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John Wayne's Episode Of Gunsmoke Explained (& Did He Turn Down The Lead?)
Here's John Wayne's Gunsmoke episode explained and whether there's any truth to reports he passed on the series. Gunsmoke started life as a radio series before it became a TV show in 1955. While the series might look quite tame by modern standards or subsequent Western series like Hell On Wheels, for its time it was praised for its grounded approach. The series was fronted by James Arness as Marshal Dillion, who previously played the titular alien in 1951's The Thing From Another World.