John Wayne enjoyed making one of his hit Westerns so much that he brought it to television, but the TV series was canceled after just one season.

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He's best remembered for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," but James Arness also starred in a short-lived cop drama on NBC back in the early '80s.

Thomas Roy Skerritt was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television ...

Tom Skerritt, the versatile actor who over his 60-plus year career played memorable roles in projects such as Top Gun, Picket ...

In 1967, Gunsmoke appeared finished, yet it ultimately reached 20 seasons and 635 episodes. Its reprieve is often linked to Babe Paley, the CBS chairman’s wife, while the already-renewed Gilligan’s ...

Though she's primarily known for her Gunsmoke character, Amanda Blake went against typecasting in hopes of a career renaissance in the mid-1980s.

James “Jim” Lonn Davis, age 55, passed away unexpectedly on October 2, 2026. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 2:00–4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Brenny Family Funeral ...

It's been more than 40 years since the last dust cloud settled on The Dukes of Hazzard. The CBS action-comedy followed Bo (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (Tom Wopat), who live on a family farm in ...

“His heart was still for the work of God and for the Gospel to continue reaching the world,” his wife said in a statement Brian Brant is an associate editor for the human interest team at PEOPLE. He's ...

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