25, 1961
219	24	Harriet 	March 4, 1961
220	25	Potshot 	March 11, 1961
221	26	Old Faces 	March 18, 1961
222	27	Big Man 	March 25, 1961
223	28	Little Girl 	April 1, 1961
224	29	Stolen Horses 	
225	30